Here I sit, it’s 12:51 am, and we’re FINALLY finished (almost) renovating the cafe. Jim Taylor, my project manager, has gone home with Barry, his able-bodied assistant, Joe trundled off to bed after a long battle finally won reconnecting the internet…Liz finished her mopping and putting away around 12:15, and […]
Progress, progress, the cafe is moving ahead and we can’t wait to show it all off on Tuesday. Last night I joined about 70 of my neighbors at a fundraiser on Crestview Drive. This is a wide street with underground utility wires (the mark of a high rent district) located […]
Julie Amero has lived a computer pop-up nightmare. Now she’s been convicted of unwittingly exposing her students to pornography after a storm of sexual images flooded the screen in a classroom computer. You can imagine how it must have felt, not being able to stop the awful pictures one, another, […]
John Fialka and Kathryn Kranhold write in today’s WSJ about GE’s credibility gap. The company is fighing stricter standards on smog, while they push their image as a ‘green company.’ One ad shows a GE locomotive pulling a train through a rainforest and smokefree eden. They say the EPA’s push […]
Michael Lewis writes on Bloomberg.com about the rise and fall of Todd Thomson, who was once the wunderkind of Citigroup’s Global Wealth Division. Thomson was fired last month after reports surfaced that he commandeered a company jet to fly CNBC anchorbabe Maria Bartiromo to a conference, and used his marketing […]
Snowstorm headed for Bay State, people rejoice in New England’s streets! Chris Choate took this photo in Scriba, NY. Anita Davis and Michael Givins wrote in today’s Boston Herald about the good news we’ve all been eagerly waiting for: IT’S GONNA FREAKIN’ SNOW! While plow drivers have been cursing the […]
Born January 1st 1994, in Echo Bay, Canada, Chanda was a Champagne Toy Poodle who caught the attention of the Local, National and International Press. Afghan hounds may be the dummest dogs in the world, but experts say Poodles come in at number two.Meet Chanda-Leah, the smartest canine who ever […]
The Daily Hampshire Gazette came through with a great one on this frigid day. Watching people walk against the wind, our Open flag is flapping in the breeze. This was the headline, ohmigod it’s happening. Porn is coming to King Street. A big ole Porn emporium, in the former car […]
On Tuesday night we huddled around a fire and watched American Idol. Who can resist those god-awful hopefuls who can’t sing and make such fools of themselves? But the special treat of the night came at a commercial break. Suddenly, on the screen was Isabella Bricker, Cindy’s beloved god daughter, […]
Today’s bitter cold made it a good day to sit in the cafe windows and read the Gazette. There I found a story about one of our customers, Jane Sabo, who with her husband Karl has run the nearby Deerfield Inn for 20 years. The story reflected on their decision […]
After the season’s first real snowfall, New England woke up with a smile on its face. Hunkered down in Green Lane’s basement, I read the Wall St. Journal account of how a new novel will be marketed. I saw the same book featured in the Costco magazine, so this title […]
Today I’m up a little earlier than usual for a morning shift at the cafe. The light outside is golden, the air is chilled. I picked up the Gazette and found a story about a dog at work. This brings back memories of E-S Sports, where Frank Suher used to […]