by David | May 3, 2012 | culture, eating, economics, urbanism
I went to check out the newish Dwelltime Coffeebar and Bakeshop in the newly-hopping Broadway zone of mid-Cambridge. Whilst enjoying an americano, smooth and served with a glass of water like they do in civilized nations, and a whole wheat bacon scallion scone, not...
by David | Apr 17, 2011 | culture, eating
Are you afraid of falafel? Well, if you is or if you ain’t, I direct your attention to a bout of the limeduck national sport, overthinking, going on over at the Clover Food Lab (and trucks), where they sell a sandwich called “chickpea fritter” that...
by David | Jun 15, 2010 | economics, media, science!, technology, transportation
Well, here’s one thing that doesn’t seem to be in evidence in Sicily: a burbling startup scene. I dropped in at Web Innovators 26 (it seems only yesterday I was at Webinno18) at the Royal Sonesta to check out the demos and pitches. As usual, there were...
by David | Apr 28, 2010 | economics, urbanism
A lot of the people who said that microblogging or Twitter was the Big Thing of 2008 or 2009 are saying that location or Foursquare is the Big Thing of 2010 or beyond. I don’t know if Foursquare is played yet, or if Twitter already has jumped the shark, but...
by David | Nov 16, 2009 | eating, urbanism
I hadn’t really thought much about local Chinese food with an actual Chinatown so close to home, but when Jason asked me to suggest a good Chinese restaurant in Central or Harvard, I realized that I’m living on a boulevard of pretty unimpressive Chinese...
