Groupon: Redbones, $15 for $30.

[thespian.livejournal.com]

So I was sick, and last night I just thought 'I will go to sleep now, and just check the deal sites in the morning.' That'll learn me.

$15 for $30 at Redbones. Woot.

Please note if has a pretty short turn around; these need to be used by May 31, 2011. However they have changed from their last offer, which was 1 per table; you can use 2 per table for groups of 4 or more. Not for take out.

Towing cars in Davis Square to allow traffic through streets, and common sense-which I seem to lack.

[oneagain.livejournal.com]

I turned right onto Chester from Elm last night around 6:30pm-ish. There were 2 policemen standing off to the side as I parked in the first available spot on the left side of the street. After I had parked, one of the officers came over and knocked on the front passenger window (would have been more difficult to get to the driver's side), and told me that the cars parked in front of me were going to be towed because there wasn't enough room for cars to get down the street, and he told me to use my common sense. He was right on the first count, certainly; I could not actually exit my parking space and go down the one way street because there was no room, and I had to back up and turn right onto the street that connects Chester with Day Street, next to the parking lot, amidst at least 2 other cars waiting for me (policeman was directing traffic, thankfully, or that alone would have been a mess).

About common sense, though? I confess I am a creature of habit and have many ingrained traffic/parking habits, and though if I had more brain space last night (don't ask), I might have figured that out in the moment, but where I was mentally was simply in "find an available space and park", autopilot. Yes, it is obvious looking back, and yes I feel a bit stupid for not having gotten to that myself, but I am not sure I have ever dealt with this amount of snow while looking for parking in the city and taking the first available spot has pretty much worked for me.

The moral of this story, kids? Be sure a car has enough space to get down a street between your car and the parked car on the other side of the street or you might get towed. I was lucky to get the warning, the folks parked in front and to the side of me were not so lucky.

EDIT:Of course, if you park in a space where there is no car on the opposite side parked and, thus, decide that it is ok to park there, and someone comes up and parks on the opposite side of the street later so as to make it impossible for folks to get through, I am not sure how the police/tow company decides which car to tow. Oof.

And one more car-related thingola: side view mirrors

[oneagain.livejournal.com]

After backing up and turning onto Herbert Street (with the policemen directing traffic, thanks to the policeman, that would have been a rather difficult maneuver without them since a couple of other cars were waiting in that mess), I found a spot almost immediately on the right side of the street. A woman approached me after I had gotten out of the car and suggested that I fold my driver side rear view mirror in because she had seen half the cars on that street have broken mirrors due to folks trying to get by with less than optimal space to do so, and knocking into the rear view mirrors on the parked cars to the side of them as they went by. I don't think I would have thought of that on my own, and, judging by the folks I mentioned in the last post having their cars towed, I suspect I am not alone in that.

Snow Emergency Lots (near Davis)

[coeceo.livejournal.com]

So its been harder and harder to find odd side spots lately and with today's snow emergency coming so early, I need some help on the overflow lots.

Somerville's website states that all metered lots are fair game for snow emergencies, the closest I can think of are right on Buena Vista Rd. (accross from Orleans/Comcast building), and also the one across from Saccos that you access on Herbert St.

My question is, is that other lot NEXT to Saccos and behind CVS a municiple lot? Thus open for parking during snow emergencies?

Mustache Combs (srsly)

[smoterh.livejournal.com]

Does anybody know where I can buy mustache combs?    I know they sell them at CVS, but they are pre-packaged with some shitty mustache wax and cost 5.99.  They are small and get lost easily so I would like to buy a couple at a cheaper price.