Last summer, after we were forced out of our beloved Mass Ave apartment, due to "negligent fire":http://ned.suckahs.org/archives/001639.php, we were fortunate to be "taken in":http://ned.suckahs.org/archives/001650.php by some truly great people. And these people invited us to go apple picking last year, something I hadn't done since I was a kid. It was the kind of thing you don't do _enough_, living in the city. This year, the crew consisted of "Jason":http://yovanoff.typepad.com & Liz, Bryan & Jill, and "Presley":http://presley.suckahs.org & I. We headed further up the North Shore this year, to "Ipswich":http://www.mercurybrewing.com/IPS.html, MA. Seemed like a lovely town, though we spent all of our time on the farm. How great is it that they make you take a _hay ride_ before you can pick apples?