Lollygag Society

08/21/2025

PSA: we Lollygag this year (and every year) on the Sunday of Labor Day Weekend: August 31, 2025.

This year Georges Island is closed, we gather at Spectacle Island instead. This is a self-catered picnic in the Boston Harbor Islands, invite your friends!

Check the ferry schedule at https://www.bostonharborislands.org/ferryschedule/

08/26/2024

User's guide to Georges Island

09/02/2023

How to LOLLYGAG: Gather your party and get out of the house and onto the boat. Embark from Long Wharf. Yacht it up through Boston Harbor. Find yourself on an island.

TIMING: It all takes place right smack in the middle of Labor Day weekend. Sunday morning, or perhaps early afternoon. Sunday, September 3rd, 2023.

NEXT: Explore the fort with a flashlight, take a nap, look at the skyline, throw a disk, chit-chat, watch the clouds, natter, kibbitz, picnic, visit the snack bar, apply sunscreen, play freeze-tag, bird-watch, visit the museum, make new friends.

There are NO LIMITS, though remember to get back on the boat at sunset.

08/23/2023

Hey Lollygaggers - We have set the 2023 Lollygag for Sunday September 3rd

(Sunday of Labor Day weekend).

09/07/2020

2020 Lollygag on Speck-a-Tackle Island. We get on the boat for Spectacle Island in a few mins. Lollygaggery is another word for resourceful. Desperate times, gotta pick another island!

12/10/2019

Seeking after-school caregiver, 2 or 3 days/week

We are looking for a reliable and friendly after-school caregiver 2-3 days/week starting January 1st (we can discuss together which specific days). Hang out with a sweet, funny adolescent girl with developmental disabilities.

Meet her van at 2:20pm, provide a snack, and encourage her to play, chat, make art, or take walks. She often naps or has screen time, so you'll also have downtime. Higher pay if you want to do light kitchen housework. Afternoon shift ends at 5:30pm most days. Potential for additional weekend and evening hours. We are located directly on bus line (80 & 94), less than a mile from Tufts.

No prior experience with special needs is required, but flexibility, kindness, and a sense of humor go a long way! Must be punctual. Allergy alert: we are a 2 cat household. Please contact me or Meryl Perlson. Thanks!

08/24/2019

How to LOLLYGAG: Gather your party and get out of the house and onto the boat. Yacht it up through Boston Harbor. Find yourself on an island.

TIMING: It all takes place right smack in the middle of Labor Day weekend. Sunday morning, or perhaps early afternoon. Sunday, September 1st, 2019.

NEXT: Explore the fort with a flashlight, take a nap, look at the skyline, throw a disk, chit-chat, watch the clouds, natter, kibbitz, picnic, visit the snack bar, apply sunscreen, play freeze-tag, bird-watch, visit the museum, make new friends

There are NO LIMITS, though remember to get back on the boat at sunset.

09/03/2017

We stand in readiness.

08/20/2017

So, there's not much to it. You get on the boat, of a Sunday.

For 2017, we will Lollygag the Sunday of Labor Day Weekend. That is, Sunday Sept 3rd on Georges Island in Boston Harbor.

Share widely & come as you are!

08/20/2017

For 2017, we will Lollygag the Sunday of Labor Day Weekend. That is, Sunday Sept 3rd on Georges Island in Boston Harbor.

Share widely & come as you are!