To the woman I almost hit on my bike turning onto Buena Vista road

[rikchik.livejournal.com]

I apologize for frightening you.

When you walked into the crosswalk in front of me, I thought that you would keep going into my lane, so I prepared to go behind you. Instead, you stopped to let me pass, and it seemed like I was aiming for you. You yelled at me, which was only reasonable.

What I should have done is to stop or slow down until it was clear whether you would be in my lane, and then either go in front of you or stop to let you cross. My bad, and again, I'm sorry.

Somerville Free Outdoor Summer Movie Schedule Released

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From the City website.
Movies will be shown outdoors on Thursday evenings beginning at dusk (approximately 8pm), and will be shown in Seven Hills Park, Nathan Tufts Park, Lincoln Park, Hodgkins Park, and at City Hall (see schedule below). In the event of inclement weather, movie screenings will be canceled.

The full schedule for the summer is as follows:

July 9 Bee Movie Seven Hills Park
July 16 Dreamgirls Seven Hills Park
July 23 Pee Wee’s Big Adventure Seven Hills Park
July 30 Twilight Seven Hills Park
August 6 Rebel Without a Cause Nathan Tufts Park
August 13 Mamma Mia Lincoln Park
August 20 Wall-E City Hall Concourse
August 27 Remember the Titans Hodgkins Park
September 3 Viewer’s Choice Seven Hills Park

Taste of Somerville

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I haven't seen anything posted about next week's (Tuesday night) Taste of Somerville event, so I'm throwing this into the mix!  A good grouping of establishments on board this year. Seemingly Somerville's best wine, food and entertainment are on tap. Should bring this event back to life! Check it out: http://www.tasteofsomerville.org/index.html

If you can't be in a movie maybe your car can

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Boston Casting is seeking cars for the movie " The Fighter " starring Mark Wahlberg. We need cars pre 1993 , old looking cars rusty cars are great !!  Cars from the 1980's are ideal. Prop Master is looking to rent some cars on a weekly basis, and Boston Casting will be looking for cars on a daily basis. If interested please email photos of your car with your name , phone number,union status, and year , make ,model, color of your car. If chosen someone will get back to you and talk rates.
PLEASE EMAIL PHOTOS OF YOUR CAR TO fightercars@gmail.com

PLEASE PUT THE YEAR MAKE, MODEL AND COLOR OF YOUR CAR IN THE SUBJECT.

Development at 377 Summer (corner Summer and Cutter)

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I wanted to update you all about the status of the project at 377 Summer St. (corner of Summer and Cutter).

 

The ZBA unanimously passed the two special permits last night, allowing the project to move forward with the current plans. Comments from the board were that they felt that the building design was attractive and would help to anchor the eastern end of Davis Square and better unify the CBD. They acknowledged the concerns of residents regarding parking and traffic but felt the project had been properly reviewed by the Traffic and Parking Division and that the mixed use nature of the properly and being in a TOD would mitigate the loss of the 7 required parking spaces. Regarding the footprint and height of the building, they acknowledged that while this might seem too big to many people, it did meet the zoning requirements of the CBD. Pretty much as expected.

 

There were a few minor concessions agreed to. One is to cut back the angled first floor corner at Cutter and Summer by approximately 2 feet to provide better visibility around the corner. The other was an increase in payments to the city for traffic and parking marking and signage in Davis Square from $4000 to $8000 and that half must be spent in the Cutter Square area.

 

The next step is the finalization of a document to outline the responsibilities of the contractor during construction and the building management after construction. I believe this is being called the Construction Impact Statement. This is essential as this project will take a year or more to complete. One nice point is that there will be a $3500 fine for each instance of a violation of the agreement, with the proceeds to be donated to non-profit groups benefiting Davis Square. If anyone would like to see a copy of the final version of this document I suggest contacting Alderman Gewirtz at Rebekah@rcn.com. I also believe that there will be a small committee of local residents formed to act as watchdogs for adherence to the CIS. Of course the more eyes on them the better. This developer has had a bad track record in the past of meeting his obligations.

 

About ten local residents spoke very passionately and eloquently against the granting of the special permits and over 200 people in Davis Sq. during the weekend singed a petition stating the same (thanks Johanna). So there are plenty of folks who truly love Davis Sq. and do not want to see its unique character destroyed by over development, but want smart integrated development. I’m looking forward to seeing the comments and hearing of any suggestions on how we all can become both more informed and engaged in enriching our neighborhood.

 

Thanks, Chuck

Funky UPS Behavior

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Today I was expecting a package from UPS, and the online tracking info says that the package was delivered to my front door. However, no package arrived.

A year or so ago, at a different address in Davis, this same thing happened to me. Thinking that it may have been stolen, I contacted the shipper (Zappos) and they overnighted me a new box. Both the missing and replacement boxes showed up the next day.

So I'm hoping that the package will come tomorrow. I guess I'm just wondering if anyone else in the area has experienced a disconnect between tracking numbers and reality when dealing with UPS.

Thanks.

McKinnon's

[el-cubano-15.livejournal.com]

I had my first bad experience at McKinnon's today. The sweet Italian sausages I brought home tonight were not very good. I've always had good luck there, but not today. Usually, their chix, beef, pork and even cold cuts are pretty solid, but I def. would not suggest the sausages.