by David | Jun 10, 2008 | photo, technology, travel, urbanism
As I contemplate driving 500 miles or so this weekend – more than I’ve driven in a month so far this year, I believe – my mind meanders back to cartographic matters. A random roundup of mappy clippings: I. The Globe Corner Bookstore has a Blog....
by David | Jun 7, 2008 | culture, eating, media, photo, urbanism
Looking for something to do after work Friday, I perused the listings at Boston Photography Focus, a local photo scene blog produced by the fine folks at the Photographic Resource Center. I decided to visit Gallery NAGA which was open late due to the general First...
by David | Jun 4, 2008 | eating, urbanism
Lots of half-finished business (but hardly any half-finished food) here in the secret LimeCave. After last week’s cheesy post on local eating, I learned a couple of important things: It’s locavore (219,000 google results), not locovore (4,000 results) Via...
by David | Jun 1, 2008 | media, urbanism
I found this video linked from the Theynow.com podcast’s website. It’s an acoustic cover of They Might Be Giants’ song, I’ll Sink Manhattan, found on their 1999 album Miscellaneous T. The cover artist calls it a “[c]over of a slightly...
by David | May 28, 2008 | eating, urbanism
I’d been watching the vacant spot between Kick Ass Cupcakes and When Pigs Fly Bread for a while, and just last week it bloomed into the Dairy Bar at Kick Ass Cupcakes. But I’m just going to call it the Kick Ass Dairy Bar. It’s now official –...
by David | May 25, 2008 | eating, urbanism
Ever since I topped off the scrabble set at Bloc 11 Cafe in Union square, I’ve been on the lookout for other public scrabble sets in need of repair. After all, what am I going to do with 96 extra letters? Earlier this week, I checked 1369 coffeehouse in Inman...