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--One woman reminisces about her youth as a smelly lobster-monger near James Hook when she ogled cute fishermen. [shamrag]

--Investigators with the ATF are helping to find out what caused the James Hook fire, which destroyed the business and 60,000 pounds of lobster. [Boston Globe, photos of the scene from Bostonist]

      

Bostonist visited what's left of James Hook & Co. yesterday as firefighters hosed down the wreckage. The scene attracted a steady stream of visitors who stood silently, paying their respects to the Boston landmark. See our earlier post about the fire for a photo of James Hook & Co. in better days.

The fire closed the Moakley bridge, which connects South Boston to the Financial District, to vehicular traffic, causing a jumbled commute for beleaguered workers going to or from Southie.