MAIN CHARACTERS: SETTING YOUR STAGE IN DOWNTOWN CAMBRIDGE
PREAMBLE & PHOTOS BY CHRIS TIESSEN
IMAGINE YOURSELF SIPPING MORNING CAPPUCCINOS ON MAIN STREET WITH A DAILY PAPER. HUNTING FOR FASHIONABLE HOUSEWARE ITEMS AT THE MOST CHARMING LIFESTYLE BOUTIQUE. SHOPPING FOR BREEZY SUMMER DRESSES WHILE ENJOYING A GLASS (OR TWO) OF BUBBLY. SEARCHING OUT THE PERFECT BOUQUET AT THE CUTEST LOCAL FLORIST. CAPPING OFF THE DAY WITH FRESH OYSTERS AND A GLASS OF MUSCADET AT A LOVELY FOUR- SEATER OVERLOOKING THE MIGHTY GRAND.
IN DOWNTOWN CAMBRIDGE, IT’S EASY FOR YOU TO BECOME THE MAIN CHARACTER OF THIS MOST SUBLIME LIFE. IN THE MEANTIME, FOLLOW ALONG AS FIVE DOWNTOWN CAMBRIDGE PERSONALITIES, ACCESSORIZED WITH PRODUCT FROM FIVE DOWNTOWN CAMBRIDGE SHOPS, VISIT FIVE INDEPENDENT DOWNTOWN CAMBRIDGE BUSINESSES – ACTING OUT SCENES FROM YOUR SUMMER SCENARIO.
GET READY – YOUR SHOW’S ABOUT TO START.

Downtown Cambridge BIA Executive Director Brian Kennedy (@downtowncambridge) jots down his thoughts on pen & paper from Phidon Pens (@phidonpens) while he reads the morning paper over a cappuccino and waffles at Flight Café (@flightcambridge)



Jocelyn Kivell, head of events & marketing at Farm League Brewing (@farmleaguebrewing), sports a custom hat by Off The Block (@_offtheblock_) while shopping – and enjoying a cocktail – at Suave Boutique (@suave_boutique_ca).

Mano Duggal, owner of Phidon Pens (@phidonpens), arrayed in spectacular pearls from Taleen Jewellers (@taleen.jewellers), unwinds with oysters and a drink at Cambridge Mill (@cambridge_mill).

Content creator & photographer Em Rowsell (@em_rowsell) meanders through The Art of Home (@theartofhome) sporting a handbag from Erban Corner’s Cambridge location (@erbancorner).

Kayla Zawiski, owner and farmer at event venue Waterhill Farm (@waterhillfarm), cuts a striking figure in a top from BRAE by Gadsbys (@braebygadsbys) while setting out to assemble a bouquet at Riverside Florist (@riversideflorist).