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BIRD’S THE WORD: JUNCO YARD
They’re back, with bellies that look like they’ve been dipped in a snowbank. Maybe the recent spate of temperate temps in November threw some of you off, but I wasn’t fooled into thinking that...
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DEAR READER: 14.2
Last week I made a passing reference to a New Year’s resolution to be less negative, which, if you’re keeping score, I managed to spectacularly botch not a sentence later. Smooth move, ex-lax. Just to...
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BIRD’S THE WORD: CARDINAL CHEER
Now that it’s officially winter and we are having what feels like the first snow we’ve had since Halloween, it’s time to talk about that most cheerful of all winter birds: the Northern Cardinal. You...
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SNOW: BIG DEAL
Snow. Nature’s confetti. Sworn enemy of all things boring and reasonable, like jobs, school, and schedules. This heaven-sent monkey-wrench has descended upon us once again to gum up the works of the...
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SOAPBOX: SNOW TIRADES
If a woman needs to walk anywhere on a hot day it usually goes without saying that some macho assholes are gonna holla. But now that it’s been sub-freezing weather and our dress has gotten drastically...
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VACCINATE WINTER HUMDRUM
We’ll spare you the “Ahh, New England winter” clichés and get to the point: Winter in Boston is the pits. A few inches of snow cause hour-long traffic clusterfucks, that snow then turns to slush just...
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DEAR READER: DEPRESS-A-PALOOZA
Cover illustration by Michael Rapa. Right on cue, the weather’s turned to snowcone diarrhea grayscale and all those ever-so-promising New Year’s resolutions have become just yet another reminder of how...
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RETRO DEAR READER: CHANNEL YOUR INNER LITTLE KID
So far this winter, there have been enough of those shitty days of digging a 1996 Camry out of a snowbank before street cleaning comes and tows my ass that I’m already begging for warmth. I know you...
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IN THE TUBES: BREAD AND MILK
At this point, you’d think that all of us New Englanders would be used to the astronomical amounts of snow that periodically attack us in the winter. Many of us, however, still panic every time. The...
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FOTOBOM: #NEMO #TWITTERCONTEST ENTRIES
Photo by @RoadTripNE #NEMO, you little son of a … … if one good thing came out of this storm, it’s all of your tweets at @DigBoston of your best blizzard photos yesterday. And the impromptu dance party...
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MEDIA FARM: THE RESOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED
Much like the slobs in your family, Media Farm has been minimally conscious on the couch for the past two weeks, digging ourselves deeper into the kind of gluttonous comas that come with holiday...
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BOSTON’S PARKING JERKS
Above: Romsey Street – Dot Parking in Boston always sucks, but never moreso than during snowstorms. Panic sets in and the parking wars begin. Sydney Street – Dot Today, before even a snowflake fell,...
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COMMUTE OF THE LIVING DEAD: GARDEN ZOMBIES?
Hi, Everybody! Like “Commute of the Living Dead” on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/CommuteOfTheLivingDead …we’re almost up to 100 likes on the page! Hurrah!
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OH, CRUEL WORLD: DEAR SNOW LORDS OF BOSTON
Dear Snow Lords of Boston, You’re a tease. I watch you fall daintily from the sky, thinking you’ll create the winter wonderland I so desired growing up down south. I get that it might be more fun for...
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SPRING PREVIEW: LIFESTYLE
It has been the kind of winter that leaves some people experiencing feelings of light despair at the continual bombardment of bone-cracking cold winds, massive dumps of snow, and sore legs from...
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WINTER SPORTS: NEW HAMPSHIRE
Image via Bretton Woods BRETTON WOODS Where: Carroll, NH Distance: 3hr Price: $82/day $23/night $74/midweek Snow guarantee: No Trails: 102 411: NH’s largest ski area. Trails groomed to perfection, dog...
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WINTER SPORTS GUIDE
By Dan McCarthy, Karen Cinpinski, Kevin Smith, Paige Kennery & Susanna Jackson. Sure, there’s nothing wrong with grabbing a few heavy-duty trash bags and heading to a steep hill in Charlestown...
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WINTER SPORTS: VERMONT
Image via Stowe STOWE Where: Stowe, VT Distance: 3hr 45min Price: $108 Snow guarantee: No Trails: 118 411: Six terrain parks. State Ballet Theater of Russia performs Swan Lake Jan. 31. Stowe Derby on...
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