Depending on how you look at things…
Movie poster for At Death’s Door.

Depending on how you look at things…

Movie poster for At Death’s Door.

Good morning Afghanistan!
101st Airborne.

Good morning Afghanistan!

101st Airborne.

“One if by land…”

Only in Boston: On the Orange Line between State and Downtown Crossing this afternoon.

“One if by land…”

Only in Boston: On the Orange Line between State and Downtown Crossing this afternoon.

pile:
3GS photo test

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3GS photo test

The New York Daily News: working hard to build New England readership.

The New York Daily News: working hard to build New England readership.

Just like Barry.
I’m thinking about getting a pair of rose-colored glasses.

Just like Barry.

I’m thinking about getting a pair of rose-colored glasses.

Cheap Eats.
This morning we walked over to the venerable Steve’s on Newbury Street for breakfast.  Behind the potted plants on a side wall where we sat was this framed Cheap Eats review Mary Jane wrote as part of an on-going series—-a sideline assignment as she worked for the Boston Globe marketing and public affairs department early in her career there.
This happens all the time, in little restaurants far and wide.  Even though these reviews are more than 25 years old, it and others like it are framed and hung in some out-of -the way corner of places in the remotest corners of Jamaica Plain, South Boston, strip mall delis on the North Shore and Portugese joints in East Cambridge.
Of course when this happens (and I’m along), MJ will never identify herself as the writer to the owner.  Decades later she prefers the anonymity of a young, unknown (kinder and gentler) restaurant reviewer.
Occasionally I break the rules and re-introduce her

Cheap Eats.

This morning we walked over to the venerable Steve’s on Newbury Street for breakfast.  Behind the potted plants on a side wall where we sat was this framed Cheap Eats review Mary Jane wrote as part of an on-going series—-a sideline assignment as she worked for the Boston Globe marketing and public affairs department early in her career there.

This happens all the time, in little restaurants far and wide.  Even though these reviews are more than 25 years old, it and others like it are framed and hung in some out-of -the way corner of places in the remotest corners of Jamaica Plain, South Boston, strip mall delis on the North Shore and Portugese joints in East Cambridge.

Of course when this happens (and I’m along), MJ will never identify herself as the writer to the owner.  Decades later she prefers the anonymity of a young, unknown (kinder and gentler) restaurant reviewer.

Occasionally I break the rules and re-introduce her

Love it.

Love it.

Idiots.

Breaking news 9:27 PM
Globe’s largest union rejects cuts
The Boston Newspaper Guild, the Globe’s largest union, narrowly rejected a package of major concessions that included $10 million in wage and benefit cuts. The vote was 277 “no” to 265 “yes.” The paper’s owner, the New York Times Co., has said it will impose a 23 percent pay cut on Globe employees to gain the savings it needs to keep operating the paper.

Idiots.

Breaking news 9:27 PM

Globe’s largest union rejects cuts

The Boston Newspaper Guild, the Globe’s largest union, narrowly rejected a package of major concessions that included $10 million in wage and benefit cuts. The vote was 277 “no” to 265 “yes.” The paper’s owner, the New York Times Co., has said it will impose a 23 percent pay cut on Globe employees to gain the savings it needs to keep operating the paper.