A house without books

As you may know, I’ve been busy moving.  Yes, I’m leaving Cronin Park behind.  But not far behind, I’ve moved only a few blocks and a couple of stories.  I packed up and moved about a dozen boxes of books, some 17 running feet of shelf space.  Not a...

There goes the neighborhood

On Friday, the Cambridge police department moved out of its 75 year old Central Square headquarters, heading for a new facility in East Cambridge.  In an unrelated incident on the same day, about two blocks away, somebody not very gently removed the lock on the door...

Extraordinary hummus at Andala coffee house

I’ve mentioned this place in passing before, but after spending a couple of hours there the other night, I felt I really needed to write about it in detail, and declare my belief (and this is bound to generate controversy) that Andala serves up the best hummus...