After the recent underage sandwich party bust, you wouldn’t expect a pre-teen to try getting into a cougar bar. Oh, how absurd to imagine a kid being rescued after leaving his dog leashed up outside of Drink or Cuffs ! The real story—far more tragic—concerns a boy in the Boston Bar...

— We didn’t know anyone paid attention to the First Night parade, but Jewish and Palestinian activists do. [ Solomonia ] — The Bruins scored after “Sweet Caroline”, but you weren’t alone if you asked, “What the hell was with Dennis Leary and his buddy?”...

Public domain bacon Do you like bacon? How about some bacon-flavored beer… with a side of chocolate-covered bacon? Watch City Brewing Company in Waltham’s got what you need, in the form of “Smokey Joe Brown.” This cask Rauchbier (smoked beer) is flavored with Benton’s bacon...

EandJsFilmCrew was in Harvard Square before the new year and took a perfectly exposed shot of the Out of Town News stand. Taken with a DSLR and processed as a B&W, this shot shows a lot of dynamic range and good detail. Here is the original post: Photo of the Day, January 5, 2010: Out of Town...

Forgive us for not noticing this back in the day, but apparently vommy Boston bagel chain Finagle a Bagel used to offer a bagel called “Make it Skinny” for people on Atkins diets. Good news for those of you who were wistful for this bagel: It’s back. The only problem? It sounds to...

Flickr photo by Michael Femia; this is just a statue and NOT a Han Soloesque carbon freezing of the great man and an innocent little boy. We’ve learned a lot more than we ever wanted to know about the sad fate of Ted Williams’s cryogenically frozen head , which we last saw being used for...

Image by Lorianne DiSabato from photos tagged “Bostonist” on Flickr. Mayor Mumbles was sworn in for his fifth term this morning. [ Boston Globe ] Newton’s first black mayor has taken the oath of office. [ Newton Tab ] Lawrence is set to install the first Latino mayor in the Commonwealth...

But was it a booze sandwich? Cops broke up a New Year’s Eve party in Sandwich before midnight rolled around, rounding up several young folks who were illegally imbibing the booze, not to mention making too much noise. It’s a bummer not to make it to the new year, but that’s what an...

Brian Matiash is one of our favorites when it comes to HDR photography. He came up with this photo during a solo photo walk through Boston’s empty streets on New Year’s Day. Lots of detail, lots of texture, and excellent use of lighting. View original post here: Photo of the Day, January...

The Onion reports on a situation gripping the nation (or at least a part of Somerville): the cat that won’t die . Nineteen-year-old Socrates has ulcers, kidney problems, and some kind of eye infection that presumably makes his peepers weep with wisdom. Gooey wisdom. Yet he keeps on keeping on....