I have to say, the idea for The Somerville Open was a stroke of genius. Local Artists & Cartoonists making a free mini-golf course in Union Square is a great idea.

We went with Amy & Doug and met up with Amy & Colin & Sam, played 9 holes, and stopped for a few drinks at The Independent afterward. (If the goal was to bring people into Union Square to spend money, mission accomplished). To get a good idea of how spiffy the course was, Editrix took better pictures than I did.

My personal favorite hole was the extremely fun and well-executed Through the Looking Glass inspired croquet game by Emily Arkin.

If I have any gripe, its that the actual playability of the courses left a little to be desired (holes 2 & 4 & 9 were especially frustrating for most people); I think it was especially frustrating for the many kids who came out. That said, everybody seemed to be having a pretty good time, and there wasn’t the angst over the long lines that you’d get at a regular mini-golf course.

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