Visiting the Smashed Pumpkin Shipyard This Fall
If you've never heard of the smashed pumpkin shipyard, you're missing out on one of the weirdest and most satisfying local traditions to ever hit the waterfront. It's exactly what it sounds like—a sprawling, salty industrial site that spends most of the year repairing tugboats and rusted barges, only to transform into a chaotic, orange-hued festival once the leaves start to turn. There is something fundamentally cathartic about watching a twenty-pound gourd drop from a heavy-duty crane onto the deck of a decommissioned vessel, and honestly, it's the kind of stress relief we all need right now. ...