Beehive

Inauguration of jonasprang.blogspot.com

I've started a blog on Fort Hill and Roxbury neighborhood issues: jonasprang.blogspot.com. The germ of the blog is the Settles Kerfuffle at 85 Centre Street, but I may branch out once that issue gets thrashed out.

Like many infant blogs, it's a little messy and not very attractive. Even so, I think I'll concentrate on the prose before tarting it up with pretty pictures.

Sorry, Beehive: Hip and exciting loses out to 10,000-calorie cheesecake every time

Katie Johnston Chase compares the South End's so-hip-it-hurts Beehive with staid, boring chain-y Cheesecake Factory at the Cambridgeside Galleria and concludes she'd rather go with the cheesecake:

... I'm all for supporting local businesses over chains, and I'm all for checking out new places, especially when they have live music, but these hot spots can be a major pain. I'm not sure when I'll have the energy to go back to the buzzing Beehive, but I'm already thinking about making another trip to the Factory.