Bostonist: The Asparagus Under The Bridge: A Vegetable History of Brighton

joshuacwiner

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 19:37:56 -0500

I am the artist who made those murals. Thanks Caroline for a good job writing the article- interesting and accurate. It was fun to research Brighton's agricultural history, then to buy the vegetables and fruits and create still lifes, then to paint those huge cutouts.I'm glad you noticed! I think the trompe l'oeil pee joke is pretty funny. I'll pass that along to my Doctor friends, who told me the protein that causes that strong smell is called asparagine.

divertingbailey

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:25:17 -0500

Grahams might be right about Cambridge; I wouldn't know because whenever I drive by the asparagus I'm actually on my way to Nonantum... I like to make my articles as misleading as they are informative.

grahams

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:05:25 -0500

That is, of course, unless you live in Brighton and are on your way into Cambridge by way of Parsons Street Cambridge is for suckers, all the cool kids are on their way to Watertown....

frivmo

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:18:57 -0500

My pee smells like trompe l'oeil.