by David | Feb 14, 2011 | reading & writing, urbanism
Gleaming glassy glob Reflecting the steely sky A frozen loogie
by David | Feb 9, 2011 | eating, urbanism
Red. Velvet. Fried. Chicken. I heard the rumor that somebody at OMG Red Velvet would be serving red velvet fried chicken and assumed it must be the clever folks at Hungry Mother, what with their southern thing. But when I arrived, I found none other than the...
by David | Feb 7, 2011 | eating, urbanism
“Hey, aren’t you limeduck?” I froze like a raccoon caught hot-wiring a Mazda coupe. I was with ubranaut C at Flour Bakery and one a table of women making valentine decorations thought she knew me. As it turns out, it was none other than...
by David | Nov 22, 2010 | reading & writing, transportation, urbanism
I try not to look at the ads in the T, especially the ones over the tracks. If you look there too long, your animal brain starts to notice things moving down there and you become aware of a whole rodent jamboree. But that’s not my point, this is: I saw it a...
by David | Oct 25, 2010 | culture, design, economics, technology, transportation, urbanism
I was talking with some friends about maybe replacing my car and was promptly scolded because my choice wasn’t fuel-efficient enough. I have my back of the envelope calculations about the economics of paying a premium for a hybrid car when I don’t drive...
by David | Oct 21, 2010 | culture, economics, technology, urbanism
I was chatting with Boston fixture Joselin Mane and LBS Elder Eric Leist at Social Media Breakfast (organized by the estimable Bob Collins) this morning while pondering the use of altitude information by Foursquare, we stumbled on an interesting question: Location...
