New Yorker parachutes in, declares us 'tidy'
By adamg - 6/5/08 - 8:13 pm
ESPN writer gets stuck in Leverett Circle; can't figure out how to navigate out of it:
... I have been here about 24 hours, but I drove around a little last night, through a dozen different neighborhoods. In every one of them everything seemed so tidy. I guess you'd call it gentrifed, but I'm not sure it was ever not like this. Just about everyone I saw seemed to have on something plaid, or something khaki, or most likely both. ...
Via Adam Reilly.
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All the epithet-hurling
All the epithet-hurling people must have been following me around today because I heard more than my fair share.
Come to think of it, maybe this guy should just hang out with me, as I also saw excrement in a downtown doorway earlier this week.
Oh Jerry Williams, Thou Shouldst Be Alive In This Hour
Deceased talk-show host Jerry Williams used to rant continually about the filth around Boston...it got him very A-N-N-O-Y-E-D. If he were alive today and had read this column, it would have provided him with enough fodder for three hours wit NO callers!