Earlier this month, Legal Sea Foods started a minor spat with the MBTA carmen’s union over the “Fresh Fish” ads that poked fun at Green Line drivers. Rather than not dignifying the ads with a response, the carmen’s union continued to gripe, which handed Legal Sea Foods CEO Roger Berkowitz some coveted free advertising.
Berkowitz knows when he’s got a live one at the end of his line, and he baited union officials yet again by running a full-page ad in today’s Globe.
Whenever we pass a gas station, we’re always grateful that we don’t rely on a car to get to work. As the price of fuel increases daily, it makes the unreliability of the MBTA seem like less a bargain.
Many automobile commuters agree; ridership on the T has been climbingformonths. Today, the agency will celebrate by unveiling the first-ever wrapped commuter rail car as part of an ad campaign that encourages taking the train over filling the tank.
We just hope the MBTA can accommodate the new customers.
When the Red Sox won the World Series, we interviewed Jason the Confetti Guy about what it’s like to experience a Rolling Rally from the player’s perspective. After the Patriots lost the Super Bowl, we interviewed him about the parade that didn’t happen, and he told us something pretty interesting.
“I really hope to do a Celtics parade someday. Like much of New England I lost track of the Celts for a long time, but I grew up in the Larry Bird era. I’m also tired of the red, white, and blue confetti. Green will be a nice break.”
Once the cigars had been lit, we emailed Confetti Guy to see if he’d be willing to talk about loading up the green and white confetti. But we’re sad to report his company wasn’t hired for yesterday’s rally.
As has been well documented in the past month, we’ve got some issues with the columnists in this town. After John Gonzalez took them to task for their schmaltzy pieces, Kevin Cullen showed some signs of life when he fought back, which we applauded.
Apparently, Cullen didn’t hear our praise, probably because he doesn’t quite understand the internet. But that’s just the beginning of the ways in which our city’s columnists don’t comprehend what the Celtics victory means to Boston.
Two weeks ago, the Harvard Square Business Association officially launched Wi-Fi access throughout the entire square at no cost to users. With no glitches or problems so far, it looks like the HSBA has given us what the Mayor’s Wireless Task Force could not: free wireless.
According to Denise Jillson, executive director of the HSBA, 2,700 users have taken advantage of the mesh network, which extends throughout the entire geographical area of the Square. Jillson told us that an additional DSL line will be installed to extend the coverage to the Inn at Harvard and the Charles Hotel tomorrow, and the system will be closely monitored in the upcoming months to ensure the connection stays fast and glitch-free. (more…)
In the years we’ve lived in Boston, we’ve had the opportunity to attend six championship parades. We loved having the chance to ogle cheer Tom Brady up close during the three Super Bowl parades, but nothing will ever be as special as the Red Sox’s 2004 victory tour that was so cathartic for generations of baseball fans.
While we love all the coaches and players who’ve paraded through the city before, none of them had as much fun as the Boston Celtics did today.
Being a columnist, I’ve learned to cope with a steady diet of futility and disappointment. But I can’t recall feeling such a keen sense of defeat as I did yesterday afternoon, when I got word of the line-up for this years abhorrent Pops Fourth of July extravaganza. I’ve written about this before, and consider Keith Lockhart an enemy of music (not to mention an increasingly creepy looking man whose propensity for black slacks and billowy red shirts suggest a cross between an IT professional and a movie theater usher).
Still, today’s news took me off guard. Something deep (and probably stupid) within me hoped that the column I wrote last year would have knocked something loose, caused someone with the Pops to take a moment away from rigging this years’ patriotism/horror-show, and think, “You know, he’s right, we are cheapening our city, our selves, our nation, the troops, the children, civil rights, decency, decorum, taste etc. etc.”
Not so. Witness, ladies and gentlemen, the headliner for this year’s show: RASCAL FLATTS. (more…)
It’s a beautiful morning in downtown Boston. The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and your 2008 NBA Champion Boston Celtics are preparing to board the official vehicle of our city’s conquering heroes for our second victory parade in eight months. (Hope you convinced your boss that you’re actually sick.)
Earlier today, we reported on ducklings that were in danger of being sucked into the Christian Science Center reflecting pool’s filters. When we last left a crowd of maintenance workers and Animal Rescue League of Boston employees, they were still trying to corral the understandably upset mother duck.
One of the perks of working by the Christian Science Center reflecting pool (aside from watching random people take the plunge) is watching the ducks who call the pond home. All spring, we’ve seen a female duck and two male ducks hanging around the pool, begging tourists for snacks and happily paddling around.
We left the office for lunch today and saw two Animal Rescue League of Boston trucks parked outside, and two Rescue League employees trying to corral our beloved ducks. Turns out, the female was a mother, and she and her nine ducklings were being evicted from the pool.
Berkowitz knows when he’s got a live one at the end of his line, and he baited union officials yet again by running a full-page ad in today’s Globe.
Many automobile commuters agree; ridership on the T has been 
Once the cigars had been lit, we emailed Confetti Guy to see if he’d be willing to talk about loading up the green and white confetti. But we’re sad to report his company wasn’t hired for yesterday’s rally.
Apparently, Cullen didn’t hear our praise, probably because he doesn’t quite understand the internet. But that’s just the beginning of the ways in which our city’s columnists don’t comprehend what the Celtics victory means to Boston.
Two weeks ago, the Harvard Square Business Association officially launched Wi-Fi access throughout the entire square at no cost to users. With no glitches or problems so far, it looks like the HSBA has given us what the Mayor’s Wireless Task Force could not: free wireless.
In the years we’ve lived in Boston, we’ve had the opportunity to attend six championship parades. We loved having the chance to 
Being a columnist, I’ve learned to cope with a steady diet of futility and disappointment. But I can’t recall feeling such a keen sense of defeat as I did yesterday afternoon, when I got word of the line-up for this years abhorrent Pops Fourth of July extravaganza. 
It’s a beautiful morning in downtown Boston. The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and your 2008 NBA Champion Boston Celtics are preparing to board the official vehicle of our city’s conquering heroes for our second victory parade in eight months. (Hope you convinced your boss that you’re actually sick.)
Earlier today, we reported on 
We left the office for lunch today and saw two Animal Rescue League of Boston trucks parked outside, and two Rescue League employees trying to corral our beloved ducks. Turns out, the female was a mother, and she and her nine ducklings were being evicted from the pool.