Category Archives: Around Town

Scenes from the Green Line

So you guys might not think this is funny, but I was looking at this floating head thinking it was a person for like 5 minutes before I realized it was a reflection off of the advertisement on the wall across from the train. A floating head you guys!

Also – SPOTTED! Angry Engaged Happily Married Couple. You can feel the tension (photo after the jump).

Continue reading

Leave a comment

Filed under Around Town, Oh Baby It's a Wild World

Someone in My Building has a Serious Agenda

Back in April, ABC announced that it was going to cancel the long-running daytime soap operas All My Children and One Life to Live. While clearly devastating news, I haven’t been home during the day in about, oh, 22 years, so I did not feel this news pertained to me, nor did I think I’d be talking about it now, a month later. However, this has apparently come as quite a blow to someone in my apartment building.

When I first saw this flyer (poster? aggressive propaganda?) taped to the wall in my front entrance earlier this week, I thought it said “Save Seals.” I like seals, so I guess I was fine with it. The acronyms were unintelligible to me, and I didn’t really give it much thought after that. But yesterday, coming home from what was once again an awesome Zumba class, groceries in hand and struggling to find my keys, I gave the sign a second glance. “Save Soaps AMC and OLTL!” I went back and forth about publishing this phone number, but ultimately determined this person is asking for it.

Continue reading

1 Comment

Filed under Around Town, Oh Baby It's a Wild World, TV FANatic

“The Highest Appreciation is Not to Utter Words, But to Live by Them”

This slideshow requires JavaScript.

I stopped by the 9/11 memorial in Boston’s Public Garden this morning on my way to work to pay tribute to everyone who lost their lives on that terrible day. If you’ve never been, it’s a great place to sit and reflect, should you need to.

Just thought I’d share some photos of the memorial, covered with flowers and notes from people after Sunday’s news that Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, is dead.

Always remember. Never surrender.

Leave a comment

Filed under Around Town, BEST Things Ever, Oh Baby It's a Wild World