Thai dancing nails?

[zmgmeister.livejournal.com]

Is there anyplace around here that sells those long brass fingernails used in traditional Thai dances? Maybe something like a Thai gift shop?

CD jewel case recycling??

[ariwriter.livejournal.com]

Anyone know of a local company which recycles used CD jewel cases? I feel bad tossing them with the trash (since I heard the boxes are manufactured with bad chemicals), and I don't think the regular blue recycling boxes accept such plastic.

I did find a link on a Boston University web page that mentions mailing them to an out-of-state firm, but I find it hard to believe a metro Boston company wouldn't take the stuff.

Thanks!

Anybody taken their bunny or other exotic to VCA Everett?

[ihavemeaning.livejournal.com]

Posted to Davis Square, because I've never heard of any super bun-knowledgeable vets in Somerville. Presumably other folks in the area have to transport their bunnies outside Somerville lines as well.

Has anybody taken their rabbit to VCA Everett? Or perhaps folks have experiences taking other exotics there?

I usually take my rabbit to VCA Wakefield, but it is indeed a bit of a haul from Somerville in rush hour traffic. I've continued to go there because the staff are experts on bunnies and treat Thistle with the upmost care. And the vets have in the past allowed me some latitude in decision making re x-rays adn other procedures due to financial constraints, and bring her back if the condition worsens. In other words, I'm firmly convinced that VCA Wakefield isn't trying to rip me off and they have the best interests of my rabbit in mind.

Thistle needs to go to the vet because one of her front teeth broke off last week and I'm rather sure that she needs to have all the incisors ground down to prevent a nasty maloccusion situation. I'm hesitant to take her to a vet not endorsed by the House Rabbit Network, but then again, I took my last bunny to about 5 other docs on the list when she was ailing, and felt dissatisfied with all of them. This includes the vet facilities at the SPCA. (They are great with emergencies, but not so hot when an exotic needs routine care.) And VCA Everett does have vets who treat exotics on staff.

Mostly, it is very much frowned upon at my job to not be present 9 - 5:30, and I'd like to find a vet that can care for Thistle without me having to drive up to the North Shore.

x-posted to b0st0n

the last post about La Contessa

[ron_newman]

Yesterday's Globe City Weekly, page 8, has an article about it:
Such sweet sorrow: Mourning the closing of Davis Square bakery

There was incentive to change, of course. As Davis Square customers became younger and more health-conscious, sinful bakery treats, such as Italian rum cakes, the house specialty, became outright sins.

Could La Contessa have used less sugar, cut back on the butter, and offered low-calorie alternatives?

"This place wasn't meant for that, to be honest with you," says [Annette] Serrao, without regret. "Why would you want to taste sawdust, anyway?"

By Tuesday morning, they had baked their last cannoli. The goodies in the glass cases -- lime-green butter cookies, chocolate cupcakes, Neapolitans, cream puffs, and hard anise biscottis -- would be it.

free by side of road

[emcicle.livejournal.com]

a black book shelf, 6 foot by about 24", five adjustable shelves. Originally from Bed Beth and Beyond. Free to anyone who can take it on Cameron Avenue, outside Davis, near Mass Ave. It is 8pm now.