This Sunday: Going Green on Route 16!

[ron_newman]

Route 16, from Broadway to Dilboy Field, will be closed to car traffic this Sunday from noon to 4 pm for the SomerStreets 'Going Green On Route 16' festival. Bring your bicycles, your roller skates, your skateboards, your Razor scooters, or just your shoes to enjoy a traffic-free afternoon on the parkway next to Alewife Brook.

The event will include live music, recreation programming, environmental exhibitions, sports demonstrations, face painting, a recycled sculpture contest, free swimming at Dilboy Pool, and more.

(Wouldn't it be nice to do this every Sunday, like Cambridge does on Memorial Drive during the summer and fall?)

Magic TG, revised cards to sell

[cerylium.livejournal.com]

Hello community!  Long time lurker, but now that i am leaving davis square after 7 wonderful years, it's time to sell some stuff.  expect a few posts in the next days.


This is a fun one - i have some magic cards, revised edition to sell.  I was going to take them straight to pandemonium, but figured i'll see if any of you are interested first.  Here are the details:

I have a collection of Magic Cards to sell for the following price.  All cards are extremely good to near mint condition.  All cards are from the Revised edition.

The big sellers:

Underground sea - $100

Tundra - $75

Plateau - $40

Other sellers:

Demonic tutor - $8

Swords to plowshares - $4

Armageddon - $3

The following cards are available for $1 each

Animate dead (x2), ivory tower, lord of the pit, mind twist

I have about 150 other cards, each for .10

Comment or send a PM for more details.  If you want the whole set, i will sell it for $225 

my son's camera was stolen out of my car

[gingicat]

We live on the east side of Medford, about a mile from Medford Square. On the off chance that one of y'all might live (or know) someone over here...

My special-needs son got a Kidizoom Plus camera from my parents on his sixth birthday, August 13.

This morning, I found that the camera had been stolen out of my car, on our driveway, inside a townhouse (not gated) complex parking lot. My car had been rifled through (nothing taken) before; I'd been making absolutely certain to make sure to lock and alarm the car, make sure that anything that looked tempting was out of the car... but of course, the one night I forgot, the one important and removable thing in the car (other than the child seats) was taken. (Interestingly, the tinted safety glasses that I use as sunglasses worn over my regular glasses were not taken, and they don't actually look nerdy.)

I am, as you might imagine, infuriated with myself, infuriated with the person who took what was clearly a child's camera (a blue Kidizoom Plus WITH A NAME WRITTEN ON IT), and worried about the fact that people are casually walking through our parking lot trying doors. What if it had been the house door?

Anyway. If you find a blue Kidizoom Plus with a six-letter name written on it in silver pen, please let me know! No questions asked unless you think it would be a good idea.

I can't offer a reward other than cookies.

Edit: I just called the desk officer at the Medford Police, and he said I could file a report when I get home from work (in Newton). When I, looking for sympathy, said "who would take a camera that clearly belongs to a child?" he said "For heroin." (As in, to be sold for.) When I expressed surprise that there was a heroin problem in Medford, he said that it's the highest per capita in the state. Which sucks, because the schools have the best special needs program of anywhere we can afford to live.

Edit 8/29: Embarrassingly, it turns out that my son just put it in his tricycle basket. Leaving the post here because of the comments.
http://davis-square.livejournal.com/2692048.html

Great show at the Armory tonight at 8

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Jessa Piaia, celebrated for her character portrayals of important women who have made distinguished contributions to American history, is bringing Margaret Fuller back to life this evening at the Somerville Armory at 8 pm.


Read more about it at: http://www.womeninhistoryprograms.com/fuller.html




"Jessa's portrayals are excellent in all aspects. Her work is a successful model for such programming: solid research, compelling writing, and the artistry to bring off a one-woman show, perhaps the most difficult kind of acting challenge."
-- Carole Friedman, Former Director, Somerville Museum

Awesome Green Shoes for Sale; also purple satin corset!

[emcicle.livejournal.com]

Hi All,

as others have noted, it is the time of year for clearing stuff out of the house. Two items that i love but i just don't get a chance to use or wear (do to lifestyle change or size issues).

first:
a really awesome pair of green mary janes from el naturalista (picture here: http://www.zappos.com/el-naturalista-iggdrasil-n095-green). They are size 8.5 (or 39 European). I misestimated the fit and really needed one size up. They have been worn a few times. No noticeable wear on the soles. Slight scuffing on the leather, but nothing really noticeable. I finally got around to buying a new pair in the larger size, and figure I should try to unload these. I paid more than $125 for them. I would love to get around $50 for them.

second:
a very nice purple satin corset. I don't have the size information with me at work, but i wanted to put this in the same post so as not to clutter the site. When i get home I can answer any questions anyone might have. as an idea, when i was wearing it i was 5' 6", 150lbs with a 36B bust. it hooks in the front and then laces in the back. I'll try to get a picture available if anyone is interested. I wore it dancing to manray many times, but it is in excellent condition. i'll take Best Offer for it. (it cost over $100 from hubba hubba years ago).