Holidays

Enter the year of the dragon

adamg — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:57:59 +0000

Photos from the Chinese New Year festivities in Chinatown today.

Day of service in Cambridge on Martin Luther King Day

adamg — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:01:37 +0000

CentralSquare.com reports on the MLK Cambridge Day of Service:

In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr., volunteers of all ages are joining together for an afternoon of service to Cambridge residents in need. Come lend your hands and make a difference. WHERE: The YWCA at 7 Temple St. and the Cambridge Senior Center, 806 Mass. Ave. in Central Square, Cambridge WHEN: Monday, January 16th from 2:00-5:00 pm WHO: Adults, teens, and families welcome.

Somebody kidnapped the baby Jesus from Brookline Village

adamg — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 02:29:52 +0000

John Carroll posts crime-scene photos.

Some years, the L Street Brownies have it a bit warmer than others

adamg — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 20:21:54 +0000

Mystery Pill took in today's annual Dorchester Bay dip by the L Street Brownies - just like Leslie Jones did in 1930:

Top photo copyright Mystery Pill and posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr. Bottom photo from the Boston Public Library's Leslie Jones collection and posted under this Creative Commons license.

Occupy First Night

adamg — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 04:18:07 +0000

An icy end to the year

adamg — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 02:27:11 +0000

From Boston (above) to Needham, ice sculptors welcomed the New Year.

Eeka photographs an ice dragon in the making in Brookline.

Needham photo copyright Paul Keleher. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

Happy Easter!

adamg — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 22:01:53 +0000

Maria M. spotted these Cadbury Cream Eggs at a local CVS yesterday:

Is Valentine's Day no longer sacred?! :)

Copyright Maria M. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

A little First Night frisson

adamg — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 18:26:17 +0000

No doubt there's an excellent reason why the people putting on tonight's family fireworks at 7 p.m. on the Common didn't want First Night to include information about them in their schedule or even answer questions about them, so just because I can't think of what that reason might be doesn't mean it's not perfectly sane and reasonable.

Recycling your Christmas tree in Boston; but what about Festivus poles?

adamg — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:24:39 +0000

The DPW will collect Christmas trees (the real ones, that is) for the first two recycling days in January - put your denuded, de-ornamented tree at the curb by 7 a.m. on your recycling day.

No word on Festivus poles, although since those are simply alumninum, you can presumably just toss them in your recycling bin. But should you? William Ricker posits that you should just put it away somewhere for reuse next year. Ward 7 Somerville, however, counters that "fresh grievances merit a fresh pole."