Davis Square T art tells area's story (Boston Globe)

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"In April, members of the Davis Square Tiles Project began an effort to track down the children - now between 35 and 45 years old - who created the artwork at the Somerville T station. The goal was to find out how their lives have changed and how they view the changes in their old neighborhood. "


www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/07/10/project_chronicles_davis_square_over_30_years/

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So I got a parking ticket about a month ago in Davis Square. I was about to pay it online, but I  see they have a $3 convenience fee (yikes!). I was going to pay by phone but the number that they give is (617) 625-1951 is out of service. Is there a number that anyone knows about that I  can call. Perusing the Somerville site hasn't been terribly productive and I'm out of state, so I can't go in person or anything.

I know it may seem like I'm being cheap, but I'm a student, unemployed, and 3 bucks for a 20 dollar ticket seems a bit...excessive. I may just suck it up and do it, but I'd rather send a check and pay about forty cents for it due to postage than to pay 3 bucks for a convenience fee (the highest I've seen out of the 3 cities I've gotten parking tickets in).

YARD SALE 7/11 IN BALL SQUARE

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hey everyone,

YARD SALE TOMORROW AT 94 PEARSON AVE (2 min walk from the bike path) FROM 10-3. NO EARLY BIRDS PLEASE
among the items we will have for sale are:

WOMEN'S CLOTHING (SIZE S,2,4)
WOMEN'S SHOES SIZE 7-7.5
MEN'S CLOTHING (SIZE M)
MEN'S SHOES (SIZE 9)
2 148 CM FORUM SNOWBOARDS WITH BINDINGS , BARELY USED
RECORDS, LPS, 7"S (INDIE ROCK, HARDCORE, SCREAMO)
VHS
DVDS
CDS
BOOKS (MAINLY CONTEMPORARY FICTION)
MUSICAL EQUIPMENT (PEDAL BOARD, ROLAND KC500 KEYBOARD AMP)
CANON ELPH 3 MP DIGITAL CAMERA
HTC DREAM G1 GOOGLE PHONE (WATER DAMAGED, AS IS)
PYREX
"QUIRKY" "ART"
MISC JUNK THAT MAYBE YOU WANT
WACOM 12 X 12 ARTZ II DRAWING TABLET (W/ USB ADAPTER)
TI - 83 GRAPHING CALCULATOR

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!

this is right around the corner from a 7-11. stop by and then get a FREE SLURPEE

Traffic snafu on Highland & Cutter

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At the strange intersection onto Highland (near Kickass cupcakes) a T bus (I think the 87) has stalled.

This is, not surprisingly, screwing up traffic. Highland itself is backed up to Willow. Dunno how Russell is doing.

Daves Fresh Pasta

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I love the joint, but a while ago I noticed they no longer weighed their ravioli when I ordered some.  Curious I went home and weighed by 3 pounds and found I had 2lb 10oz - which came out to about 6 ravioli short of 3 lbs.

This isn't the biggest deal in the world but I was a little annoyed.  Today I stopped by and put in an order, as the woman behind the counter went straight from the fridge to the box I asked her if she would weigh it first.  She balked saying they know how many ravioli are in a typical order.  I explained they were wrong on my last visit, and I'd like it if she would weigh the order (since they sell by pound not by number).

So she weighed the order and surprise - she was short.  She didn't seem surprised, I was expecting something like "Huh, look at that the assumption I've been using for days / weeks / months has been wrong.  Wow thanks for pointing that out to me - boy I feel bad I've been overcharging everyone who comes in here."  Well OK obviously I'm exaggerating, but I was expecting some kind of reaction and apology.

Anyway just a tip for others who buy larger orders from Daves to have them actually weigh it.