by David | Oct 18, 2008 | economics
Part of the winner’s curse when you buy art is that you often end up having to shell out even more cash to properly store or present it. So after getting another beautiful Keith Carter print at The Center for Photography at Woodstock’s Benefit Auction...
by David | Oct 17, 2008 | eating
The great Davis Square Cheese Sandwich battle got a little more interesting this week as second-place finisher Blue Shirt Cafe struck back at weakened champion Diesel Cafe. Diesel had won handily with the Branch Trio, but then took it off their menu, retiring...
by David | Oct 15, 2008 | culture, economics, media
I started off writing another “grumpy philanthropist” bit, but decided to mellow out a little for once. I’d been getting cheesed off at high-fuss low-impact online (and offline) awareness campaigns that didn’t really do enough for the causes. ...
by David | Oct 13, 2008 | eating
It’s not even officially duck season or rabbit season, but I keep ordering up delicious gamy dishes. Tonight’s full moon found me at Somerville fave EVOO (that’s foodie talk for Extra Virgin Olive Oil) by random chance. J brought a batch of peachy...
by David | Oct 10, 2008 | economics
That’s $42.70 if you’re keeping track. And that’s how much change was sitting in a jar in my kitchen when I finally dragged it off to the supermarket and dumped it into the coinstar machine. That’s right, I paid a big green box 8.9% of my...
by David | Oct 10, 2008 | design, economics, technology
Have you noticed that just about every computer or TV screen has gone widescreen? I’m not sure what portion of TV programming or movies comes in what aspect ratio, but I’m definitely seeing computer monitors expanding horizontally. There are some good...
by David | Oct 8, 2008 | culture, design, urbanism
Once again, I’m in danger of falling seriously behind on posting about events that I’ve attended or noted, so I’m going to get proactive and blog about some events that are upcoming and maybe drum up a few more attendees. Perhaps I’ll see you...
by David | Oct 7, 2008 | design, photo, transportation, urbanism
The Northern Avenue bridge was illuminaled in orange and blue but I didn’t get even halfway across when a security guy called out that we had to clear the bridge because it was going to open. Open? I had no idea it could. Turns out it’s the spinny kind...
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 | Oct 4, 2008 | eating
Holiday weeks can be longer and shorter at the same time. I spent a couple of days in New York City with family and returned to full-bore autumn and a brief but intense two-day work week. Celebrating exceptional September results, half the company headed off to...
by David | Sep 29, 2008 | culture, design, media
Clearly I’m a bit behind on the art writeups here. I was at the opening for the DeCordova’s drawing show, “Drawn to Detail” with erstwhile museum buddy L some weeks ago. As usual, the opening was way too crowded to really see the work, but I...
