If you’re hiking, consider charging up your iPod, as Seattlest finds out that a man lost during a hike was found by the glow of his iPod. That cleverness seems to be devoid in cops who were using police cruiser instant messaging clients - although we imagine IMs “so are you nakie” to be included in cop shows, just for realism. If only the cops were busting the Hummer-driving jerk who made a poor......

Tawny (adj.): of a light brown to brownish orange color. That’s how Bostonist likes our Pumpkin Pie - is there any other way? In this edition of Thanksgiving at Bostonist’s House, we’ll let you in on our secret for a Pumpkin Pie that can’t be beat. We make it 100% from scratch. That means we go and pick out a pie pumpkin, sometimes called a sugar pumpkin, roast it, scoop it out, and start from......

While Bostonist hasn't actually ever tackled making a Thanksgiving dinner, we are always up for tackling the traffic home to our parents' house. Perhaps some day, we'll decide to make our own Turkey Day meal, but for now, we'll just enjoy mom Linda Lou's good home cooking. She makes some damn good sweet potatoes each year and according to her, it's quite a simple recipe that any novice cook can master. Below is the gospel......