berry picking!

[ifotismeni]

hello friends and neighbors --

a friend and i would like to go berry picking saturday morning so we might make some fresh berry pies in the evening. does anyone have any recommendations for farms close by to somerville that offer pick-your-own berries?

the only places i know of that have this kind of thing are in the lowell/chelmsford/dracut area and i'm hoping we won't have to drive nearly that far.

any help would be lovely ♥

thanks (and see you at artbeat)!

New Childrens Store in Ball Square

[tstarboutique.livejournal.com]

Hello Everyone...

I'm writing from our new store in Ball Square.  It's called Twinkle Star.
There are basically no "children's stores" in Somerville.  Most parents are forced to buy at Target / Kohls etc.

We carry clothes from Infant to size 5.  We also have activities 3-4 days per week free of charge in the playroom dedicated to kids fun in the back of the store.  The July schedule is posted on our website www.shoptwinklestar.com. 

The focus of Twinkle Star is community, quality and value.  Please come visit the store and wish us luck. 

Thank You!

Excitement - new ownership of Soleil Cafe!

[obie119.livejournal.com]

Okay, it's a little out of Davis...
The boarded-up Soleil Cafe in Teele has some new signs up - there is new ownership of the Cafe and one of the co-owners was the pastry chef at the Modern in the North End.

They were doing some work inside so I stopped in and said hello. I met the pastry chef guy and he was very nice - they will have cannolis and cakes and Southern Italian sandwich-y stuff. Most importantly, he said they'll be staying open til 10 PM! (The original Soleil had really weird hours) He said they're keep the Soliel Cafe name, and they'll try to re-open within 2-3 weeks.

So, yay! He asked me to get the word out so here you go.

ArtBeat! Tomorrow and Saturday, July 18-19 in Davis Square

[ron_newman]

The Somerville Arts Council's annual ArtBeat festival takes place tomorrow evening in Seven Hills Park and Saturday all over Davis Square. This year's theme is "Green".

For more information, including complete schedules in a variety of formats, visit the ArtBeat '08 website.

I'll be staffing the T-shirt table tomorrow night next to the Seven Hills Park stage, from 7:30 pm onwards. Stop by and say hello!

And if you attend any part of ArtBeat, please buy a dogtag for $3. That helps fund this and future Somerville Arts Council festivals.

Potentially lost kitten?

[zander05.livejournal.com]

I was walking toward Liberty Avenue from Hall Avenue and I saw a small kitten on the sidewalk. I'm not sure of her age or what breed, but her tag read the name Cairo and there was a 978 or 918 number that I couldn't completely read, because the cat decided to bolt.

I could be totally wrong, but I'm assuming she was lost because she seemed awfully little to be roaming around the block.

Yard sale during ArtBeat next Saturday, 19 Burnham St. 10-2, UPDATED

[brewso.livejournal.com]

Hi again,

So we're having our yard sale from 10-2 during ArtBeat. We're a short 5ish minute walk from Davis, so please stop by if you're out and about! Since I don't know how to cut and I'm too lazy to research it right now, Ill just link you to the craigslist posting for more information. Happy hunting!

http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/gms/759480787.html

The Scavenger Hunt

[chaiya.livejournal.com]

Belatedly, my housemate finished the scavenger hunt we put together for him, so here you go!

Okay, it's not necessarily *good* poetry. But for our new housemate Benn (aka yuggoth), we decided to put together a poetry-laden scavenger hunt to show him where good/cool/important places are in the area. He moved here from Ithaca, and hasn't lived in the area for years.

It got kinda long, so we had to cut out some (like the MFA, and the Museum of Science). But here's what we gave him. Most of them are within walking distance of the house. The first clue led to the location of the next, etc. Can you figure it out? (Some are context-based and easier to figure out if you know where the previous location is.)

(Google is helpful in many cases.)

ONE:
Travel around town.
Follow the clues to each place.
Give them but your name.

Here is your first clue:
In the Porter shopping read
Nearly nearest books.
( That one was easy. Continued, with some more difficult ones ... )