The evolution of the savory scone at Darwin's

by | Jul 11, 2014 | eating, urbanism

Darwin’s on Cambridge street, a new stop on my Cambridge coffee circuit, features a high community table with not enough chairs that seems to attract the standing desk crowd. More on that another time, this is a savory scone update. Behold the prosciutto...

Lucky locavore lunch on the Greenway

by | Jul 10, 2014 | eating, urbanism

I’d stayed up late making a week’s worth of lunch boxes, each one a work of nutritious bento art, and naturally I left all of them in the fridge at home. How serendipitous, I thought, the Boston Public Market on the Greenway is right next door, I’ll...

Savory Scone Update: Mariposa

by | Jul 8, 2014 | eating, urbanism

Getting back to basics and spending more time in the 02139, I dropped in at Mariposa Bakery and got reacquainted with my old friend, the savory scone. Mariposa offers several scones on some kind of rotation, but I always gravitate to the savory (try their pretzel...

Balcony kale, two months later

by | Jul 7, 2014 | eating, photo, urbanism

The kale seedlings I got from The Neighborhood Farm are thriving with only a few hours of direct sunlight a day on the northwest facing balcony. Though next time I might want to get more than three kale plants in order to have more than an amuse-bouche worth. Just two...