by David | Jul 23, 2012 | culture, design, economics
File under quietly brilliant. I needed to move some books, a lot of books, so I started to look around for some boxes. Professor M suggested twine. Check it out: a simple double loop of twine is a flexible, reusable, and perhaps most important, easy to store book...
by David | Jun 18, 2012 | economics, transportation, urbanism
Today was Bunker Hill Day, and therefore Boston parking meters were “off,” meaning not that you could park all day for nothing, but rather that you could park for two hours at a time for nothing. Parking was free but still time-limited. I’m betting...
by David | May 9, 2012 | eating, economics
I’ve you’ve been reading this blog a while, you know that I sometimes count my food miles, the distance that something travels from being grown or raised or caught, through whatever processing or production it gets, to the point at which I photograph and...
by David | May 3, 2012 | culture, eating, economics, urbanism
I went to check out the newish Dwelltime Coffeebar and Bakeshop in the newly-hopping Broadway zone of mid-Cambridge. Whilst enjoying an americano, smooth and served with a glass of water like they do in civilized nations, and a whole wheat bacon scallion scone, not...
by David | Apr 10, 2012 | eating, economics
The start of the second week of the City Hall food truck survey saw all three scheduled trucks in attendance. We began with Anthony’s Catering’s Gourmet to Go Mobile Culinary Vehicle. The MCV is relatively plain with a big colorful menu board on an...
by David | Apr 2, 2012 | design, economics, technology
I thought my on and off romance with wooden-cased electronics and space-saving multi-function devices was finally headed for consummation with a Vers 1.5R ipod dock clock radio. It had been backordered for months but was suddenly available again in walnut, my new...
