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Bite Size News, December 30: Rubik’s Cube Edition
Image by EandJsFilmCrew from photos tagged “Bostonist” on Flickr . A student at WPI successfully solved three Rubik’s Cubes in less time than it took Mike Lynch to explain the NFL playoff picture. [ WCVB ] Two Boston firefighters were injured in a Jamaica Plain fire. [ Boston Globe...
Bite Size News, December 23: ‘Tis The Season Edition
Image by historygradguy from photos tagged “Bostonist” on Flickr . Boston’s public works crews are out and about searching for items being used to save spaces. Space savers get confiscated and often include chairs, cones, toilets, grills and shopping carts. Trash barrels reportedly...
This Week In Booze: Heavy With Olives
Political commentator, television personality, and classic cocktail enthusiast Rachel Maddow is now utilizing her varied interests to engage in investigative cocktail journalism. She has obtained a grainy spy photo of bartenders (Derek Brown and Adam Bernbach) and bottles (Luxardo maraschino, Old Tom...
Massachusetts Terribly Unhappy; (Because?) More People Keep Coming Here
Image tagged “Bostonist” by Flickr user AndreaTallOne . We recently ranked as the 43rd happiest state in the U.S., just shy of Rhode Island (42nd) and kicking the miserable asses of Connecticut and New York (49th and 50th, respectively). Notwithstanding our depression, possibly caused by...
Time to Redline the Red Line? This Thing Could Use Some Editing.
It’s a leaky death trap . It derailed last night , causing fifteen-minute journeys to soar into the hour-plus realm for many. The power went out this morning. And now there’s a disabled train at Kendall . Could it get any worse? At least the Red Line (between Harvard and Alewife) will be...
Photo of the Day, December 23, 2009: Breathe deeply
kmacgray took an opportunity to share with us a holiday message from the Shops at the Prudential Center. We love the asymmetrical aspect and that bright patch of color in the upper right corner. See original here:  Photo of the Day, December 23, 2009: Breathe deeply
Bite Size News, December 18: How much? Edition
Image by kfdavila from photos tagged “Bostonist” on Flickr . Massachusetts’ Revenue Commissioner says the recent sales tax increase has worked, and is saving the Bay state from larger deficits. [ Boston Herald ] First Premier Bank is actually offering a credit card with an interest...
This Week In Booze: In Which We Learn Fatal Truths About Booze Storage
The Campari Soda lamp casts a cochineal glow over Central Bottle’s cash registers. Last-minute gift ideas: what to get for your favorite drunkards, and where to find it. [ LUPEC , Drinkboston , Dizzy Fizz , Liquor.com , Bostonist ] And, how to ply them with DIY infusions, homemade tonic water,...
Bite Size News, December 16: Going Green Edition
Image by sw_awesometown from photos tagged “Bostonist” on Flickr Senator John Kerry is in Copenhagen trying to reach an international agreement on dealing with global warming. [ Boston Globe ] Despite the efforts of Senator Kerry and President Obama to battle global warming, conservatives...
Boston Blotter: Teenager Sentenced for ‘07 Cop Killing
Blotter siren — 19-year-old Gia Nagy pleaded guilty to charges that she hid the dismantled gun that her former boyfriend had used to shoot Revere police officer Daniel Talbot to death in 2007. [ Herald ] — A Kingston man who had been out on bail for raping a child stands accused of a new...
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