apartment available Aug 15th

[jarrighi.livejournal.com]

If you happen to be looking to rent a 2 bedroom apartment starting mid-August check out this craigslist posting and let me know!

http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/abo/747818853.html

But it's Wednesday!

[on-reserve.livejournal.com]

Just a quick note to say that I was at Team Trivia last night at P.J. Ryans and when my friends and I left the pub at 12:15, we had tickets on our cars for street sweeping.

EXCEPT that street sweeping for Holland Street is on Mondays, not Wednesdays.

I actually caught the traffic guy writing tickets:

Me: Hey, are you writing tickets for street sweeping?
Him: Yeah.
Me: But it's Wednesday and this is a Monday street.
Him: Oh, ooops! Sorry about that.

He took my ticket back to void it (for which I gave him an earnest high-five) but said if anyone else got a ticket, they should just appeal it. There were at least several cars on the street with tickets so get on the appealing!

Edited to add: This post seems to have opened a wider discussion about over-zealous ticketing (as opposed to reasonable, above-board ticketing). I can't make it to the Mayor's office hours tonight but would love if someone, who has experienced something like this (invalid tickets/overdue notices with no ticket) would bring it up with him. Also, I do have the officer's badge number and last name (from my friend who left before her ticket could be voided) but don't think it's appropriate to humiliate him in a public forum.

Mayor Curtatone's "office hours" at Diesel Cafe tonight, 6-7 pm

[ron_newman]

Just got this e-mail message from: "Stephanie Hirsch" <shirsch@somervillema.gov>

Hi All -

Stop by to see the Mayor tonight at his office hours in your neighborhood...

Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone will hold Community Office Hours on Wednesday, July 9th from 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. at the Diesel Café in Davis Square. Residents can meet with Mayor Curtatone to discuss City issues. Community Office Hours will be scheduled on a monthly basis, at locations throughout the city. For more information, contact Jackie Rossetti at 617-625-6600 ext 2614.

Guru the Caterer in today's Globe!

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

Teele Square's best-kept secret is out. Today's Globe Food section has an article (along with a photo of Pushp on the cover) about Guru the Caterer. Check it out.

I found out about the article yesterday when I was there grabbing a late lunch at the same time as the journalist, who lives nearby and told me that because of Pushp, she hasn't used her kitchen in many months. That is definitely a danger of the place -- it's so yummy and cheap that it can be hard to decide to cook when you know he's there.

Pushp is also a great guy as well as veg*n-friendly and, if you're interested, will happily talk your ear off about everything you ever wanted to know about Indian food.

Assailant gave victim his phone number?

[cos]

According to the Herald, he was caught because the victim was able to get him to give her his phone number:

Mahoney, 25, confronted the woman near Tufts University where she was walking early Sunday morning, police said. Then he forced her behind a nearby house and raped her.

At some point, however, the woman was able to convince Mahoney to give her his phone number, police said. Investigators were then able to track down Mahoney using those digits, according to law enforcement officials.

Davis Square T-Shirts Available

[wallacestreet.livejournal.com]

The Davis Square t-shirt I bought many years ago has finally given up the ghost. My attempts to find a replacement have been fruitless, so I decided to make my own and make them available to you all as well. Check out http://davis.spreadshirt.com and order away. There are three designs, but right now, they're only available on regular t-shirts. If you'd like something else (sleeveless, women's, underwear, bags, hats, whatever) let me know by private message and I'll see what I can do.

Teele Square Zip Cars MISSING

[teele-sq.livejournal.com]

Anyone know what happened to the 4 zip cars on Clarendon Ave in Teele Square behind Kee Kar Lau?  I emailed ZipCar to ask them but haven't heard anything.  That was my favorite zip car spot.  I'm devastated!  Can someone loan me a Prius for a few years and pay all my gas expenses?