shopping

Beans in a Can: Cheap & Thrifty

jdrazz — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:54:32 +0000

Broke and trendy? Roslindale film maker and blogger Elaine McMillion has put together a directory of every thrift store, boutique, and consignment shop in the Boston area along with ideas of what to do with all the homeless ex-belongings.

http://www.beansinacan.com

Fens gets full-time farm stand

fenwayguy — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:05:50 +0000

Rather than have the former tire store on Boylston Street in the Fenway sit empty until the financial picture improves, developer Steve Samuels has leased it to the Marshall's Farm Stand people from Gloucester. Next door is a new fitness gym, CrossFit Fenway. Marshall's has the best thing ever for an in-town farm stand: on-site free parking. Grand opening Saturday.

GREAT idea -- welcome, folks. And thank you, Steve Samuels.

Menino on DTX: Burritos, not Buicks

neilv — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:40:57 +0000

By way of starting a new Downtown Crossing thread on UH, Menino opened a burrito joint and reaffirmed commitment to DTX as a pedestrian mall.

The Globe story also has an amusing bit about what features of DTX the mayor's walking tour somehow missed.

Changing Boston's Neigborhoods one Transaction at a Time

bgoodman — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 19:25:28 +0000

You care about the schools, businesses, and non-profits that make up your community. The decisions you make when you shop have a direct impact on the communities in which you live. When you shop at participating businesses with your Boston Community Change card, a portion of each transaction is returned to you as a cash rebate and a portion is directed to support the local Main Street organization and a nonprofit or school of your choice - encouraging you to shop locally and share locally.

Cards are FREE at www.bostoncommunitychange.org

Bradley Liquors saves the day

thesecondglass — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 23:09:11 +0000

When you order a turkey sammich, and the deli man instead gives you a smoked turkey sammich, your first instinct might be to open that thing up and show him the exact difference between what you asked for and what he gave you. And by â€œshowâ€ I obviously mean mashing it all over his face.

Is there a Doc in the house?

adamg — Sat, 23 Apr 2005 23:38:47 +0000

Jack cannot believe it's so hard to find a good pair of Doc Martens in Boston that he had to buy them online:

You should be able to buy them at 3 AM at the 7-11 along with a pack of condoms and some Doritoes.