If you insist on taking yours into a Chinatown restaurant and then using it as you sit at the bar, don't be surprised if it disappears when you leave it there to visit the restroom. And then be thankful if the alleged thieves are even dumber than you are.

Also click on the link to read about a polite purse snatcher in the South End:

... According to the victim, she was walking along when the suspect came up from behind her, tapped her on the shoulder and stated, "Excuse me .. can I have this?" At this point, the suspect grabbed her purse and took off.

Fortunately, a passing motorist spotted the tot, picked him up and dialed 911, Boston Police report.

And what was he doing wandering around by himself then?

Around 4:15am, officers responded to Kempton St. for a report of a missing three-year-old child. There, officers spoke to a mother who reported that she had left her three year old at home with her 18 year old daughter around 11pm and came home around 3am to find her front door open and her three year old missing from his bed. The caller stated that she looked around for her son unsuccessfully and then called the police.

Detectives and DSS are now on the case.

Meanwhile, police report that carousers who party together stay together. Around 2:20 a.m., police told a group of people causing a disturbance at 157 Brighton Ave. in Allston to move along. Apparently, they moved along to the South End, where, around 4:30 a.m., police responded to a report of a fight at 661 Tremont St. They say they found the same group of people:

Officers gave the group numerous orders to disperse, all of which were met with negative results. Officers continued to monitor the group which continued to move along but maintained their disorderly conduct. One particular individual was being louder and causing a scene. This individual was yelling and being confrontational with officers despite their orders for her to be on her way.

And that's how a lass from Lynn got pulled in.

The Missus was in front of her building this morning, waiting for the bus, when some guy in a red sweat suit said good morning, then told her she has nice hair:

... His hands weren't inside his pockets, they were down his front pants. Really deep in his pants. I don't have to take a guess as to what he was holding on to in his pants, as he was walking... But I knew the cordial morning greeting was all I would be able to say to him without laughing and shrieking, "What the fuck is wrong with you, you pervert! There are children at this bus stop too!"

But I didn't say anything to him, because he kept walking and didn't stop to wait for the bus. ...

38 Dwight St. in the South End last night; 16-year-old is expected to survive.

The shooting comes a week after a 15-year-old was stabbed at E. Newton and Washington streets.

Emily Gallardo walks around the South End and Jamaica Plain sketching dogs she sees:

I take my inspiration from the dogs in the my neighborhood -- any stroll in the dog parks looks like a Westminster Dog Show parade. I want to thank the dogs and their owners in Boston's South End and Jamaica Plain for their patience and forbearance.

Via the JP Beat.

Four guys from the suburbs and one from Roslindale charged with the 1:20 a.m. attack at 120 Boylston St., police say. Victim expected to live.

Steven Thoi, 25, of Malden, Don Tran, 26, of Randolph, Tony Dang, 23, of Quincy, Peter Huynh, 27, of Malden, Mark Nguyen, 24, of Roslindale all charged.

About two hours later, police say three do-gooders who gave a ride to a couple of soon-to-be-thugs at a party at 10 Trotter Ct. in the South End wound up getting beaten with the butt end of a knife and robbed - after they picked up a third alleged thug.

Marco Rodriguez, 19, of Roxbury, Jesus Ortiz, 17, of Roxbury, a 16 year-old male from Roxbury all charged.

Read for yourself the National Research Council report on why it thinks more study is needed before BU should be allowed to study deadly pathogens in the South End.

Biolab follies - Phoenix report.

The Missus explains why she won't be stepping foot in that South End restaurant ever again.

Sushiesque spots somebody gauzing at the big Band-Aid on Thayer Street in the South End.

The South End News reports the moneyless developers of Columbus Center will do some "minimal work" at their hole in the ground to keep the hole "in play" should they suddenly find a winning Red Sox scratch ticket or otherwise find the money to actually turn the hole into a development.