Just a random tip to commuters of the MBTA Green Line in Boston: During morning rush hour, do not ride the E Line, Heath Street, unless you really need to go to Northeastern or the Museum of Fine Arts, etc.

If you’re just going from Park Street to Copley, save yourself the trouble of getting on the E Line and just wait 30 more seconds for a B, C, or D line.

It’s such a hassle to even find breathing room on the E Line because it’s the only line that goes that direction, so people who can very well get on any other trolley packing onto the lone ranger Heath Street car make it that much more like riding a Tokyo subway.

I personally stopped riding the E Line after someone jumped onto the trolley and bounced off of me.
After everyone got on, the train was just standing by and I’m waiting for the door to close behind me. Then, I feel someone bump me from behind. I can barely turn to see what happened but I see a girl lying on the ground. Apparently she tried to jump in and push everyone in with her, but instead, she just bounced off and landed on the ground. Somehow she managed to get up again and squish her way into the train anyways, forcing myself and the other girl on the bottom step to have to contort our bodies to let her stand there with us with the other human sardines on the train who are looking at this girl and exchanging looks of “What the hell?” and “That really did happen, didn’t it?”.

So I must reiterate the seriousness of this: Avoid the E Line at all costs if you are not intending to go past Copley!

I’m not surprised that Eddy Curry got violent during his return to action for the Knicks, I’m just thankful that he didn’t eat Rajon Rondo in addition to punching him in the back of the head. To be fair, clearly Rondo deserved this, I mean, how DARE he try for a rebound. That’s EDDY’S ball.

By Bruce S. Ticker

PHILADELPHIA–With plans to visit two vibrant Jewish communities, I had jarring reminders of the condition of public transit in early November, simultaneously: the week-long strike in Philadelphia and the shocker that Boston is faced with imminent safety hazards which might cost $500 million to repair.

Not to mention news elsewhere of potential fare hikes in New York City; a renewed attempt to save South Florida’s 70-mile rail link between Palm Beach and Miami; and a $144 million deficit in Washington, D.C., that has only one way to go – up, that is.

Preserving public transit and improving upon it is crucial. It is no less important than health care and education. A system needs to be established to guarantee that transportation continues as the vital service it is. Long before the economic meltdown, fares continued to rise, services were threatened and safety was compromised. Many Jewish communities are connected by public transit, and substantial Jewish populations even comprise a large share of metropolitan areas with the more advanced systems.

I was lucky during the Philadelphia strike, when the two subway lines and city bus routes ceased running; still operating were suburban buses and commuter rail trains. During my first day vacationing in Boston on Tuesday, Nov. 3, I learned that the strike began hours after the Phillies played their last World Series home game against the Yankees. When I returned to Philly by Amtrak at 30th Street station on Nov. 7, I still escaped the strike’s consequences because I transferred to a commuter line for the 10-minute ride downtown.

I was relieved to be spared of most of the strike, especially since I endured the cruelty of past walkouts. I walk to work, but I still rely on public transit for many reasons. With the strike still going strong, I had planned to attend a Kristallnacht commemoration on Wednesday, Nov. 11, at the Germantown Jewish Centre in West Mount Airy, in the evening. The bus would drop me off a half-block away, but if necessary a train station was located further away in a more isolated spot. I did not feel safe walking to the station and waiting there in the dark. The strike ended beforehand as the workers settled, and I was unable to attend the synagogue event, anyway.

While buses and subways were idled back home, I received my first clue as to why riding Boston’s commuter trains could be hazardous to one’s health. I rode a westbound commuter train from Boston’s South Station (Boston’s mini-version of Penn Station in Manhattan) to the West Newton station in the town of Newton, which is comprised of one of the largest Jewish populations in the metropolitan area.

I learned abruptly that riders do not detrain, so to speak, onto solid ground. When the conductor directed me to leave the train for West Newton, I peered out the exit door and spotted a narrow platform separated from the train by a pair of railroad tracks.

To reach the platform, I jumped from the train’s stairwell three feet onto the gravel separating the tracks, and I could have slipped on oil covering parts of the tracks I needed to cross to reach the platform. Maybe an eastbound train might rumble by just as I was crossing the tracks. Hopefully, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, which oversees the system, knows enough to schedule the trains to prevent accidents.

The West Newton hazard is among a massive amount of maintenance risks. A report commissioned by Gov. Deval Patrick revealed that the MBTA has a maintenance backlog on its hands that could cost $3 billion to remedy, and it will take $500 million of that to fix critical threats.

The study projected spending up to $80 million to remove and replace rail ties damaged by flooding along the northern end of the Red Line subway immediately after the Harvard University stop. Otherwise, corrosion and damage could destabilize track alignment and lead to a train derailment, The Boston Globe reported. A new state board approved a $2.5 million contract for an engineering firm to design a longterm correction for a track repair project.

By chance, I waited for a Red Line train at the underground Porter Square stop, the first station north of Harvard, and noticed that a pond of ice had formed on the other side of the tracks.

While Boston has a good system overall, the state is intent on expanding both subways, which serve the city and immediate suburbs, and commuter trains that extend to the outer suburbs – despite the expensive maintenance backlog. Most commuter trains run sporadically; off-peak, many run a maximum of every two hours apart. Trains in New York and Philadelphia typically run every hour.

Transit systems that I have patronized elsewhere continue to struggle; my personal experience with West Coast systems is limited. A $144 million deficit for Washington’s Metro operation that was announced a few months ago could be the start of its troubles, according to a Washington Post editorial. The Nov. 12 editorial predicted significant fare hikes and service reductions because of declining ridership and a recent arbitration ruling to raise the salaries of unionized employees.

The Tri-Rail train line that passes through Florida’s three most populous counties is in danger of extinction. Officials in Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties have been seeking a $2 tax on rental cars to finance the continued operation of Tri-Rail, but the state legislature has refused to approve it. Lawmakers may reconvene in December to consider funding of Tri-Rail and creation of a rail line in the Orlando area.

On Saturday, Nov. 21, I bought a “fun-day pass” for $8.25 to ride New York City’s buses and subways, the same amount I spent during my last visit in October. Earlier in the week, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority introduced a budget that is actually balanced after the state allowed new revenue sources. No fare increases or cuts in services, according to The New York Daily News.

But among his first words as MTA chairman, Jay Walder declared: “The MTA remains in a very fragile financial situation…There is no more money for us in Albany, and we will learn to do more with the funding we have.”

If, that is, the state does not plug its unsettled deficit with cuts in transportation subsidies. Besides, a four-year fiscal plan projects 7.5 percent fare and toll increases in 2011 and 2013.

Fare hikes in New York in two years? Maybe Philadelphians are fated to pay more after the post-World Series strike. This pattern has been ongoing for years and getting worse as more low- and middle-income people who can afford less are the ones being victimized.

The variety of reasons for these problems – neglect of cities, loss of tax revenues, political rivalries, corruption and so on – have never been sufficiently addressed. I wish I can be optimistic that significant measures will be taken to remedy these problems. It is a train wreck ready to happen.

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Ticker is a Philadelphia-based freelance journalist.  He may be contacted at 
BTicker@comcast.net.

From hedge to tree limb

 I enjoy scenic and nature photography and was thrilled to have purchased my first digital camera several years ago because everything is a photo opportunity for me. Sidewalks, leaves, sunlight rippling on the water and more, however, my very favorite images are those of the red tail hawks. I have hundreds of images and video clips of hawks in Roxbury and Boston, MA.

Currently, I’m learning to not automatically use the Auto focus on my Nikon D40 camera. 

On this particular morning, I spotted another photographer taking pics and knew exactly what it was as I’ve seen him many times before. The Hawk was simply sitting on top of a tall hedge located in Boston Public Garden. After many shots, video and a few minutes later, he flew to a tree where I was able to snap a few more shots and video clips. What a great way to start my workday!

My computer system tells me these were taken with f/5.6. 

Image 1 – exposure 1/1600 sec , ISO -400, focal 300 mm

Image 2 – exposure 1/2000 sec, ISO – 360, focal 300 mm

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In my days as a college undergrad, I would often find myself in an apartment full of pasta but without any pasta sauce. It was through hunger driven creativity that Peanut Butter Pasta was invented (Ingredients: One box of pasta, one bowl of microwaved peanutbutter). Although I never exactly nailed it, usually burning the peanut butter enough to make it particularly bitter, last night, thanks to a friend with a much better recipe, I was able to rediscover peanut butter pasta.

So as you recover from the weekend, or from Monday, give this recipe a try. It’s a cheap, easy way to tap into a delicious comfort food, and a little bit of your inner child.

Full recipe can be found HERE

P.S. The recipe recommends creamy PB, I recommend Super Chunk

“Chillin With My Gnomies”

Boston, Mass. – On Newbury Street.

November, 2009

Taken by John Forrester

(flickr/johnsforrester/all rights reserved)

Check out our boy Keegan and others who ripped it up recently in the ‘09 Boston Street Spot/Battle.  Nice work kids.  Thats a fresh tee too Keegan.

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This story hurts me on two levels–the transit level and the community engagement level.  Boston and the state of Massachusetts have evidently scrapped a major plan for stimulus funding to help with rapid transit bus–widely viewed as the next big thing in at least bus transit, if not public transit as a whole, given how it compares in cost to rail.

What hurts in this case is a) part of the discussion pivoted on two important aspects of riding transit–a dedicated lane for buses and a median allowing for walker/rider safety, and b) it appears as if slightly more savvy community engagement might have (and might still) save the day.  “A previous lack of communication with the community required officials to spend their time defending their actions, instead of moving the plan ahead. As a result, there was not enought time to woo some residents, neighborhood supporters of the proposal say…“I hope we haven’t blown it…My real task is to keep the civic engagement, because what we have is the [heaviest] transit ridership in these neighborhoods.’’

Turns out the real riders really wanted this thing, but the approach didn’t reach them.  Lessons learned, I hope.  Community engagement isn’t about making a decision at the top and then trying to sell the public.  It’s about gathering input and, perhaps, buy-in, and crafting a solution that reflects that input and buy-in.

The review is coming up soon, but for now here is their set list from last night at the Wilbur Theatre:

1. “No Way”
2. “Sacred Trickster”
3. “Calming the Snake”
4. “Stereo Sanctity”
5. “Walkin’ Blues”
6. “Anti-Orgasm”
7. “Leaky Lifeboat (For Gregory Corso)”
8. “Shadow of A Doubt”
9. “Antenna”
10. “Malibu Gas Station”
11. “Poison Arrow”
12. “Tom Violence”
13. “Massage the History”
——-Encore Break——–
14. “The Sprawl”
15. “Cross the Breeze”
—–2nd Encore Break—-
16. “What We Know”
17. “Death Valley 69″

Un’altra settimana di regular season è trascorsa e ci avviciniamo a piccoli passi verso una situazione stabile. Ho avuto la possibilità di vedere diverse partite e vi riporto le mie impressioni:

• Atlanta vs. Portland
  Partita bella con molte emozioni: i Blazers grazie al nuovo schieramento a 3 guardie stavano andando forte e gli Hawks erano primi a est.. ne è uscita una partita in overtime. Portland ha dimostrato di essere molto competitiva, con molte opzioni, anche troppe; anzi… diciamo proprio troppe! Il potenziale è altissimo ma non c’è una vera gerarchia, nei momenti chiave la squadra la prende in mano Roy, e sono buone mani, la seconda punta è Aldridge, favoloso attaccante ma assolutamente non una personalità dominante, più adatto a essere il terzo di una gerarchia da squadra di livello… il vero problema è che dopo questi due c’è la confusione, e ciò non vuol dire che non ci sia supporting cast, anzi il contrario ce n’è fin troppo, ci sono altri 7-8 giocatori, con diverse caratteristiche ma stesso livello di importanza. La storia insegna che una squadra vincente deve avere una gerarchia ben stabilita con una strutturazione spesso a piramide. I Blazers devono ancora trovarla… da 2 anni la stanno cercando… mi ripeto ma hanno assolutamente bisogno di una trade!
  Che dire di Atlanta invece… Sorprendenti! Ci si aspettava un buon inizio, una buona squadra, ma non così. Estremamente discontinui, accendo e spengono in un attimo, ma quando si mettono a giocare, sia in attacco che in difesa sono fantastici. Hanno un gioco spettacolare e divertente, pochi schemi, diciamo pure che gran parte del gioco è improvvisazione, ma si divertono e fanno divertire. Ma allora la domanda è lecita: come fanno a vincere così tanto se sono una squadra così umorale? I motivi sono 3 a mio parere: 1. Si divertono e quindi giocano, attaccano in 5 e difendono in 5, quando decidono 2. Sono molto forti fisicamente, atletici e rapidi, Josh Smith ne è l’emblema 3. Joe Johnson dimostra come si può essere un leader senza spiccicar parola; con i giornalisti è un divo del muto, in campo non parla mai, ma nel quarto quarto, quando sono stati in partita giocando male, solo sfruttando il talento, dice 2 parole, schiaccia il bottone e come d’incanto la squadra cambia faccia… leadership silenziosa.
  Di fatto sono loro i favoriti per la quarta testa di serie dei playoff. Non credo vadano più su ma non è detto.
• Boston vs. Orlando
  Altra partita per cui potrei scrivere per pagine e pagine, cercherò di essere breve. Con Garnett per i Celtics è tutta un’altra musica, ma non è evidentemente un’intera partita nelle gambe dopo l’infortunio e deve amministrarsi. La squadra deve ancora trovare tutti gli equilibri ma per me è ancora la favorita. Prevedo che prima di natale arriverà una serie di vittorie consecutive da 10 o più per mettere in chiaro le cose.Ci sono degli automatismi da sistemare e giocatori da recuperare.
  Wallace riesce ancora a stupirmi. Per Boston è un lusso incredibile averlo dalla panchina, e per lui è un’ottima cosa data l’età non essere costretto a un minutaggio da titolare. In questa partita abbastanza sorgnone, fino a una brutta decisione arbitrale che lo ha fatto molto arrabbiare nel 4° quarto. Da li in avanti, per 3-4 minuti è stato il dominatore assoluto della partita, chiudendo su tutti i Magic in aiuto e ridicolizzando Howard in 4 possessi consecutivi, sia offensivi che difensivi. Che dire, se si scatena non ce n’è per nessuno. La buona notizia è che dopo la sfuriata ritorna tranquillo, ma giocare con lui e Garnett insieme dovrebbe essere illegale.
  Orlando: tornato Lewis e ricomincia la festa! Più o meno… Il gioco è tornato quello dell’anno scorso e l’efficacia pure, la cosa diversa è che Carter, come era previsto, si è dimostrato molto meno adatto di Turkoglu a questo sistema; soprattutto nel 4° quarto quando sentendo la responsabilità del suo ruolo nella squadra ha cercato di prendere in mano la squadra: ne sono usciti una serie di forzature, alcune andate anche a segno grazie al suo immenso talento, ma nulla creato per i compagni. Sta volta è andata bene, anche per via dei problemi di Boston, ma questo modo di giocare tende a non farti vincere nel lungo periodo.
• San Antonio vs. Dallas
  Altra partita molto sentita questo derby texano, e le 2 squadre hanno riservato sorprese in questo avvio di stagione: Dallas è partita molto bene, che era prevedibile, ma soprattutto esprime un bel gioco, come non si vedeva dal 2006, l’anno della finale. San Antonio invece attraversa un momento di crisi, ci si aspettavano problemi di infortuni, ma non così presto. Il più penalizzato è Jefferson che è un’ottimo giocatore ma non ha le caratteristiche per prendere in spalla la squadra, è stato preso per giocare con Parker, Ginobili e Duncan, con questi giocatori a esaltare le sue qualità, non per essere il primo terminale offensivo, e in questa situazione è in crisi soprattutto psicologica. A San Antonio prevale l’idea che meglio avere infortuni nella prima parte di stagione che nella seconda, e di fatto è vero, ma ora si stanno accumulando un po’ di sconfitte che, se la crisi non rientra potrebbe essere difficile assorbire.
  I Mavs invece sembrano giocare sul velluto e, come nel caso di Atlanta, sembrano divertirsi. In più c’è Nowitzky, che gioca come mai in carriera e lascia a bocca aperta per quanto grande è il suo repertorio.
• I Knicks continuano a perdere tranne una piccola parentesi con i Nets, e Gallinari continua a giocare alla grande, tranne una piccola parentesi con i Nets.
• Tornato Gasol, ora vediamo i veri Lakers… non che quelli visti fin ora facessero schifo, ma Pau da tutta un’altra dimensione alla squadra.

With all our freaks, geeks, and future politicians/sex solicitors, Harvard doesn’t really have a reputation for churning out “normal” people.  Most people believe that all Harvard students do in college is sleep and study, which doesn’t allow for any social interaction whatsoever.  Some of this is well-founded.  At our senior trip to a Red Sox game, I saw a girl furiously doing her math homework, calculator and all, right there in the bleachers of Fenway Park.  Harvard 1, Normal 0.

Most Harvard people, though, do come out pretty well-adjusted after college.  Unlike popular perception, we don’t always wear our elitist blazers with cashmere sweaters tied around our necks.  We don’t drink alcohol out of lab beakers and carry TI-83s to calculate our BACs (we do that in our heads). We still get shwastey-faced and make bad decisions at shady bars with unattractive strangers.

In fact, to show how normal we really are, let me tell you about “Chase”, a fellow Harvard grad from Jersey.

Chase is just another twenty-something with a steady job, a sweet girlfriend, and a gregarious personality.  He’s a very nice guy with good intentions.  But, he’s also crazy.  Crazy in a totally normal, Florida State way.

Even though I would best describe him as an “acquaintance,” I’ve seen Chase get drunk, get in fights, and get naked and run through the streets.  I’ve seen him projectile vomit, pass out, and ice-luge goldfish (multiple times, though not necessarily in that order).  At the Harvard-Yale tailgate on Saturday, I saw Chase operating at his very best: funneling Buds and leading raucous cheers about how much Yale sucks.

See?  At Harvard, we do have typical, jock-ish frat boys with high tolerances and low inhibitions.  So, you can say it: Harvard–they’re just like us!  (Notice how I reference popular mag Us Weekly to show how normal I am.)

Then again, as much as we love “normal” people (like Sarah Palin), perhaps we do need our leaders to deviate from the normal distribution.  I think I speak for everyone when I say that I don’t want our President crushing beers on his head while memorizing the nuclear codes.

“Do you realize,” my friend mused, as we watched Chase shotgun another Bud, “That Chase could be the Republican senator of New Jersey one day?”

At least it’s just Jersey.

Mass Appeal Entertainment’s
Intern of the Week:

Natasha Arguete

Natasha Arguete is a worldly young woman currently attending Berklee College of Music. She speaks 5 languages and her voice travels quite far, as Natasha is Turkish but grew up in Mexico City. She is a little crazier than “normal” people and will either have the entire office laughing or she is laughing enough for the entire office. Generally speaking, her enthusiasm is unparalleled and she is so positive about life, that she was a gift herself for Halloween this year! You must beware of the sneaky side to Natasha who likes to take candid photos of the other team members and post them on Facebook!

1. On my iPod you will find: Lady GaGa, Paramore, Muse, Norah Jones, Anita O’Day, John Mayer, Alicia Keys, Aerosmith, Juan Luis Guerra, Alejandro Sanz, etc…
2. My first concert ever was: Mana (a Mexican rock band)
3. The best part of interning at MAE is: team work!!
4. My dream job would be:International tour manager!!!
5. One song I will never get sick of is: Alejandro Sanz “Corazon Partido”
6. My ringtone is currently: old phone ring already existing on my iPhone
7. 3 artists I would like to have drinks with:Lenny Kravitz, Justin Timberlake, Madonna
8. If I could follow one tour it would be: any MJ tour
9. The song that describes my life in 2009 is: Muse “Supermassive Blackhole” or any Lady Gaga for the second half of the year
10. 3 words that describe me are: Funny, loyal, caring
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“I used to think that my brain was the most wonderful organ in my body. Then I realized who was telling me this. – Emo Phillips”

Boston, Mass. – In the Park Street subway station

November, 2009

Taken by John Forrester

(flickr/johnsforrester/all rights reserved)

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McDonald's ice cream cone (taken from google images)

 

The home of Big Macs and Quarter Pounders definitely isn’t the first place you think of going for ice cream, but it’s the cheapest.  I’m not a huge fan of McDonald’s.  I probably have it once or twice a year, and that’s usually when stopping at a rest stop where there aren’t any better options.  One day this summer, though, I was driving by one of the many McDonald’s in my hometown, and I saw a sign advertising 39 cent ice cream cones! I just had to stop.

I love soft serve ice cream, especially on a hot summer day, so I went through the drive thru, and got my vanilla soft serve ice cream cone. Vanilla’s the only flavor they have, and they don’t have sugar cones, but I’m not complaining when I can have my favorite dessert for only 39 cents.

Supposedly, McDonald’s soft serve is “reduced fat” and only has 150 calories per cone.  Not bad at all. So as much as you may hate their greasy burgers and fried food, you can’t beat their deals when it comes “healthy”-ish ice cream cones.

I’m not sure if this was just a limited time offer, or if the cones are always 39 cents.  I’ll have to figure it out.  I know that McDonald’s changes their prices based on location, though.  For example, McDonald’s in a big city (like Boston) or at a rest stop or in an airport is always more expensive than just your average suburban store. So, in Boston, I’m assuming their cones are a little more pricey. Probably around $1.00. Still reasonable.

Where else can I get some really cheap ice cream?

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My company was lucky enough to be challenged by the Puma Running team in the “Sprint Your Halls Off” challenge. A crew of 18 brave Hill Holliday employees took to the halls of 53 State St to fearlessly defend the HHCC identity. Though we fell short of the blazing fast defending Google, we held our own. Quick Question PUMA, are there points for style while completing a Dunkin’ Run?

Please watch the video below, I’m lucky to work at a kickass company that let’s us take an hour of our day to run around and then celebrate with a beer. I was at the office until 8pm that night, but it was 100% worth it. All of the participants and spectators had a blast and got to know one another.

Thanks to Johnny Won for making it happen–you rock!

The Flickr feed and recap

Cheers!

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Tomorrow marks the release of a new “album” by Lady Gaga. There’s no other way to say it, this girl is the new Kanye(Like, circa 2006 Kanye). Every song on this album is Bop worthy, and here is what amounts to the title track, “Monster”. It doesn’t get much better than this. Sometimes I like Mondays.

Enjoy:

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