The turkey wasn't the only thing that was carved at a private Friendsgiving party at Bijou, 51 Stuart St., and now the Boston Licensing Board has to decide whether the club could have foreseen the slicing and done anything to prevent it. Read more.
By adamg - Wed, 02/07/2024 - 9:41am
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By adamg - Mon, 11/20/2023 - 9:39am
CommonWealth Beacon reports on state and local efforts to return cranberry bogs to their pre-cultivation days as traditional cranberry farmers retire. A lot of sand dredging is involved.
By adamg - Thu, 11/24/2022 - 10:55am
Joe Blankenship gives us a taste of Thanksgiving, Somerville style. You get up early to run in the Gobble Gobble Gobble race, then retire to the Burren to slake that thirst you've worked up: Read more.
By adamg - Wed, 11/23/2022 - 9:25am
Peter Muise recounts the hardier pies of yore, so tough that all the pies New England wives made could be stored in the root cellar - without a tin - for weeks: Read more.
By adamg - Tue, 11/22/2022 - 11:59am
Jon Hillman spotted this wrapped turkey at Spring Lane and Devonshire Street downtown this morning.
By adamg - Thu, 11/25/2021 - 10:03pm
One outraged citizen pounds out a 311 complaint about conditions in the North End today: Read more.
By adamg - Thu, 11/25/2021 - 10:39am
Tori Bedford witnessed some serious poultry pulchritude in Brookline at the Brighton line this morning, of all mornings. Read more.
By adamg - Tue, 11/23/2021 - 12:12pm
Don't invite Matthew Judon to dinner Thursday if you're planning on serving mac and cheese as a side.
By adamg - Thu, 11/26/2020 - 2:19pm
Thebostonlol spotted a big rafter crossing the plains of Franklin Park today.
Dimas also spotted some free birds, in Brighton: Read more.
By adamg - Thu, 11/26/2020 - 10:38am
<sound on!>
“Stayin’ Alive†pic.twitter.com/lft1EWnNM3— Jill Cetel (@JillCetel) November 26, 2020
By adamg - Wed, 11/18/2020 - 2:39pm
Don't.
But if you do, the city has some guidelines to try to reduce your risk, like no more than 10 people, make people bring their own food and drink, don't let people take masks off except when they're eating, open all the windows, and, well, seriously, all this stuff should be second hand by now, but click the link for more details.
By adamg - Fri, 11/29/2019 - 12:37am
The guy in the tent and the guy behind him said they'd arrived at the Dedham Best Buy at 10 p.m. on Wednesday to pick up some stuff for their families, in particular, AirPods and Playstations. At 11:45 p.m. on Thursday, the line, such as it was, didn't even reach to the end of the front of the store, unlike in years past, when it would stretch along the side of the building and curl around the back. Read more.
By adamg - Thu, 11/28/2019 - 11:21am
Boston.com reports that Mike Dukakis is no longer asking people to drop off their Thanksgiving turkey carcasses at his Brookline home.
By adamg - Thu, 11/28/2019 - 11:04am
JK21 watched the annual Gobble Gobble Gobble race in Somerville this morning.
By adamg - Thu, 11/28/2019 - 9:55am
On Nov. 10, 1783, just ten months after British diplomats signed the Treaty of Paris, which recognized an independent United States, Massachusetts Gov. John Hancock issued a proclamation declaring "a day of Thanksgiving" on Dec. 11: Read more.
By adamg - Thu, 11/22/2018 - 7:31pm
The Washington Post interviews Scott Macaulay, who has been making dinner for all who ask since 1985.
By adamg - Thu, 11/22/2018 - 9:48am
The Quincy House hotel, at the corner of Brattle Place and Brattle Square, had this cover printed for its Thanksgiving dinner in 1899 (from the New York Public Library collection). Read more.
By adamg - Sun, 11/18/2018 - 4:28pm
Mike Toole reports:
Man, tryin to get the last of the turkey day shopping done, and my brain is turning to mush. all of these damn supermarkets are starting to blend together~
By adamg - Sun, 11/26/2017 - 1:36pm
Tracy Strauss found the Destiny's Child of turkeys in Harvard Square today.
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