Harvard Square
Why monkey with a good thing? Curious George bookstore to re-open in Harvard Square
By adamg - 2/6/12 - 1:50 pmWicked Local Cambridge reports a Roslindale couple is working to re-open the shuttered kids' bookstore in the heart of the square. Reopening is sometime this spring.
Wait, we have a Miss Boston?
By adamg - 2/6/12 - 6:41 amIndeed we do, and a Harvard sophomore is one of 10 competitors:
"Being from Harvard makes me unique, but I'm sure they all have their strengths and components that make them unique," Beck said.
It's amazing what you can get on Etsy these days
By adamg - 2/2/12 - 4:32 pm
At least, we're assuming this guy got his unique jacket on Etsy - just look at that fine handcrafted design!
Rima Chaddha Mycynek spotted man and jacket at Harvard Square today.
Matt Drudge is probably not roaming Harvard stealing laptops
By adamg - 1/25/12 - 12:40 pm
Stop, thief!But somebody who looks like him, at least in low-res surveillance photos, is.
Harvard University Police report this guy was seen entering Rm. 238 in Mallinckrodt Lab on Oxford Street, around 1:50 p.m. on Saturday and then exiting about a minute later - leaving behind a space where a laptop used to be. "Suspect is connected to numerous thefts on campus."
If he looks familiar, contact HUPD at 617-496-3223.
Actual Drudge, for comparison.
Harvard Book Store: We're doing just fine, thank you very much
By adamg - 1/21/12 - 11:47 amJeff Mayersohn, owner of the iconic Harvard Square shop, sent e-mail to fans:
As Rachel noted in a recent newsletter, we just completed our best holiday season in quite some time. The volume of business happily surprised us after years of challenge. Despite this unanticipated demand, our amazing staff rose to the occasion, the publishers supplied us with the books we needed, and our customers showered us with much appreciated holiday cheer. We are very thankful as we head into 2012. ... It is clear that the rumors of the demise of independent bookstores have been greatly exaggerated. Entrepreneurs continue to enter the industry, reimagining how the printed word is distributed to passionate readers. It has been an exciting year, but we promise you that the coming year will be even more exciting.
Via Danielle Dreilinger.
The first big snow of the season in New England is always so magical
By adamg - 1/21/12 - 10:18 am
Stiofan forwards this photo of the result of a car-vs.-bollard incident in Harvard Square this morning. Lots of other smashups reported across the area as we magically lose the ability to drive in snow.
Harvard to remove Checkpoint Charlies on Thursday
By adamg - 12/21/11 - 8:02 pmThe Crimson reports that with the end of a major presence by Occupy Harvard, the U is re-opening Harvard Yard to the public sometime tomorrow. But as Ron Newman notes in the comments, the hours are limited - no more romantic moon-lit late-night strolls through the Yard, plebians.
You CAN pahk ya cah in Hahvahd Yahd, if ya put ya mind to it
By adamg - 12/20/11 - 4:05 pm
All it takes is a little extra tap on the accelerator, somebody discovered today. Jason Mihalko was on scene to record this rebuttal to the old nostrum.
Cambridge Police report two people were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries in the accident, which is still under investigation.
Today's best testimonial for Burdick in Harvard Square
By adamg - 12/17/11 - 12:55 pmBijan Sabet recounts a discussion with his five-year-old today about the Harvard Square chocolate shop.
Man's addiction spirals out of control until he hits rock bottom and begins pretending to be a Harvard freshman
By adamg - 12/14/11 - 8:02 amThe Crimson recounts the sordid tale:
Liu said that when a freshman acquaintance asked him to spend time in Weld, he was reluctant, but he eventually decided to go ahead. Sometime during October, he began telling freshmen he lived there.
"You get so deep, you don’t know how to stop it," he said.
