Urban Hike - Harvard undergrads in Davis Square

[erin-cambridge.livejournal.com]

I'm a resident tutor (basically a grad student R.A.) at one of the Harvard undergraduate houses on the Quad, near Porter Square.  I'd like to host an "urban hike" to Davis Square to show the students about this awesome area nearby - somehow, many of the undergrads manage to graduate without ever having visited it!  I'm planning a series of stops at locales like Somerville Theatre, Sacco's Bowl Haven, Artifaktori, Spike's, Diesel, Poor Little Rich Girl, Boston Burger Company, JP Licks, etc., and I'd like each business to have the opportunity to advertise itself to the students, maybe by handing out coupons or little treats.  Please let me know if you'd like to do something like this, so I can include it in my own advertising to the students about this event and make sure we'll stop at your place.  Thanks!

-Erin

OTA digital TV?

[chenoameg.livejournal.com]

Anyone in the Davis Square area successfully pulling in TV signals with a TV antenna?

For a variety of reasons I'm looking to retire our cable, but I want some feedback before I buy a large antenna.

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[transformergeek.livejournal.com]

During this time of year, in a city with so many colleges, it's not unusual to see houses with a bunch of old household items and busted up furniture outside waiting to be taken away by trash collectors.

I often enjoy briefly going through these piles to see if there are any goodies. (Last year I found a size 14 pair of rollerblades!) I noticed that my neighbors were throwing away a mini-fridge, an old sofa, a book shelf, and a fish tank.

That would be cool and all, if it weren't for the fact that the fish tank still had fish living in it.

I checked the house, and nobody was living there. I left it for a few hours, to see if, perhaps, someone was coming to pick it up. No go. Plus, we live in a neighborhood with plenty of outdoor cats, and the tank had no cover.

So, I took in the fish, but I realized that I don't have any fish food, and that all of the pet stores are closed. I don't know how long they've been out there, and I'm pretty sure that I'd be damn hungry if I were in their position. So, two questions:

What common, household foods can I put in the tank? I have bits of bread, and all sorts of spices, and even some cheese... but I don't know what fish eat!

Secondly, the water level is getting pretty low... is there something that I can do about that? Will tap water kill the fish? Is it ok if I use my Britta?

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, they're not anything special. Just your garden variety cheap pet fish. And one cool black sucker fish.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.