by David | Oct 17, 2012 | eating
I recently discovered the site of George Emerson’s Pickle Factory in Somerville’s Powerhouse Park. Other than the engraved rock and cast metal pickle jars (bottles?) I have no information about it, but I have a feeling it could be the next Cronin Park. In...
by David | Aug 23, 2012 | eating, urbanism
After relatively brief and painless trip to the Somerville department of Traffic and Parking – would you believe a parking ticket from 1996? – I dropped in at the recently opened and oddly capitalized iYO cafe in Davis Square. At iYO you can make your own...
by David | Apr 28, 2010 | culture, eating, urbanism
You know how some locations just seem cursed? Those odd retail or restaurant locations that just can’t seem to support a business no matter what? Sometimes it becomes a sport to guess how long the next one will last and sometimes you just stop bothering to...
by David | Oct 31, 2009 | culture, design, media, urbanism
There hasn’t been a halloween themed post proper on the ‘duck yet, but a series of random events (and the annual invite to GP’s house o’ horrors) have conspired to make it so. I was up at Tufts for a panel discussion called Framed:...
by David | Jul 9, 2009 | urbanism
Following up on the five things I won’t miss about Davis, here are five that will keep me coming back: Dave’s Fresh Pasta: there are lots of fine lunching establishments around here, even though not one serves the idealized cheese sandwich, but...
