Somerville

"KickAss Cupcakes" - should have a new name!!!

me99 — Fri, 16 May 2008 09:09:57 -0400

Now if you have the cojones to call your cupcakes "KickAss" don't you think there should be a shred of that bravado in the product?

I heard about KickAss Cupcakes from a friend and the name was so enticing, that I couldn't wait to check it out. I've had delicious cupcakes from the hot spots in NYC and had hoped that this was a local-neighborhood spot that could rival those cupcake Meccas.

Fowl play suspected in Somerville disappearance

adamg — Wed, 14 May 2008 22:28:01 -0400

Resident refuses to believe family member simply flew the coop.

Industrial waste poured down storm drain in Davis Square

adamg — Wed, 14 May 2008 13:46:04 -0400

Bobob reports:

I was walking in the Davis Square area and saw a man from a industrial cleaning company dumping his cleaning waste down the street sewer from his van -- it was pretty stinky. I'm assuming this is illegal because when he saw me he packed up his truck and took off in a hurry. ...

Bike notes

adamg — Tue, 13 May 2008 22:16:16 -0400

Mike Ball is all in favor of bicycling, but says Mayor Menino needs to stop dressing like a grumpy Care Bear:

... That's doubly unfortunate in that he was doing something vaguely athletic and he was quite jolly at the time. ...

Don Martelli writes the photo of the biking mayor reminds him a bit of that infamous video of Mike Dukakis in a tank.

Mike Mennonno, normally an inveterate bike rider, is thinking of taking the T to work:

... Because the problem with encouraging more bicycle commuting before you've got adequate infrastructure in place for it is it may end up having the opposite of the intended effect. Add to that that there are plenty of Massholes among the ranks of cyclists, too, and Bike Week in Boston is a recipe for anarchy. ...

Oh, yeah, Masshole cyclists.

Casey reports on her first bicycle commute:

... When a Prius passed me, I laughed. "You think you're green? Ha!" ...

Adam Pieniazek reports Bike Week news, including:

... Yesterday I was biking through Cambridge and Somerville, via Hampshire and Beacon Street and noticed a new feature on the Beacon Street/Somerville side of the trip. Bike lanes! ...

Police details and Boston drivers

Boston Driver — Tue, 13 May 2008 14:05:52 -0400

Only Massachusetts requires police details at road work sites. Boston drivers are from Massachusetts. Coincidence? DrivingLikeAss.Com thinks not.
The new DLA Labs study, Traffic Authority Figures & Their Effectiveness in the Modification of Ass-like Driving Behavior: A DLA Research Study, points to a possible sensory cortex dysfunction among Boston drivers. On the other hand, it could also be that they just like driving like ass.

This is the sort of thing that almost led to a war between Colombia and Ecuador

adamg — Wed, 07 May 2008 22:51:50 -0400

Somerville cop writes ticket for car parked in Cambridge.

Heavy metal outrage in Somerville

adamg — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:46:26 -0400

The Somerville News reports that somebody stole 475 pounds worth of manhole and water-gate covers from Josephine Avenue on Sunday. The covers had been stacked up in piles as the city repaved the street. Police say:

It's not inconceivable that someone living right on the street rolled them into their backyard.

Loaded for bear on the Red and Orange lines

adamg — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:28:24 -0400

Bobbob hasn't taken the T regularly for three years now, so wonders if the following sight is unusual:

... [T]here were two very buff, swat-team style cops with large guns -- I don't know my guns, but this sure wasn't a handgun, it extended about the length of his torso. Is this a new thing? Have there been military style police riding the rails for a while now? I opted to take the next train but the other passengers seemed less surprised.

Amazingly, JP Beat got a photo of two T SWATters at Back Bay station this morning, and they don't look like they're about to order him to the ground and rip the memory card out of his camera.

Maybe they were too busy looking for this evil dude.

Proposed new Green Line stops announced

adamg — Mon, 05 May 2008 20:05:38 -0400

The Cambridge Chronicle posts the new stops north of Lechmere proposed for the Green Line extension - including a relocated Lechmere.

And the Somerville Green-Line Stations Are ...

rickburnes — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:17:56 -0400

Another step forward for the Somerville Green Line: State transportation folks announced this afternoon proposed stops in Somerville and Medford (sort of). The Cambridge Chronicle has the list.