by David | Oct 6, 2008 | design, photo, urbanism
Tonight was supposedly the last night of Boston Illuminale (warning: annoying flash site, see also more photos on flickr), wherein several Boston sites were festooned with fancy lighting. I didn’t get to all the sites, but I’m not sure if they were all in...
by David | Oct 5, 2008 | design, urbanism
Yesterday was the official grand opening of the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway, the strip of urban parks that has replaced the elevated route 93 and changed the face of Boston. I might quibble with the execution or the cost, but I can’t say enough good things...
by David | Sep 28, 2008 | eating, urbanism
What the Fluff? was postponed due to rain, so naturally we headed off to East Boston to a red sauce joint we’d never visited before, Rino’s place. Wouldn’t you? The party was joined by several members of the Josephine crew, Chef J (whose issues...
by David | Sep 24, 2008 | eating, urbanism
“Muffaletta FTW” summed up lunch well enough for a tweet, but I wanted to take a moment to expound and illustrate the deliciousness that is Dave’s Fresh Pasta in Davis Square. On a near-perfect early autumn day, I met J for lunch at Dave’s. I...
by David | Sep 22, 2008 | eating, urbanism
I like simplicity and focus. When Four Burgers opened up with a radically simple menu, I was excited, and I wasn’t alone. When I walk by, the place is almost always busy. J blogged about the burger and also about the sweet potato fries. To recap, the four...
by David | Sep 17, 2008 | culture, media, photo, transportation, urbanism
It’s rare that I know something about social media that C.C. Chapman doesn’t, but earlier this evening I left the third WBUR social media get-together and saw this tweet. So, for C.C. and others, let me set the context. WBUR’s social media guy, Ken...
