This came in over the transom the other day. While not a limerick, you can't argue that it's sentiments are insincere....

I'm no fan of coffee chains. I prefer the Sugar Bowl on Dot Ave, however the Dunkin' Donuts at the apex of the Polish Triangle offers one thing the Sugar Bowl doesn't. The Dunkin' Donuts next to Andrew Station is open round the clock every day of the we...

A pre-2010, unofficial census report contains some interesting statistics.Dorchester's total population on August 12, 2009: 113,311.Ethnicity:African American or Black: 34%African American: 20%Haitian: 5%Dominican: 3%Other Carribean descent: 4%African des...

You walk beneath the flowering trees,There's a lilting music to the Bay's easy breezeYou feel kind of smart and your heart goes pit-a-pat!The trees and the breeze, they're part of a tender trap.Some starry night, Dorchester will make you tingle.Then you'l...

My near neighbor hasn't turned on his heat yet. I turned it on a few days ago and set the thermostat to a luxurious 62 degrees. I didn't do it for myself. I''m happy to wear woolen undergarments and an overcoat and stomp my feet and watch my breath merge ...

I was recently asked, "Do you know any limericks about Dorchester?"It's sad to say, but I don't. Boston's poetry scene seems to be centered more around Cambridge than the Dot. During my extensive excursions, I can't recall meeting one poet. I haven't seen...

Thurston Crowell, "Thirsty" to his friends, told me it's his birthday today. I congratulated him when he told me he turned 53 this morning. "Doing anything special?" I asked."My Momma's making me my favorite dinner," he said, "Pork chops just the way I li...

Outsiders wonder why Dorchester thrives despite being one of Boston's most disrespected and seemingly neglected neighborhoods. It is true that Dorchester looks a bit down on its luck at first inspection. Yet people continue to move in, businesses make p...

I don't know about your neighborhood but where I live, Friday is trash day. The sidewalks are lined with trash cans and recycling boxes. Somethings are too big to fit in receptacles, so they are neatly stacked wherever will fit.Little is wasted. The ca...

I checked my email today and I found a fine how-do-you-do. Tom Menino is following me on Twitter. He doesn't give his official title, but his picture curdles milk so there's no doubt who it is: Boston's chief executive. He is following me and 2216 other p...

The air is bracing before the sun comes up. The wind blows the Littlest Ninja motorcycle this side of the Charles River on a weaving course down Dot Ave. Some dead leaves drift but there is no litter. The streets are tidy.Dark windows unreel along my p...

I was at Cappy's Convenience a few weeks ago, though that's not exactly news. I forget what I was buying...maybe ice but probably not; was it warm enough for a cold drink in September? Whatever it was, while I was paying I spied the 'gentlemen's magazines...

Say what you will about Dorchester, Mass. but big ideas get floated here and not all of them go down in flames. There's been some discussion about opening a zeppelin school in Dorchester as a way to build community pride while providing vocational trainin...

Ah! Dorchester! It wakes some people up like a slug from a mug. For other people, it is home to sweet dreams.In a realm of countless delights, can a discerning topophile whittle down a list of just five things that showcase and show off Dorchester’s inh...

I ran into a Southern belle fresh from Charleston, SC this afternoon at the Mud House in Neponset. I asked how she was enjoying her visit to Boston."Ah luvs me sum of this Dorchestah, suh," she answered.I advised her to keep her eyes on the internet tomor...

I travelled to Codman Square yesterday and then took a short jaunt downhill to Peabody Square. It was a gloomy, chilly day but it did have its bright spot and it did have its ray of sunshine. There's new girl on the Dot. Well, she's new to me.and she's no...

Candidate Flaherty is tag teaming together with Dorchester's own Sam Yoon, against the incumbent in what is turning out to be an interesting mayoral election in Boston. When I first heard the news at Saint's Diner this morning, I wasn't impressed. I've ha...

Though full of slapstick, melodrama and overacting, Dorchester, Mass. is no silent movie. Quite the reverse. Firstly, it's real life. Secondly, it's quite noisy.The heavy rumble of the Red Line rattles Dorchester's spine and, where the Red Line ends at As...