Look who is on the cover of the Improper Bostonian this week. I prefer this photo to the cover. The Red Sox home opener is in 14 days.
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Jacoby Ellsbury on cover of Improper Bostonian
LGBT Executive Networking Night in Boston
Last night Boston Spirit magazine hosted their 5th annual LGBT Executive Networking Night at the Boston Marriott Copley Place. Guest speaker, Chaz Bono, addressed more than 1,200 LGBT professionals who came together to socialize and network.
Some of Boston’s largest firms were talking to potential job seekers including: Mintz Levin, John Hancock, Eastern Bank, Fidelity Investments, State Street Bank, The TJX companies, Partners Healthcare, and Harvard Pilgrim HealthCare to name a few.
This spring tradition has grown each year and is a great evening. I wanted to say thank you to the staff at Boston Spirit for organizing this event. Click to enlarge photos from last night’s networking event.
Spring in bloom in the South End (sort of)
The winter of 2012 was blissfully mild, and with temperatures earlier this week hitting 80+ degrees more than once there is a lot of hope that spring will make a lasting impression and banish any thoughts winter might have to make one last push.
Mother nature is schizophrenic in the South End. Some trees are in full bloom while others appear to be just awakening from their winter slumber and only have tiny buds shooting forth as this photo from Shawmut Ave / Waltham St intersection shows.
2012 Munch Madness
The NCAA Basketball tournament comes to Boston starting this week with some very high profile college basketball tournament match ups.
Couldn’t care less?
Me too, but one contest that I can sink my teeth into (so to speak) is Munch Madness. This is an event where foodies from all over Boston vote for their favorite chefs and restaurants. Not familiar with Munch Madness?
The Boston Globe creates a bracket of 64 restaurants (see photo above) and you get to pick your favorite restaurant as they go head-to-head with competing restaurants until a champion is picked. The first round starts today and runs through Thursday. On Friday check back to see if your picks survived so you can vote for them in the second round. The finals takes place at the end of this month and the winner will be announced on April 4th.
Tagged BosGuy, Boston, Boston Guy, Dining, The Boston Globe
Happy Birthday Fenway Park (almost)
One month from today Fenway Park turns 100 years old, making it the oldest baseball park in Major League Baseball (Wrigley Field in Chicago was built two years later in 1914). The dreaded New York Yankees will arrive in Boston that day to start a 3-game series in the first meeting between the teams just to add to the drama of the centennial celebration… I can hardly wait.
Fire rips through Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood
Listed below are a few photographs I’ve pulled from the web that were taken last night after two transformers in the Back Bay neighborhood caught fire and knocked power out in one of the most densely populated parts of Boston.
The Back Bay, aside from being a large, affluent downtown neighborhood with tens of thousands of residents is second only to the financial district in terms of numbers of businesses and is the largest retail and restaurant district so the loss of power and damage to property is significant.
View from Cambridge looking across the Charles River
Source: WBUR.org Photo by, Bianca Vazquez Toness
View from South End
Source: Live.Boston.com Photo by: Dmattbrothers
View of Newbury Street and Mass Avenue
Source: BostonDrunks.com
Oh, hey Spring
With temperatures expected to exceed this lovely forecast you’ll notice many Bostonians walking around with a smile on their face. Get out, enjoy the day and say “hey” to spring.
PlentyOfTwenties.com
While reading this month’s Boston Spirit Magazine I read their article “Who Says Money Can’t Buy Happiness“. Two friends, Rich Cook and Steven Grant, each day hide a $20 bill somewhere in Greater Boston then post clues online. 
Rich Cook who lives here in the South End said in the Spirit Magazine interview “Being able to make people’s day and to show how happy they are to receive twenty dollars has really been worth it to us.” The effort is also in a way an homage to a third friend of theirs who they had discussed the idea, but sadly passed this past fall after suffering a head injury.
Rich and Steven’s tribute to their friend put a smile on my face and I hope this story will leave you feeling the same. Check out their website at www.plentyoftwenties.com and be sure to check out their humorous video.
2012 Boston Arts Festival: Call to artists
The “ähts festival” as it is referred to here in Boston has issued a call to interested visual and craft artists who would like to participate in this annual festival that takes place at Christopher Columbus Park each September. Only 65 applicants will be selected to participate in this event which is free to the public.
Applications must be submitted by Friday, April 6
Boston area artists will be provided preference. Applications and support materials must be submitted by April 6, 2012 for consideration. If you are a local visual or craft artist and would like to learn more about this event, print and read The Boston arts festival.
Ink block
Ink Block courtesy of BRA
Despite the South End’s gentrification, a corner of my neighborhood near the Mass Pike and Chinatown has remained a no-man’s land only notable for it’s tenant, The Boston Herald. The Herald’s announcement last year that it would leave it’s home of more than 50 years has resulted in a recent proposal dubbed the “Ink block”.
The ambitious plan calls for replacing The Boston Herald building with multiple buildings of mixed use space that would include 470+ rental residential units, retail space and 400+ underground parking space.
The Boston Herald building is scheduled for demolition in the fall of 2012 and based on the neighborhood’s enthusiastic response, I hope they can start building this welcome addition right away.
Boston Ballet: Play with Fire
Tonight we are off to the ballet to see Play with Fire, which according to the Boston Ballet website is described as a trio of contemporary works.
The Sharp Side of Dark features a large-scale architectural set and a haunting lighting design; Bella Figura is tangibly sensual in its adoration and reverence towards the human body; and Rooster is by a British choreographer and set to classic Rolling Stones songs.
If you haven’t been to the ballet in awhile, why don’t you consider getting tickets? You may be surprised by how much you enjoy yourself. Play with Fire concludes on March 11th and will be followed by Don Quixote from April 26 – May 6 and the final performance for the 2012 Spring Season will be Fancy Free from May 10 – May 20. More information about the performances and ticket prices are available here.
Red Sox Captain Jason Varitek announces his retirement
Jason Varitek is a three-time all star and golden glove award winner, but for fans Jason is so much more. He’s the rare player today who spent his entire career with one team, the Red Sox. Jason has been the team Captain since the 2005 season, and he proved to be a great role model, letting his bat and glove do all the talking and leaving the trash talk to players with less class.
Jason’s retirement comes on the heels of Tim Wakefield’s announcement last month. I’ll miss Jason in the upcoming season and hope he doesn’t disappear from Red Sox nation entirely.
dbar Snowball Beach Party Tea Dance
It was just a few months ago that I posted photos from dbar’s Harvest Tea Dance. Tomorrow, Sunday – February 26th, dbar will host their winter Tea Dance. Although temperatures are chilly in Boston this weekend, there will be no snowballs to worry about, and with a speedo contest encouraging people to arrive in beach attire, this could be an interesting way to spend your Sunday afternoon. Will you be going?
Boston’s bike sharing program “The Hubway” returns
The Hubway, Boston’s bike sharing program, which rolled into town in 2011 was expected to be successful, but all expectations were shattered when thousands joined. Analysts quickly revised their statistics saying within the first 3 months, the system could see 100,000+ station-to-station trips making it one of the most successful bike sharing programs in the country.
The overwhelming demand coupled with a warmer than expected winter (most importantly without snow) has the Hubway hinting many stations will be in service by March 1, 2012.
If you would like to find out more about Boston’s bike sharing program or if you would like to join the Hubway, visit their website at thehubway.com. You can also follow them on twitter at: @hubway.
Boston forecast brings smiles to Bostonians
The 2012 winter in Boston may go down as one of the most mild on record. Hardly a week has gone by without temperatures in December, January and February at some point flirting with the 50s. It is chilly in Boston today but the forecast for the next few days is making me smile.
As we move near the end of the month, many Bostonians are starting to believe they just might enjoy that most fleeting of our four seasons – spring. Could we see tulips poking through the Public Garden this time next month? #FingahsCrossed
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