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Joseph F. Limone, 60, of Winthrop, was stopped for his eighth drunk driving arrest Tuesday in Revere. He pleaded not guilty on Wednesday at Chelsea District Court, but was held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing. As Limone hasn't had a valid driver's license since 1985, he is also charged with operating on a revoked license and giving a fake name to police. He has drunk driving in 1983, 1984, 1987, 1996, 2001, and 2007. Limone was allegedly tailgating another car and yelling at the driver. [Globe]
After initially refusing to remove t-shirts with profanity and drug references from a display window, the Niketown store on Newbury Street went along with Mayor Tom Menino's wishes to remove shirts with slogans like "Get High" and "Dope" from the window. The store reportedly denied the change was a result of the Mayor's letter. The Globe reported that Nike said the shirts in the "Nike 6.0" are still for sale. The company said "we consistently refresh our windows with new inventory."
A Dorchester man on probation for about a month was returned to jail today after being arrested for allegedly sneaking into the Boston Public Library women’s room to watch a patron using a stall on March 29. The Herald said Joseph D. Banks, 47, is charged with disorderly conduct, lewd, wanton and lascivious conduct and trespassing. The victim identified him from a photo. His record lists 37 missed court dates, probation violations and jail sentences. His record includes charges for larceny and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. [Herald]
Four shoplifters allegedly stole almost $200,000 worth of merchandise from Newbury Street and the Copley Place mall stores including Chanel, Louis Vuitton, and Gucci. The men focus on "high end pocketbooks." The suspects haven't shown weapons, but made threatening comments like "you don't want to get hurt over this." Police increased patrols, including plainclothes officers, in the area. [Globe]
-- A Greyhound bus in Portsmouth, New Hampshire was the focal point of a "bomb" scare Thursday. One passenger overheard another passenger, a native of Burundi here legally, allegedly discussing a bomb and alerted police via 911. The Burundi man faces no charges. Two other passengers who allegedly refused to cooperate with police are charged with crimes. [WCVB]
- Dr. Mehmet Oz spoke at Bentley University yesterday and said America needs more sex. [Boston Herald]
- Senior staffers at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) allegedly surfed the Internet for pornography while at work. [AP via Google]
You could eat at Bottega Fiorentina every day for weeks and never have the same thing twice. There are five specials a day (like Tuesday's lasagna with meat and bechamel or Friday's pumpkin tortellini in a butter sage sauce), plus a made-to-order option with your choice of pasta and sauce. The penne with Fedora sauce (tomato, red pepper, garlic, rosemary, and cream), pictured above, is both sweet and spicy, and the pasta is cooked to a perfect al dente. The majority of the pasta dishes are under $10 and are available for dine-in or take-out.
Well, now you know how to get around and where to drink. How about where to get some cheap grub? There's lots of great food in this city, it just takes some exploring to find it.
Forget that hard-as-a-rock square slice from your elementary school days. Bostone Pizza on Newbury Street knows how to serve a proper Sicilian pizza.
It’s been pretty quiet on the fashion front. The shows in Europe are almost over and the Spring/Summer collections are on display in store fronts up and down Newbury Street. So in between listening to Papelbon complain and trying to get tickets to see Shiny Toy Guns on St. Patrick’s Day, why not take a well deserved fashion break.
The 21st century has seen dramatic improvements in faking it. These days we've got bigger and better fake nails, fake hair, fake boobs, and now? Fake eyelashes. Lux Lash, at 232 Newbury Street, offers semi-permanent lash extensions that last from a weekend to two months. The finished result is like a 24-7 application of lengthening and thickening mascara.
The Foggy Goggle is a bar on Boylston Street, located just past the glare of the boutiques at the outer perimeter of Newbury Street. It's a dive -- the kind of place where they serve beer in 8 ounce Dixie cups and don't apologize. And for one night, it was the most earnest place in Boston.
Whether your New Year’s resolution is to clean out your closet or expand its contents, local consignment shops are a great resource for thrifty shoppers.
Boston, you did Kimya Dawson right on Thursday night. So right, in fact, that we can't even tell you about it.
Those who keep a vegan diet will probably tell you that eating a healthy breakfast out can often be a challenge, especially when hoping to get something quickly. Breakfast in America is heavily focused on animal products and often the only options involve bacon, eggs, milk, or all three! Enter the chain of Bagel Rising and Espresso Royale cafes in Boston. These green-leaning, eco-friendly, and vegan-catering cafes are warm, inviting, and most importantly, delicious! While most mainstream coffee shops offer soy milk as an option (and charge up to $.60 extra!) that is where the vegan options usually end. BR/ER is, from our experience asking around, the ONLY cafe in town that offers tofu spread – they even have different flavors!! Their menu offer one fully vegan sandwich (the yummy Joy of Soy), and many others that can be made easily vegan (Chia Bagel minus the cheese). The also offer other vegan cookie and pastry options as well.
Here's the overall numbers straight from the BPD and the Herald:
--Someone made a big mistake on Sunday by letting a sexual assault suspect go to the hospital without supervision. Police recaptured Edwardo Aponte of Dorchester this morning, but the incident makes us wonder what the BPD supervisor on duty was thinking. On Sunday, Aponte said he was sick, went to New England Medical Center in an ambulance, and walked out. Isn't that the oldest trick in the book? Even the characters of Comedy Central's Halfway...
Okay, okay, before you get insulted, Bostonist is not especially fashionable. And New York is in the throes of its own Fashion Week right now - so Boston is having Fashion Week at the same time? Isn't that just asking for no one to notice? Well, Boston's Fashion Week did indeed start yesterday. Much of the excitement appears to be centered around Natick, though, because of Friday's Natick Collection opening. "Collection" is a fancy word...
There are a couple of spring events we've gotten used to. Free iced coffee from Dunkin Donuts or a scoop from Ben and Jerry's make their appearance in March and April, respectively, about a month apart. This year JP Licks joins the crew of freebie days. May 17, 2007 will be the first free coffee day at all 7 of their locations. They're hoping to prove how awesome their coffee is by giving it away...
Bostonist saw Anime Boston 2007 participants all over yesterday: on Newbury Street, in the mall, at Spike's, outside the Pru, where they had strayed from Hynes Convention Center in their full regalia.
We really aren't sure where this came from. It seems like the stereotypes portrayed below have been applied to areas around St. Louis, Florida, Memphis, Detroit, among other US geographic locations. It came to us via email, un-attributed to the author (email us, we'll give you credit), and humorously rang true for some of the locations integrated into the list. Suggestions for the South Boston Barbie (both original model and Fort Point edition), Cantabrigian Barbie,...
While it might not seem possible judging from the creaky antics of bands like the Rolling Stones, there are some rock musicians who age well. Exhibit A would be Mission of Burma. Exhibit B would be Kristin Hersh, who will be performing at Newbury Comics on Newbury Street at 6:00 pm tonight. Hersh's new record, Learn to Sing Like a Star, out on Yep Roc, is the latest in her 20-year career. Hersh, along with...
Even though yesterday was November 1, Halloween lasted an extra day on Newbury Street as teens and college kids gathered dressed as rap-icon-turned-reality-tv-star Flavor Flav. Flav, who is known for wearing Viking horns, outlandish shades, and a clock around his neck, was scheduled to visit Newbury Comics to sign autographs and promote his new solo record, Hollywood. These days, more people know Flav for his hot-tub shenanigans on VH1's Flavor of Love than for his...
While many argue about the discrimination in this city, this ideology is also affecting the vermin in the city sewers as well. As many shocked restaurant patrons came to find out last Thursday, rats do not add to the ambience when inhaling a filet mignon on Newbury Street. Louis J. Antonellis, a local labor union guy for Electrical Workers Local 103, decided he had had enough with the Capital Grille after fighting with them for four months. So to get his point across, he opened up a shopping bag and dropped three white lab rats onto the dining room floor. Antonellis then ran out onto the street and was chased by a few of the valets until being caught by B.U. police a few blocks away. While the diners weren’t too happy about sharing their dinners with rats, the animal lovers out there can calm down; the rats were captured by the waitstaff and are currently residing in a Roslindale animal shelter until they get adopted.
We at Bostonist like our Apple computers. Ok, it does distress us a little to hear that our shiny iPod might have been produced in a sweatshop. But, if we turn the volume up really loud, we forget all about it. If you want to hear the latest Apple talk from four local enthusiasts, then MassMUG is the podcast for you.