by David | Jul 30, 2009 | technology, transportation, urbanism
I was excited to hear that Google maps had finally added Boston’s public transit system. Now you can get directions around Boston for driving, walking, and public transit. Of course, the MBTA website has been providing a trip planning service for some time. ...
by David | Jul 28, 2009 | culture, eating, urbanism
I had been tipped off to the opening of a new deli in the North End, and despite being rather skeptical of a new business that calls itself “famous,” I checked out Nick Varano’s Famous Deli at lunch today. I ordered pastrami. Hot, on rye, no funny...
by David | Jul 27, 2009 | reading & writing, working
You know how when you’re trying to work, every little distraction can be maddening? There were some fruit flies buzzing around my desk, so I lashed out, Obama-like, with the only weapon at hand. The vorpal index card went splat splat splat. Further evidence of...
by David | Jul 25, 2009 | culture, economics, reading & writing
I feel bad for whoever it was in the Amazon organization who first realized that they were about to remove 1984 from peoples’ kindles. “Why couldn’t it have been The Bridges of Madison County or something?” they must have wondered. They took...
by David | Jul 21, 2009 | culture, design, eating
I wasn’t thinking about dessert. No, I wasn’t unconscious, I had just eaten a large meal of pasta. But as we passed Petsi’s cafe on Putnam Avenue just five minutes before closing, there seemed nothing to lose popping in. There’s not often...
by David | Jul 14, 2009 | design, transportation, urbanism
On the occasion of Fête Nationale, or Bastille Day, I’m going to write about a particularly European thing, the man bag. Like most public transit commuters – or really most travelers of any kind – I’m always looking for the most efficient,...
by David | Jul 11, 2009 | economics, technology
Boston is not known as a late-night town. I met up with fashion blogger and journalista A for some bag shopping (more on my utter failure therat later) and sushi. She wanted to get an iPhone, too. Knowing that the Apple store was open later than the others –...
by David | Jul 9, 2009 | urbanism
Following up on the five things I won’t miss about Davis, here are five that will keep me coming back: Dave’s Fresh Pasta: there are lots of fine lunching establishments around here, even though not one serves the idealized cheese sandwich, but...
by David | Jul 7, 2009 | urbanism
Change is the only constant, and soon I’ll be spending a lot less time in Davis Square. It’s truly the Paris of Somerville and I’ll miss it – except for these things: Chuggers: Maybe one day I’ll have a minute for their cause (by which...
by David | Jul 5, 2009 | eating
I’m sure you’ve all had moments like this, where you find yourself making duck l’orange for a cat even though the cat’s vegetarian owner won’t eat it. It wasn’t just any night, of course. It was professor M’s alpha...
by David | Jul 3, 2009 | reading & writing
Today’s word of the day is concision. Used in a sentence…
by David | Jul 1, 2009 | reading & writing, urbanism
I’ve been repairing cafe scrabble sets for over a year now, but this is the first time I’ve gone back to a set that I previously topped up. Last March I fixed up the set at Bloc 11 cafe in Union Square. When I checked the board again in late June, I...
