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.
Maria M. spotted these Cadbury Cream Eggs at a local CVS yesterday:
Is Valentine's Day no longer sacred?! :)
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.
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.
What? Too soon? Tell that to the Auburndale Shaw's, where Loriane DiSabato snapped this photo on the 23rd:
Michal Skrzypek noticed some really tiny trees for sale outside the Hynes today.
BosGuy, who took the video, reports the police showed up late for the annual charity run (Ed. question: Recovering from pulling tents down at Dewey Square earlier in the morning?):
The Pops try for the second year to garner a world record for the most people singing Christmas carols in one place at one time, starting at noon at the Christian Science plaza. They'll need nearly 10,000 people to join in.
Cara and kids visit with Santa in Roslindale. Mike Ball visits with Tom Menino in Hyde Park.
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