by David | Dec 19, 2008 | eating
Winter’s here. Snow, too. That means comfort food. Bowls of carb-filled goodness that lower your center of gravity and your stress level. Stuff like oatmeal, mac & cheese, and soup. On this snowbound night, nearly the longest of the year, I made a big...
by David | Dec 18, 2008 | design, technology
It’s pretty typical these days to be reminded to turn off your cell phone at the start of movies, theater performances, classes, religious services, and so forth. At last week’s performance of Einstein’s Dreams, I was pleasantly surprised that no...
by David | Dec 16, 2008 | culture, science!, urbanism
Maybe Central Square isn’t going to the dogs after all. This weekend I caught a performance of a stage adaptation of one of my favorite books ever, Alan Lightman’s Einstein’s Dreams. The show is closed now, and you can read better reviews of it in...
by David | Dec 15, 2008 | economics, media, urbanism
Apparently I’m one of the last to notice that CD Spins in Davis Square is closed. It looks like it’s been that way about two weeks, and even though I’m in the neighborhood almost every day, I just today noticed this scary sign in the window. It...
by David | Dec 13, 2008 | economics
After hearing several students at Grub Street read their work (tip: check out the essay class) I went off with A for some grub of the other kind. We ended up at Chinatown’s Pho Pasteur. We started off with the classic fresh rolls, mostly lettuce and tofu in a...
