by David | Jul 14, 2014 | eating
I was expanding the horizon and expanding the parameters of my on and off sandwich obsession and found myself at Foumami, an “asian sandwich bar” on Franklin street. I had been thinking that the scallion pancake sandwiches at Mei Mei were the best thing...
by David | Jul 13, 2014 | photo, science!, urbanism
Last week saw the second and last occurrence of Manhattanhenge this year. If you’ve been blissfully slumbering under a rock, or for some reason just not using Manhattan as the measure of the world, Manhattanhenge is when the setting sun lines up with the...
by David | Jul 11, 2014 | eating, urbanism
Darwin’s on Cambridge street, a new stop on my Cambridge coffee circuit, features a high community table with not enough chairs that seems to attract the standing desk crowd. More on that another time, this is a savory scone update. Behold the prosciutto...
by David | Jul 10, 2014 | eating, urbanism
I’d stayed up late making a week’s worth of lunch boxes, each one a work of nutritious bento art, and naturally I left all of them in the fridge at home. How serendipitous, I thought, the Boston Public Market on the Greenway is right next door, I’ll...
by David | Jul 9, 2014 | culture, economics
There’s a new concept in buying art based on the tried and true Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) model used by farms and other food producers. Community Supported Art means you pay in advance for a share and on “harvest day” you pick up a box of...
by David | Jul 8, 2014 | eating, urbanism
Getting back to basics and spending more time in the 02139, I dropped in at Mariposa Bakery and got reacquainted with my old friend, the savory scone. Mariposa offers several scones on some kind of rotation, but I always gravitate to the savory (try their pretzel...
by David | Jul 7, 2014 | eating, photo, urbanism
The kale seedlings I got from The Neighborhood Farm are thriving with only a few hours of direct sunlight a day on the northwest facing balcony. Though next time I might want to get more than three kale plants in order to have more than an amuse-bouche worth. Just two...
by David | Jul 6, 2014 | eating, urbanism
About a year ago I was standing inside 506 Park Drive trying not to get plaster dust on my clothes while Margaret, Irene and Andy described the restaurant they were going to open. I knew the truck well and loved it, but could they really make it serving sit-down...
by David | Jul 5, 2014 | design, urbanism
While hanging out on the LES with the young lions of fintech, I stayed at the newly soft opened Ludlow Hotel and was enchanted by this coffee table in the shape of Manhattan with the street grid incised in it. It sort of reminds me of Max Becher’s Chocolate...
by David | Jul 3, 2014 | urbanism, working
They say that your MIT credentials get more impressive and valuable the farther you get from MIT. This is nicely illustrated by this thing that happened to me in New York the other day, which most certainly could not have happened in Cambridge. It also, by the way,...
by David | Jul 2, 2014 | media, reading & writing, technology
I was reading an ebook on my phone (soon I’ll give in and just say, “I was reading a book”) and got to a part that included a recipe. I wasn’t about the actually try to prepare it, not least because I was on the train at the time, so I...
by David | Jul 1, 2014 | culture, transportation, urbanism
Lately I’ve noticed more and more people on the platform doing the “oh no, you go first” thing and selflessly standing by and letting others board the train first. I’ve even witnessed two or more such chivalrous folks come close to an...
