About twenty hardy souls braved the rain and stickiness to visit two neighborhoods in Brookline on the Boston By Foot September Tour of the Month of Longwood & Cottage Farm. These neighborhoods feel like a remote English village although one is never more than two blocks away from Beacon Street and it’s trolley line. The [...]
Archive for September, 2008
27 Sep
Book Review: Maps by Nuruddin Farah
Book Review: Maps (1986) by Nuruddin Farah represents Somalia for Around the World for a Good Book. The novel tells the story of Askar a boy whose father dies in the war before he was born and whose mother dies shortly after his birth. He’s rescued and raised by an Ethiopian outsider Misra. Much of [...]
24 Sep
Economics
It’s amazing what a major fiscal crisis can do to you. I’ve basically have no interest in economics. In fact I even managed to weasel myself out of the required economics course in High School by taking a special course in Japanese taught by a college professor (that worked out well as I know something [...]
23 Sep
Random Jots & Musings
For Sept. 23:
I saw a woman in Harvard Square wearing a McCain/Palin t-shirt. I immediately assumed she was wearing it ironically, but after a few moments it occurred to me that she may be for real.
There was a massive line at Boloco. Later I learned it was free burrito day. What does it say about [...]
22 Sep
Food Meme
Here’s a food meme with a list of foods that apparently every omnivore should try at least once, via the Desert Librarian. I’m a vegetarian (that is don’t eat anything from the animal kingdom but do eat animal products like milk, eggs, honey & cheese….mmmm, cheese), but I haven’t always been so I can check [...]
21 Sep
If the Mets Were the Yankees
All eyes in the baseball world this week turn to Flushing, NY where the New York Mets play their final seven games at Shea Stadium. The historic ballpark has been New York’s home for baseball memories since it opened in 1883 as home of the New York Giants. Originally named the Polo Grounds, the old [...]
20 Sep
Beer Review: Harpoon Octoberfest
No offense to Sam Adams, but Harpoon is my favorite Boston brewery. Here’s a German-style Marzen for the Fall.
Beer: Harpoon Octoberfest
Brewer: Harpoon Brewery
Source: Draft
Rating: *** (7.4 of 10)
Comments: This seasonal beer captures the feeling of autumn, crisp with the smell of burning leaves, and beautiful foliage all around. Indeed, the beer itself is a lovely [...]
19 Sep
Avast, me hearties…
It be International Talk Like a Pirate Day!
Before ye proceed further, click ye this link to continue readin’.
More ways for ye landlubbers to cel’brate this great day:
Pirate cartoons (with chickens)
Read about women pirates
Pirate riddles
Watch Pirates battle with Star-travelers
Talk Like a Boston Pirate
Pirate Week at Geek Dad
And, shiver me timbers ye scallywags can even see Facebook [...]
29 Sep
Shea Stadium: A Personal History
Posted by Liam in Ideas, Opinion & Commentary. Tagged: Baseball, History, Mets, New York, Shea Stadium. 2 Comments
Beloved Mets mascot Mr. Met signs autographs during a 1997 game at Shea Stadium.
Yesterday, the Mets lost to the Marlins and brought an end to their 2008 season as well as the William A. Shea Municipal Stadium. The Mets will begin the 2009 season in a retro-ballpark modeled on Ebbets Field, but Shea Stadium will [...]
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