by David | Jun 3, 2012 | eating
Did you know that buttery pastries can help reduce the risk of macular degeneration? You probably didn’t know that because it’s probably not true, but that didn’t stop me from picking up a savory scone at 3 Little Figs on Somerville’s Highland...
by David | Jun 1, 2012 | photo
During Somerville Open Studios a while back, I visited the studio of Bruce Myren in the Vernon Street Studios. Bruce is an artist and educator I’ve been following for a while and I was excited to see some new work, and there was plenty of it. Be sure to see the...
by David | May 30, 2012 | eating
Here’s how location-based marketing really works: I walked past a store and saw a sign advertising a sandwich that sounded yummy. I went in, bought it, photographed it, and ate it. But wait, there is more. While waiting for the sandwich to be made, I checked...
by David | May 25, 2012 | reading & writing, technology, working
Do they teach email writing in school? They certainly did not when I was in school, perhaps because there was no email back then. I suspect they still dont’t teach anything about email except maybe how to change the fonts and click the send button. I’m...
by David | May 24, 2012 | eating
Remember the golden days of social media, when you could call a tweetup for no good reason at all and the best and brightest would just show up and hang out? Well, they’re back. It’s lunchtime in America and the economy’s turning a corner. People...
by David | May 22, 2012 | design, working
I’m standing at the coffee bar at Dwelltime, not because I’m a pretentious euro-snob sipping my espresso, but in protest of the absurd edict of the cambridge city council about the number of seats allowed in this establishment. Then it occurred to me,...
by David | May 19, 2012 | science!, technology
In places like New York City, you can easily measure distance in blocks and people generally know how far that is in miles or minutes. In New York City, everybody knows that Manhattan street blocks are about 20 to the mile, and most New Yorkers can walk about one such...
by David | May 18, 2012 | media, photo, technology, Uncategorized
It’s the eve of the Facebook IPO, a few weeks after the Instagram sale, and I’m still trying to figure out Pinterest. Is it three syllables or two? But seriously, what does a wildly-popular site built on appropriating other peoples’ images mean for...
by David | May 17, 2012 | photo, travel, urbanism
I’m having an Aaron Siskind moment looking at the peeling paint on the side of an MBTA car. Or maybe it’s an Adam Marcinek moment, who knows. But the point is, some of these MBTA cars are looking pretty cruddy, and sometimes that crud is pretty pretty. So...
by David | May 14, 2012 | eating
Can it be we’ve gone two years without a Savory Scone Update? Well, let me assure you, I have not gone two years without a savory scone, that’s for sure. My new local spot, Dwell Time in Cambridge, offers a nice scone selection, including more than one...
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 8, 2012 | eating, urbanism
I had just about given up after a month of disappointment. I didn’t think the M&M Ribs Truck was ever coming to Boston City Hall. Four strikes and you’re usually out. But then, I chanced to spot a cryptic tweet: Today is the day! — TeamMMRIBS...
