Entries from Bostonist tagged with 'burbank'
January 3, 2008
Cold, cold, holy crap it is cold! Bloody well everyone can agree that a high of 14 is cold. Barry Burbank at WBZ says "this weekend temperatures will get into the 40's and then the 50's on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week." Barry, we're holding you to that. You may as well have fun in the cold, though. Miss Von Schtoop notes that one of her neighbors has a fondness for making pissicles.......
Continue Reading "That Arctic Feeling"July 8, 2007
LAist was comped front row seats by the Dodgers due to Malingering being struck by a foul ball last week, and she came back with some great photos, and earlier made fun of 4th of July on Venice Beach. But the biggest stories of the week was that the Mayor's Hot Tamale was revealed, and that a Kwik-E-Mart was erected in Burbank. Phillyist was busy doing the Fourth of July up right, exercising their......
Continue Reading "This Week in Ist"July 2, 2007
Just to make things clear, right out of the gate: you're not voting for which Springfield is the Simpson's Springfield, just who gets to host the "hometown premiere" of The Simpsons Movie. Fifteen out of the couple dozen Springfields around the country are hoping to play host to the premiere and have created videos to help convince voters to check their box. Springfield, the fictional town, has been home to the Simpsons and overseen......
Continue Reading "Put the Chowduh in the Simpsons"May 23, 2005
Bostonist would like to ask: What the hell is up with the weather? Being New Englanders, we can all expect the weather to throw us some curve balls here and there, but this is getting ridiculous. Does the sun not shine in the Hub anymore? After this past weekend being another washout, making it the fifth in a row, Bostonist was hopeful that things would turn around before the long holiday weekend. Well, according to......
Continue Reading "Good and Bad News"February 24, 2005
Speaking of the always changing weather, Boston has its own unique meterologist, which is not named Dick Albert or Barry Burbank. Now, Bostonist knows that many of you already know of this weather signal, but for those of you who are new to Boston and need a quick weather check, just look up to the top of the old John Hancock Tower. This building (now known as the Berkeley Tower after a taller, more......
Continue Reading "The Tower of Weather"