Thanksgiving

Citizen Complaint of the Day: If we're going to have Blue Laws, let's enforce them

adamg — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:44:44 +0000

While big-box stores postponed their Black Friday openings until 1 a.m. due to the state's enduring Blue Laws, an educated consumer noted the Payless store on Meridian Street in East Boston was boldly saying screw that, the public demands shoes on Thanksgiving (the sign says "We're open on Thanksgiving").

Occupy Best Buy: Some forego Thanksgiving, others have it delivered as they wait for discounted TVs, computers

adamg — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 03:48:15 +0000

First in line at the Dedham Best Buy.

Chris and Mihala, a young couple from Newton, got to the Best Buy in Dedham at 1 a.m. today to await its opening at 1 a.m. on Friday. It was partly so they could pick up a 42-inch TV marked down several hundred dollars and a computer, but also just so they could say they did something like wait outside a store for 24 hours - they'd never done something like that, they'd never even waited in line for concert tickets.

Food? There was takeout. Bathroom breaks? Port-a-Potties around the corner.

Greg Cameron and his wife, from Roslindale, were next to show up - at 8 a.m., followed by Kristina Milonas and her mother, from Norwood. They're more experienced line waiters - they do it every year, deciding which store to wait outside based on the sales. One year it was Target, another year, Wal-Mart, and this year, Best Buy, because of that marked-down TV.

Trotting turkey

adamg — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 23:59:21 +0000

Nathanael Hevelone discovers the one day of the year when it's acceptable to run through Davis Square dressed like a turkey.

Posted under this Creative Commons license and in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

Some people might be a bit late for Thanksgiving dinner

adamg — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:51:11 +0000

Around 11:40 a.m., Jim Lokay posted a photo of the backed up traffic on the turnpike westbound between Framingham and 495.

Around the same time, Dave reported a major jam on 128 north by Rte. 20 in Waltham caused by a multi-vehicle crash that closed three lanes. Sarah Nelson reported a similar situation involving another multi-car crash on 495 south between exits 26 and 27.

Turkey doesn't make it to Thanksgiving

adamg — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 05:00:21 +0000

Channel 4 reports a turkey flew into a Bellingham man's living-room window. It died, but he buried it instead of saving it for Thanksgiving.

Run, Tom, Run!

adamg — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 15:22:30 +0000

At 9:30, Bari Walsh tweeted:

Traffic just stopped on 9 west in Newton as 10 or so wild turkeys crossed the road. I swear.

Lots and lots of pies

adamg — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 12:04:17 +0000

The Boston Foodie spent Monday helping to bake pies at Harvard Square's Rialto for Thanksgiving delivery by Community Servings. You can buy some of their work until 4 p.m. at the Park Plaza castle.

Man donates food for food drive

Kaz — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:33:49 +0000

I have a new "game" I'm playing at work. Each day when I go out to buy lunch at the local Trader Joe's or Whole Foods, I'm buying one extra item.

My office building, like many others, is participating in a food drive for Thanksgiving in support of the East End House effort to hand out turkeys with all of the fixings this holiday season to people in need.

If I made my own lunch, I could probably rustle up something each day extra to put in my bag. But since I don't bring lunch, then those days when I get something at the store (instead of a take-out joint), I'm picking up a box of stuffing, or some instant potatoes, or maybe some powdered milk. It's only a few bucks each lunch that I'm less likely to notice and goes to a good cause.

Like the lottery says, "you have to play to win". Of course, the odds in my game are better. Every player's a winner.

Thanksgiving comes first

adamg — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 11:41:57 +0000

Jim Sullivan opens his annual, Sisyphean campaign to remind retailers about this thing called "a calendar."

The man who loved turkey

adamg — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:08:12 +0000

Noternie reports that by Sunday, the turkey was running low, so his wife went out and bought a 15-pound turkey so they could continue to feast on turkey and stuffing. As of this afternoon, he's downed 14 turkey sandwiches, 2 turkey dinners and a turkey pie. Guess what's for dinner tonight?

Did your Thanksgiving dinner go missing? You might want to check Carson Beach

adamg — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:19:20 +0000

Scooterdude reports a bizarre sight on Carson Beach this afternoon:

... I first spied a lump of orange-red on the beach and as I came closer it was discovered to be an entire turkey, cooked and all, on the sand. And then, as I walked further around, I realized the whole area was littered with fruits, unopened cans, some fresh corn on the cob, and even some chips and appetizers....!

Live view of the eastbound traffic at the Weston tolls

adamg — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:07:52 +0000

If you're looking at this Sunday afternoon/evening, you're probably not stuck at it.

Leverett Saltonstall would have been aghast at 4 a.m. doorbusters

adamg — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:25:52 +0000

Business Insider reports on the controversy when FDR pushed Thanksgiving back a week to give Depresssion-era merchants an extra week to move product:

... The selectmen of Plymouth, Massachusetts, informed the President, "It is a religious holiday and [you] have no right to change it for commercial reasons." Thanksgiving is a day to give thanks to the Almighty, harrumphed Governor Leverett Salstonstall of Massachusetts, "and not for the inauguration of Christmas shopping." ...

Via Jay Fitzgerald.

Thanksgiving hunger

adamg — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:54:50 +0000

Matthew I. reports he happened to have his camera with him on the way to Starbucks this morning when he spotted this man on Mass. Ave. in the Back Bay:

Gave this guy a couple bucks. Took his photo from across the street on the way back.

Copyright Matthew I. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

Did Thanksgiving do in John Adams?

adamg — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:26:00 +0000

Adams apparently was convinced the reason he couldn't get re-elected was becaue he declared a national day of thanksgiving on behalf of, gasp, Presbyterians. J.L. Bell recounts the whole story.