February 2010
43 posts
Ice Bike →
Fightclub After-school Special →
From the Tab.
Police were called to Ringer Park in Allston on Feb. 5 at approximately 3:29 p.m. to investigate a report of a fight between two young women that about 15-20 males were…
Peppers! →
Making Three Colored Peppers again tonight.
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Bubble Me! →
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Sol LeWitt @ Mass MoCA →
The Massachusetts/Vermont border →
Vermont on the top, Massachusetts on the bottom.
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A small Valentine’s Day gift to myself →
It’s become clear to me that I won’t reach my annual mileage goal of 1000 miles (#1) without more accountability. Towards that end, I’m bringing back mileage sunday tag.
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Taza →
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Hobbit hole at Upstairs on the Square →
Warm inside by the fire. Outside the blizzard rages.
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Barely deep enough to snuff →
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Endeavour →
Qdoba Rice and Beanpot, postponed →
The gastronomic distress you may have been anticipating from tonight’s burrito eating contest (…) will have to wait another day as it’s been delayed til tomorrow due to our little…
Your cat is average. →
And that’s that for poker night. →
I don’t understand the business model of the Beantown Poker Tour. You play for free, but somehow win cash? Where does this magic money come from? There are some financial oddities going…
Melonbombs →
Totally antisocial but still kinda funny.
Cops reported stopping at a red light and seeing the suspects and an unidentified female rummage through a trash barrel and take out a plastic…
Still geauxing →
That shirt is going to have to go into the wash eventually.
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I Can’t Read Anything Longer Than This Headline →
I come home from the office dressed in my Don Draper suit, place my hat on the counter, layer an extra dab of Brylcreem into my hair, watch my aproned wife tear herself away from preparing dinner to…
Dogs and sleds →
Shared by nanio
mandatory share.
Dogsleds are in the news lately, as several races have recently taken place around the Northern Hemisphere, and as transportation choices for both a meeting of…
Goodbye, good riddance →
The Kells is closing, re-opening as Tavern in the Square.
According to the Phantom Gourmet, The Kells, a nightspot on Brighton Avenue in the heart of Allston Village that has been featuring…
Pass the cinnamon →
Ok, for hondo*, a quick king cake recap. Got up ass early on Saturday to bake for zannejude’s birthday thing at Soulfire. Made three batches of sweet-bread dough, the…
The Stanford Church →
Palacsinta! →
Hungarian crepes, the most noble of which get filled with nutella.
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Mystery Guest →
Leaves On Ice →
A small part of me is lamenting that we’re not getting any of that blizzard this weekend. It’ll have to suffice that MeredithBaker can make our little remaining ice look pretty.
Caffe Vittoria →
Celebrating Suzi-Q’s bday remotely.
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A Message about the Real Timothy McSweeney. →
Readers of this site and of McSweeney’s generally may be aware that this enterprise was named after a real man named Timothy McSweeney. The story of Mr. McSweeney can be read here.
We bring…
Hungarian →
Hungarian is a member of the Finno-Urgic family of languages. It
is distantly related to Finnish, but is most closely related to Khanty and
Mansi (which each have a few thousand speakers)….
Curry Coffee « Putting Weird Things in Coffee →
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“Curry” is such a general term that no two curry recipes are alike. This is a classy culinary blog, so I didn’t want to resort to the mysterious “curry powder.” Instead, I extracted…
Converging green lines →
A mystery →
The last several times I’ve moved I’ve packed and unpacked this sad solitary single-use disposable camera. I was never really sure whose it was or what was on it. Unpacking in Boston yet…
Attention please →
Someone’s been left alone too long.
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Antonia →
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Spoilerz!!11ty! →
OMGWTF Juliette reincarnated as Jacob!!! Who saw that one coming?
Ok, that said. I wasn’t going to watch Lost tonight because some friends having a Lost party tomorrow due to a work…
The 23-Mile Parachute Jump vs. Rocket Sled →
I’m assuming Snow MacGyver did not have the chemistry, physics and engineering degrees at the disposal of Felix Baumgartner. Later this year, Baumgartner will climb inside a small capsule attached…
Over the river & through the bridge →
From Boston Biker.
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s Highway Division Invites You to a Public Information Meeting for the River Street Bridge/Western Avenue Bridge…
Pam Tebow's Awful Logic →
I’m not opposed to Pam Tebow concluding that God blessed her. I’m against the notion that other young women should conclude that God will bless them too.
Gram Parsons →
To fulfill Parsons’ “funeral” wishes, Kaufman and a friend stole his body from the airport and in a borrowed hearse drove it to Joshua Tree where they attempted to cremate it by pouring five…
New Balance expansion →
Michale Pahre has visuals after yesterday’s extensive post about New Balance’s proposed Brighton Landing development. It may be a little easier to visualize on this google map.
MP…
Literally bouncing? →
It’s a figurative title guys. Yet another chapter in the neverending saga of Kells misbehavior.
A fight in The Kells Night Club, located at 161 Brighton Ave in North Brighton led to charges…
Indulge your bad taste in ironic sweatshirts. →
From the Rescue tumblr page.
In 1996 the Red Sox didn’t even reach the post-season. But it was the year Nomar made his major league debut, sowing the seeds for the positivity of our…
Kelly’s, slowly but surely →
Paul Berkeley, of the Allston Civic Association, on his qualms about Kelly’s that led to the earlier closing time.
“But I think there’s a need to balance quality of life with our businesses. The…
Dinner choices grim →
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Kansas back at No. 1 in AP poll →
“There could be a new No. 1 next week, and the week after,” he said.
“Because when you play road league games, people are going to lose. It’s not a
major upset. We won the national championship (in…
