guest parking passes - zoned?

[kalimba21.livejournal.com]

I believe that guest passes are zoned - that is they must be used in the area where they are issued.

The other day I saw a car with a parking ticket - saying no permit - but they had a guest pass. It was on my street - a different looking guest pass than mine, but the address on the guest pass was two houses down but around the corner - possibly a different zone.

So... I know I'm on the edge of 3 wards, Do the guest passes coincide with the wards? Does anyone know if there is a map, and if I must have my guests park within my zone? This is all new to me as we used to have casual parking. Any insight would be appreciated.

looking for a roommate

[countlibras.livejournal.com]

xposted to my lj and to b0st0n

My current roomie ifotismeni will be moving out by May 1st - she's got an opportunity to save money, so of course she's going to take it.

This means that I will need a new roommate - if you need a new place to stay or you know anyone in the Boston area who will need a place come May, please contact me!

Quick blurb: I'm in the upstairs unit of a two-family house in East Arlington, near the Cambridge and Somerville border. The upstairs unit is a two bedroom. It's pretty convenient to public transit with quick access to the 77/87/88/89/79/350 bus lines and a 5-minute drive (or a 20-ish minute walk) to Davis Sq. It's a smoke-free and pet-free apartment with the landlady living downstairs (landlady happens to be my sister).

It's currently $600 per person per month. Utilities are not included, and can run anywhere from $60 to $200 a month each (the higher utilities bills are during the winter due to the heating bill - but insulation was just installed last week, so I have no idea what the heating bill will be like starting next winter). There's a washer/dryer in the basement and there's a driveway with a garage. The room to be rented out is about 12' by 13'.

If you have any questions, feel free to email me at countlibras at yahoo dot com.

Outdoor Fitness Classes starting 4/5

[geekpixie.livejournal.com]

Mountain Strength Fitness Out Door Classes!
( Why you should check us out under this cut! )

The fitness program centers around the methodologies of the Crossfit system.

Our group classes involve a mix of: 

• Metabolic conditioning (running, jump rope)
• Strength training (dumbbell lifts, kettlebells) 
• Body weight exercises (push ups, sit ups).

Take a look at the location, times and rates and see if we fit your needs, I'd love to see you there!

I also promise to not spam you guys here on DSLJ about this business. I may mention when we have a new session starting, but only if the response to this posting is positive!

tax help?

[misterthorn.livejournal.com]

I'm considering asking H&R Block to help me address some medium-size tax questions and concerns, but I thought I'd post here first and see if anyone can recommend someone local that they've worked with and had a good experience with.

Thanks in advance for any leads!

Have you been to a Greater Davis Sq dentist in the last 6 months? (Need Luddite dentist)

[siderea]

Hi guys. I need the help of the hive mind. It seems I'm looking for a new dentist, only with a serious twist. This one isn't googleable.

I was just -- just -- at a new-to-me dentist. I had been neglecting my teeth for a few years due to grad school, and was now getting back on the wagon of dental hygiene. The dentist and the hygienist and the other staff were all great. I want to be clear, what happened was one of those wacky, nobody's-fault happenstances.

I have a congenital bone deformity in my lower jaw. This is one of those things dentists and dental hygienists are taught about in school, but don't necessarily ever encounter in the wild (I hear, "Wow! I've never seen one like that!" a lot). This has never actually been a problem getting dental care in the past, just so long as I warn anybody about to work in my mouth to take a look under my tongue in advance, so nobody gets a nasty surprise. Most especially when taking X-rays.

So after doing paperwork, they lead me to the exam room for X-rays and introduce me to the X-ray tech. And I say, btw, there's this thing you need to know about my lower jaw. And I open up my mouth and point, and she says, "Oh, my goodness!" And I say, "But it's not a problem. You just fold the film so it fits."

And she holds up the super-high-tech, newfangled digital X-ray probe gizmo and says, "But... this doesn't fold."

Half an hour and a couple superficial lacerations to my mouth later, she, the dentist and I pretty firmly established that, nope, you just can't take digital X-rays of my teeth, not with the present digital X-ray equipment. Not even with the smaller pediatric size gear. It just won't fit in my mouth.

So my question for the Greater Davis Square collective consciousness is: Have you had your teeth X-rayed anywhere within walking distance from Davis in the last six months where they used good old-fashioned film to do it? This is the kind of x-ray where they put this card-thingy in your mouth, which does not have a wire trailing from it. Also, failing walking-distance, someplace I can get to on the T.

(I understand I may be deeply screwed here. Obviously, digital x-rays are going to be vastly cheaper than film x-rays, because film is expensive and has to be developed -- all the reasons almost everyone in the word has converted from film to digital photography. Add in the drive to have all-digital medical records, and I'm not sure anyone is doing film any more, or will be doing it for long. But I figured I should ask.)

Shopping at Shaw's

[bobobb.livejournal.com]

I thought some might be interested in this article re: Shaw's replacing striking workers, as many in the Davis area shop there:

http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2010/03/24/shaws_hiring_strikers_replacements/

If you would like to contact Shaw's to tell them what you think of the situation, you can go to: http://www.shaws.com/pages/cert/contactUs.php