Boston Foodie would return to "new American" Lineage in Coolidge Corner:

... It always makes me extremely happy when I hear wonderful things about a restaurant and find that they are true, especially when the concept is so simple. Good food, at good prices, delivered with finesse- you cant beat a well executed meal!

Tammy must have one of those old Amphibicars. How else to explain how she survived flooding and a Florida-style sinkhole on the West Roxbury Parkway near where it meets the VFW Parkway after today's storm?

Keshet and MASALA invite you to join us for a special screening of this daring documentary exploring the lives of devout gay and lesbian Muslims. A discussion with director/producer Parvez Sharma and producer Sandi Dubowski (director of Trembling Before G-d) will follow. Read more about a Jihad for Love at: http://ajihadforlove.com/
Details:
Tuesday, July 1, 7:15 pm
Coolidge Corner Theatre
290 Harvard Street, Brookline, MA 02446

This is the sort of thing that doesn't exactly inspire confidence in trolley drivers:

Several people, including a Boston magazine staffer, witnessed a T driver repeatedly drifting off to sleep between Hynes and Coolidge Corner shortly after 6 p.m on June 17.

Nobody was hurt, but the story gets even better when that staffer attempts to report the incident to the T.

Brookline officials want well intentioned people to stop trying to scoop up oily birds from the Muddy River following yesterday's bizarre oil spill, because most people don't really have a clue how to get oil off a duck's back.

Kineferous was in Coolidge Corner yesterday. He took the video with his cellphone and describes (click on More Info on the right) the chaotic scene and the way so many people quickly rushed in to help after the fatal accident.

The Tab reports that up to 5,000 gallons of mineral oil that leaked out of an electrical conduit at Sutherland and Strathmore roads in Brighton this morning got into a drainage pipe that then dumped it into Leverett Pond and the Muddy River on the other side of Brookline on the Jamaica Plain line.

Harvard and Babcock streets, in front of the Gap around 5:30 p.m., at least four vehicles involved; numerous injuries reported. Ryan files this dispatch:

Both vehicles were crushed but one was much worst than the other -- completely minced. At my count there were at least three fire trucks, four ambulances and a swarm of police cars. They were closing down Harvard Street from Beacon down to (at least) the accident area, including the sidewalks. All the pedestrians were in the process of being rerouted.

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photo of Julian?

David Ertischek at the Transcript reports on the strange saga of Pamela Julian, who told a certain blogger she was running against incumbent state Rep. Mike Rush because he wouldn't return her call on a particular issue but who now is apparently avoiding Ertischek:

Can you think of a politician who doesn't want press about their candidacy? I have politicians calling me when they want to have a hearing. They drop story ideas in my lap, send me press releases, and have their staff call me about attending senior citizen events, a baseball game, greeting an injured child at the hospital or singing the national anthem.

Politicians want press, and most like to use the press to their advantage. I know I would do the same if I were a politician. Pamela Julian is not politically savvy in this way. ...

Fox in Detox doesn't get the hot new thing in Brookline: Walking with ski poles:

... I mean, I get the walking part, but why the ski poles? Do they extend some health benefit that I am not aware of? Is it a balance issue? If your balance is that bad, should you really be walking outdoors in the first place, where you could trip on an uneven sidewalk and crack your skull on the curb? Should you maybe consider wearing a helmet as well? ...

Two years ago, Jay Fitzgerald offered $25 for the first video of somebody skipping with these so-called Nordic poles. I wonder if he ever paid out.