Cambridge Time Machine: Bowling at the Recreation Centre
Duckpin bowling was popular in the 1950s, and the place for that in Cambridge was the Recreation Centre on Poplar Street.
Food Friday: End of the Summer
Last weekend Mr. Sanders and I stole some time away from Luke the wonder dog. We plied him with a red rubber Kong stuffed with a huge gobbet of peanut butter. We scampered out of the house to pile into the car which was packed to capacity. No, we weren’t sneaking out for an impromptu […]
Striking Out at Camden: How Three Bad Seasons Sent A Once Proud Franchise Into A Decade Long Tailspin
The 1998–2000 Orioles were one of the more disappointing teams of modern times. From owner Peter Angelos’s ham-fisted and wrongheaded ownership to Mike Mussina’s inevitable exit, we saw how a team loses 14 straight seasons. How does it start? One season at a time… The cynical among us say that the roots of the 1998 […]
At 89, My Father Takes Up Swearing by Sue Ellen Thompson
[youtube id=”d2XEtaNlXbw This is just one of the poems Sue Ellen will read when she returns to the Stoltz Listening Room on September 25th for the first of four Spy Nights this fall to support the Avalon Foundation and the Talbot Spy. Her special guest will Beth Dulin, last year’s winner of the Eastern Shore […]
Hate! By Al Sikes
Hate is one of those words. A word that once you have said it your impulse is to amend it. Maybe, “well I don’t like it” or “on a scale of one to ten………..” Or, maybe you reflect and quietly edit your thoughts. And then words. Historically, to make this easy, most of us have […]
Wine of the Week: Bozner Leiten Sud Tirol Alto Adige DOC
Ciao Tutti! This weekend at Piazza Italian Market we will taste a new red wine we are considering for our collection, the Bozner Leiten Sud Tirol Alto Adige DOC ($19.50) from the PutzenHof winery, near Bolzano, Alto Adige’s capital. This winery is one of the producers for the well-known importer Marc De Grazia. De Grazia was instrumental in […]