The two day music festival, Boston Calling 2013, is already underway and will continue rain or shine through tomorrow with some great musical acts. Are you attending this sold out event?
The two day line up features Fun., TheNational, The Shins, Of Monsters and Men as well as fourteen other acts. To find out more about who is performing and when link here.
Earlier this month The Boston Globe shared aerial photographs of South Boston from the 1920s. This is a photo of the industrial section of South Boston – now called the Seaport District. Note downtown Boston in the upper left quarter of the photograph. You can make out Boston’s Custom’s House.
Like these photos and want to see more – Link Here.
Boston is not known for late night dining and it certainly lives up to its ‘early to bed’ reputation, but the list of places serving food for those with late night munchies has continued to grow. However, it can still be tough to find these places so I’ve compiled a list of options. Have I overlooked a favorite place of yours? Share your favorite Boston “wicked late night eats”.
Dragon Star & Golden Temple open until 2:00 am (weekends only)
Washington Square, Brighton
Bricco Enoteca open until 2:00am
North End, Boston
Hong Kong (Cambridge only) open until 2:00am
Harvard Square, Cambridge
Boloco (Berklee School of Music location) open until 2:01am
Back Bay / Fenway line, Boston
Moody’s Falafel open until 3:00am
Central Square, Cambridge
Falafel Corner open until 3:00am
Harvard Square, Cambridge
Felcaro Pizzeria open until 3:00am (weekends only)
Beacon Hill, Boston
Little Steve’s Pizzeria open until 3:00am
Fenway, Boston
Chicago Pizza open until 3:00am
Central Square, Cambridge
Wok n Talk open until 3:00am
Jamaica Plain, Boston
El Triunfo open until 3:30am
South End, Boston
Ginza open until 3:30am (weekends only)
Chinatown, Boston
New Golden Gate open until 4:00am
Chinatown, Boston
Apollo Korean BBQ open until 4:00am (weekends only)
Chinatown, Boston
Cafe Pompei open until 4:00am
North End, Boston
Beantown Taqueria open until 4:00am
Central Square, Cambridge
Hen House Chicken & Waffles open until 4:00am (weekends only)
Dorchester, Boston
Victoria’s Diner open 24 hours (Thursday thru Sunday)
Dorchester, Boston
South Street Diner open 24 hours
Leather District, Boston
Bova’s Bakery open 24 hours
North End, Boston
Boston-native, Donna Summer, the original disco diva, passed away at the age of 63, on May 17th, 2012, but I still love her and her music. What’s your favorite Donna Summer song? Here is one of mine.
First held in 1981, BAGLY Prom night is the nation’s oldest and largest LGBT Youth Prom in the country. Since the late 1990’s, the event has attracted over 1,000 youth. The admission for the BAGLY Prom is $20 and may be paid in cash at the door. If you are interested in supporting this event you may make a donation to BAGLY or you can offer to chaperone. More information here.
To anyone who may be reading my blog and planning to attend this prom, I’d like to wish you a safe and fun evening.
Boston beer brewer, Harpoon will be hosting their namesake festival this Friday and Saturday. HarpoonFest, is hosted at their brewery in Boston’s Seaport District.
More info about Harpoon’s two day summer festival, HarpoonFest here.
No worries about getting a ride to or from the brewery. Uber is offering $25 off the town car ride by using the code ”bosharpoonfest” for anyone who has yet to use the car service.
The photos above are of Shawmut Avenue in the South End. The top left was taken in 1974 and the second shows the same stretch of the street back in 2012.
Usually when I post photos in my flashback series there are stark changes. What I love about this photograph from the Boston Globe library is how little has changed. The South End has retained its charm although we no longer see wheel barrels being rolled down Shawmut Avenue.
Tomorrow, Boston’s favorite same sex couple returns to the Boston Public Garden. Romeo & Juliet, the two graceful swans that make the pond in the Public Garden their home will be back on Tuesday, May 7th at 11:00AM.
Back in 2005 (just a year after same sex marriage was legalized in MA) it was learned that Romeo is in fact a female, causing many conservatives who like to scream about how unnatural homosexuality is to cry foul (or is that fowl?)!
According to the zoo keepers who watch over the couple in the winter months, the two swans have been nesting together for more than a decade so if you should find yourself in Boston, head over to the Boston Public Garden and congratulate the city’s favorite lesbians on their longevity. I’m not sure what the divorce rate among swans is like but they certainly outlasted many of their human counterparts.
Philanthropic foodies have come together with Boston Bites Back – a fundraiser spearhead by chefs Ken Oringer and Ming Tsai as well as The Boston Red Sox, Gov. Patrick, Mayor Menino and ARAMARK. This fundraiser to benefit The One Fund aims to raise $1 million through the help of 100 of Boston’s top chefs and you the support of foodies like you.
Wednesday, May 15th from 6:00 – 10:00 PM at Fenway Park
Only 5,000 general access tickets will be sold at $200 each. There will also be 200 VIP tickets at $1,000 each, allowing additional access to an intimate and exclusive gathering in Fenway’s EMC Club. If you are interested and want to learn more about this event visit, www.bostonbitesback.org.
Post Office Square is now a 1.7 acre park in the heart of Boston’s financial district, but as the top photo shows, for many years this was an above ground parking garage. Fortunately some years back it was decided to build a below ground parking garage to create a more open and inviting space. In good weather, thousands of men and women come out to eat in the park each day.
In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings a fund was created called The One Fund. Money raised by this fund will go to help the people most affected by the tragic events that occurred in Boston on April 15, 2013.
Boston has a long (and fairly well deserved reputation) for being a cold city; tough to meet people especially if you are not from the area. I’ve often countered this painfully truthful observation that friendships once made here are rock solid and for many last a lifetime. Reactions from the community have helped validate how meaningful personal relationships are here in Boston. I don’t want to dwell on the tragedies from this year’s marathon, but I do want to say thank you to all who have donated money or time to help those afflicted.
Today along Boston’s Harborwalk at the Gillette Public Dock The Design Museum Boston unveiled the 20 Semi-Finalist benches and the selection of the 3 finalists for their international design competition, Street Seats.
More than 170 designs from all around the world were submitted for this contest. Unfortunately, I was not able to get down to see the unveiling but hope to check these out later this weekend.
Tomorrow, Opus Affair will host their free monthly gathering in Fort Point Channel at Tavern Road – a relatively new space that opened earlier this year in the space formerly occupied by Blue Wave.
When: Tuesday, Apr. 23rd at 6:00 PM
Where: Tavern Road at 343 Congress Street
RSVP: C’mon it’s fun and it’s free – click here
This month the Punch Bowl fund will be featuring:
I don’t want to gloss over the terrible tragedies from this year’s Patriot’s Day / Marathon, but now that the suspects have been identified, killed and captured, there is a sense of relief that is hard to articulate. Those emotions are quickly turning into expressions of pride and love of our city. You see it on Twitter and Facebook with people encouraging others to go out and support local businesses and with people talking about their plans to train and run in the 2014 Boston Marathon.
Looking back on the past week, I couldn’t be more proud of those who tended to the injured, those who stood up to protect and defend our community and yes, even our elected officials. Governor Deval Patrick showed a leadership sorely lacking in government today and Mayor Tom Menino, showed the grit he’s made of and how much he loves this city not letting his own injuries slow him down.
In the weeks that follow I hope we can focus on what this city did right and be proud of how we conducted ourselves while the world was watching our every move. Like this song says, come to Boston. It’s a great city to call home.
To be frank, it has been a crappy week. I hadn’t realized how trying it had been until just a few minutes ago when it was reported that nineteen year old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was captured.
All of Boston’s first responders have been exemplary and I just wanted to say thank you. Thank you to the B.P.D. and to everyone who helped. I am very much looking forward to referring to this entire incident in the past tense.
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