This Is Framingham

Last week I had my first visit to a new dentist, Dr. Sharon Chen on Concord Street.
I was so surprised I left a dentist in a good mood. ????? ??   Everyone from the guy at the desk to the assistants were so nice.  Everything in the office is brand new and clean, I was just really impressed. 
Also, the cover for the fluorescent lights above the patient’s chair has a scene of blue sky and kites so you have something pleasant to look at while you get your mouth scraped out. Very nice. 

 This afternoon we decided to try Hometown Hotdogs in Saxonville. 
It wasn’t amazing, but it wasn’t bad either, the fries were pretty good. 
Nothing outrageous, but if you want a hotdog and fries it fits the bill. 

Later my friend and I went to try Mad Willies in Framingham center.
They have a lot of choices of ice cream and toppings. 
They also have a freezer when you walk in to get ice cream cakes and homemade
ice cream cookie sandwiches.  I got chocolate frozen yogurt with marshmallow, which looks kind of soupy and my friend got chocolate brownie something. Of course I couldn’t leave without getting Ethan a treat for home so I got him a sundae with strawberries and fresh whipped cream that they make daily (according to the sign).
The girls at the counter weren’t the friendliest, but I guess scooping ice cream all day in the summer might get them, who knows.

I was just reading this article in the MWDN about how the old Friendly’s on Union Ave was bought by the Islamic Society of Framingham and will become a Mosque.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not anti-Muslim but  pro-business (even more so if it serves ice cream).
The article states that the planning board will have to approve a change-of-use permit.  How does that work?  If it’s already purchased, can the town deny a non-business purpose for a property in a business zone? ????? ????  Or is it just to make it official it’s a tax exempt property now and the mosque doesn’t really need approval.From the article: “If the change is approved, the move would mean another hit to the town’s tax rolls. ???? ?????? Friendly’s, which closed early this year, paid ,749 in property taxes for fiscal 2006. ???? 1xbet “

The majority of this plaza on Franklin St. is vacant. It’s such a shame because it is yet another area that I can walk to from my house but, there’s not much of a reason to. ???? ?????? ??????? ????????? ???? 2022   I would have thought at least a grocery store could stay in business there, but no such luck. spin palace
They must be pretty confident nothing will move into the old Big D for a while since the thrift store, that isn’t in the space of the old grocery store, got top billing on the plaza sign.  I wonder if this will all just eventually get bulldozed over.  I can’t even think of what I’d want to be in there but I guess its ok for now since I like Dunkin Donuts, bought something from the thrift store and once in a while need to get a bottle of wine or something from the liquor store.
Who knows, maybe whatever the 400 Club becomes will attract something else.  Maybe someone will even occupy the old fotomat hut!
Also, I’d like to give a shout out to the two businesses in what I call “survivor’s corner“.  They must have some loyal patrons because I thought there was nothing still alive in that section.  Good for them!  If anyone needs a haircut or a laundromat please go there. ?????? ????????   

Last night we went out for a little Chinese food at Imperial China and ice cream at Gerard Farms.

Although we didn’t order it last night,
Imperial China has great chicken with eggplant and they’re the only place I know that will make fried rice with brown rice.  We just got some cocktails and a pupu platter – oh and some vegetables to make it a “healthy” meal. is ivermectin tablets safe for humans

After that we went to Gerard Farms, which I’ve never been to before.  My friend, who likes their chicken pot pies brought it to my attention. how far apart canninguve double strongid and ivermectin   I know, I’m out of the loop.  I tried the kahlua brownie and Ethan got cookies and cream. comprimido para escabiose
I didn’t try his, but the kahlua brownie was really, really good.

These images were stuck in my mind when I decided to drag myself out of bed and go to the gym this morning.

Finally the “for lease” signs in the windows of the old Woolworth have gone and paper is up in the windows to hide whatever exciting construction is going on in there.
I noticed that half of the old sign has tuned yellow.  I’m not really sure why.  Is the new owner making it yellow and ran out of paint, on a perfect line down the middle?  Will everything in the store be half yellow and half white?  Who knows!
Whatever it’s going to be, it needs R&R panel with sheet rock.  So basically, it could be anything- but, it’s going to be something! So I’ll look forward to that and hope it’s something I want to go to.  

 

I went down to check out the celebration and see if it was as out of control as some have reported. It was very festive and loud with all the horns blaring, but thanks to the Framingham PD, well controlled.
I was really impressed with the very organized efforts to control the crowd and traffic.
As you can see there was some heavy traffic and I felt bad for anyone trying to get through and hadn’t paid attention to the world cup schedule and score but it would’ve been pretty wild if the police hadn’t managed traffic and people like they did.