This Is Framingham

This Is Framingham
Life in the 'ham

A view from a BBQ

July 28th, 2006

nice!
I don’t have much to say about this, but I’ll bet the person who lives here has a type A personality.  I wonder if some guy found the perfect way to watch the game in his lay-z-boy AND flip burgers at the same time.
Someday I hope to walk by and see an arm with a spatula emerging from the window.  (I will post if I do!)

Big Bad Bootery!

July 27th, 2006

bootery!
This place has been a familiar sight on Rt. 9 since I can remember, yet I’ve never been inside. I remember when my sister and I were little we were puzzled because we couldn’t tell if the store was called “Walter Dyer is Leather” or if Walter Dyer was actually a guy made out of leather (creepy!). It was also fun to shout out “Big Bad Bootery! ?????? ???? 2023 “ when we drove by.  Even now Ethan has heard me mutter “bigbadbootery” in the car when we pass it. ?????? ??? ??? ?????  You’d think for the sake of the blog I’d go in there and check it out but I just can’t.  Not because I don’t think they have good stuff, but I don’t want to ruin the vision of what I think it must look like inside.  I always pictured it looking like a saloon out of the old west with a second floor balcony and playing Bob Seger on the radio. ???? ???   I just like to keep that part of my childhood to connect with and going in there would end the mystique of what it’s like inside. BUT, if anyone is looking for leather products I think you should go. It looks like they have some good stuff.  Who knows, maybe someday I’ll finally go in there and get a big belt buckle or something.

Fill’er up!

July 26th, 2006

everyone!
Last night we were walking by the Exxon Station at Hartford and Concord St. and I guess I haven’t been paying attention (as a bike commuter) but $2.95 a gallon is a great deal because people were lined up. We walked by later and there were still cars lined up and holding up traffic to get in there. I’m guessing it could have gone up by this morning but if anyone is in the area you could check it out and get some cheap(er) gas.

Chicken Bone Saloon

July 24th, 2006


One of my favorite places to eat (or get take out) in Framingham is the Chicken Bone Saloon on Waverly St.
Even though it can have a tough looking crowd, the employees have always been amazingly pleasant, even when I call in an order and I can hear how insane it is in there, they’re still so nice.  As a former waitress who sometimes took take-out orders, I feel if you’re going to place an order over the phone you should know what you want, order it clearly, hear the total/pick up time and hang up.One time when I ordered, I didn’t have some sort of info like knowing what heat Ethan wanted his wings or something like that which took me a few seconds to find out and apologized because I felt like such a hypocrite. ivermectin dose for 75 kg man   The woman taking my order said no problem even though I could hear the other phone ringing and from the background noise it was packed in there. ivermectin medikament   She told me someone earlier had called and asked “what do you have there? ivermectina y azitromicina ” and then insisted they be read the whole menu over the phone, of course she didn’t have time for that and said she hung up after two volleys of  “yes you will- no I won’t”.  That was nice of her to tell me the little story so I didn’t feel bad.  It is a little dark in there but I think it wouldn’t be the same if it were well lit.  They have a stage for free live music, a pinball machine and darts.The wings (I get boneless) are some of the best I’ve ever had.  I’m always torn between ordering buffalo or the honey mustard dip. They’re both excellent.  Great fries too.
Another “yay” in Framingham.
boneless wings

Article in the MWDN

July 24th, 2006

 article

Some of you may have seen the article in the MetroWest Daily News about bloggers today. I got a little blurb in there at the end.
I can bet no one even noticed or cared that in my picture at the bottom, I look too serious. 
I just wanted to point out that this was the 200th take because I could not stop laughing.  It was so weird to have a camera in my face while I pretended to type. 
The poor photographer, he was such a good sport and so patient with me while I kept bursting out in laughter. It was like the more I tried to forget about the camera the more I thought about it and felt ridiculous and then the giggling fit would ensue.  I finally tried biting the inside of my cheek and he snapped this photo right before I started laughing again.I just wanted to point that out since everyone else looks laidback and I look like I’m typing about conspiracy theories.  Anyway, it was nice they did the article and to read about other bloggers. Thanks Claudia and Mark.serious!

Ice cream man sighting!

July 22nd, 2006

hoodsie please!
Today we went to the Learned Pond beach and the ice cream man was there. We don’t get one in our hood and I was so excited to see the truck, but about  20 minutes earlier we had got frappes at Gerard Farms so as much as I wanted to go up to the window and order a hoodsie or a screwball, I just couldn’t manage it.  Although we did end up getting a treat in that the beach was not crowded at all. I’m guessing because of the on and off rain we had today.Last time we went to Learned Pond, it was an absolute zoo.  The water was crowded, people were ignoring the lifeguards who we heard yelling repeatedly, “Stop doing that!”.  Then there was a little confrontation with a kid’s mom and the lifeguards.
I guess this girl was told to stop doing something and she kept doing it so a lifeguard shouted for her to stop.  Then the mother came stomping onto the docks and yelled “Hey! You don’t yell at my child like that, OKAY?” and the life guard explained that the girl had kept doing something she’s not supposed to and the mom (now accompanied by her friend who was chiming in too) said “You don’t yell at my child okay?? You have no right to yell at her!  I’m the one that gave birth to her -OKAY?”  This attracted more lifeguards and it went on for a few minutes.  Just when I was expecting everyone in the water to start chanting “JER-RY, JER-RY!” it came to an abrupt end with the mother yelling “I’ll see you in court! OKAY??” and then she grabbed her kid by the hand and stomped off with her friend following her.

I could see that last statement making sense if the lifeguard wasn’t doing her job but I’m not sure why the mother was threatening her with court for doing what she was supposed to and enforcing beach rules. I give the lifeguards a lot of credit because on busy days that beach can be pretty unruly. We go there pretty much because we can walk to it, but we’re considering getting in the car and driving to a quieter beach. 

SMOC this way!

July 19th, 2006

SMOC this way!
I really appreciate Framingham putting these pleasant directory signs around town.  These are good-looking signs that make it known there are town services to walk to and how many minutes it takes to get to them.  Anything that promotes pedestrian activity in downtown is great.
But I’m not sure why SMOC gets it’s own directional pointy hand. It is most likely not an attractive destination for people unfamiliar enough with downtown to need the assistance of the sign. mectizan 3mg tablets  If you need SMOC’s services, you should already know where it is. ivermectin pregnancy category  
I have mixed feelings about SMOC. While I support their mission, I’m not a fan of how they have most of their properties in Framingham while letting other south middlesex (the SM in SMOC) towns off easy and among other things, contributing to Framingham’s sometimes seedy reputation.  A site that better explains it is
stepps.info.
I don’t have especially strong feelings about the sign.  People will either not know what it is or just not go to it, but it does strike me as odd to advertise SMOC. ivermectina micose

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