bee girl

Cut through Central Square this morning, and the Metro lady was dressed like a bee. There you have it.

climate: overcast, mid 60's
shoes: black kitten heels
ipod: Blind Melon (get it? ha!!)

historical

Around here you can't throw a cigarette butt without hitting some historical thing or another. Perfect example, while waiting for a cab at the Holiday Inn in Somerville* I saw this tucked in their lovely gravel-and-bushes landscaping.
"Paul Revere on his famous ride, April 18, 1775, was intercepted near here by British officers and escaped."
Near here?? NEAR here? If its just near here, what's with the monument? How far is "near"? A mile radius? Two miles? Where exactly did this happen? Do we not know? Shouldn't the monument be right where it happened? And if we don't know where that is, do we really need the monument? Is this some kind of stunt for the hotel? Do they call this the "historical Holiday Inn?" Shouldn't there be some kind of oversight committee to monitor these things? People!! I need ANSWERS!!

*Don't ask why I was at the Somerville Holiday Inn this morning. Its not nearly as exciting of an explanation as I'm sure you're thinking, so its probably better if you just go on thinking whatever it is you're thinking.

climate: sunny, low 60's
shoes: black flips
ipod: black eyed peas

martha? is that you?

Something about this lady totally reminds me of Martha Stewart. And its not the fact that she's at a sewing machine. Its something about the expression on her face. That and the trusty button down shirt that Martha is always rocking.

climate: sunny, high 70's
shoes: blue and black flips
ipod: none, left it at home

just add water

Instructions for growing a plastic Jesus:
1. Plant plastic Jesus seed in a large pot.
2. Do NOT fertilize.
3. That's it! In 3 to 5 days you should have a 18" high plastic Jesus of your own! (Or you could take this one that someone apparently didn't want to have to care for anymore.) Ah, trash day in Riverside. Its like a walk through a museum of not fine art.

climate: sunny, low 60's
shoes: gray keds
ipod: the teenage prayers

corbu lives in cambridge!

This fence is in someone's backyard. It looks awesome, but due to that law against trespassing, I only braved as far as the end of the driveway to get the picture. It looks like Le Corbusier's modular man (red and blue on the left) meets someone else's man (green and black on right). Fight!

climate: overcast, high 30's
shoes: brown and pink sneaks
ipod: excessive use of headphones on planes over the weekend. no ipod today.

rain day

Today it is raining so I hitched a ride to work. Its also my friend Lauren's birthday. Here's a shot of one of her best sides...
Happy Birthday Lauren!

climate: high 40's, raining
shoes: rain boots
ipod: car radio

way to go johnson!

In case you were wondering who Number 1 is these days, apparently its Johnson. Good show, Johnson! Well played!

climate: sunny, high 30's
shoes: brown flats
ipod: grateful dead

this happen here

Two plaques on my office building. I've seen each a million times before, but it was only today that I began to wonder if they might have anything to do with each other. Could the housekeeping movement have anything to do with the rise of the reversible collar?! What is a reversible collar, anyway?

climate: overcast, high 30's
shoes: burgundy sneakers
ipod: random shuffle

progress

With all the crafts, seniors, and pedestrian woes, you may have begun to wonder if I didn't live in an overgrown 'burb rather then the metro area the People's Republic claims to be. I know I was. But here's the proof- political art plastered to buildings.
I like progress, I like Obama, and I like urban art. Print by Shepard Fairey.

climate: sunny, 15 degrees (-4F with wind chill)
shoes: shiny brown ballerina flats
ipod: too cold to wear earbud headphones

brady on putnam

I think Cambridge Seven has moved into the old City Schemes space on the corner of Mass Ave and Putnam. Someone plotted out this gigantic head shot of Tom Brady. I'm no football fan, but I like the picture. I like my picture of the picture even better.




climate: low 30's, sunny
shoes: silver flats
ipod: "recent add" playlist, some gnarls barkley and some bossa nova