This Is Framingham

I decided to take a little walk to the mall today.  I got too far when I realised how dumb of an idea this was to not finish my journey, but I was impressed with the plow readiness and the number of plow I saw through out my trek.
Rt. 9 looked pretty good at 9:30am and on the walk back I took route 3o and saw a few plows in pairs going by.

Sidewalks were not plowed but I walked in the sometimes knee-deep snow when I felt it was unsafe.
It was an interesting experience that I’ll probably wait another year until I do this again.

A reader sent me this photo which is so funny that I had to post it.
Thanks reader!

I had never been to Han Dynasty because the only thing I knew about it was that my dad threw up after eating here once a long time ago.  It may sound silly but Ethan and I noticed they got a new sign and out of curiosity, decided to go check it out.   Besides, I’ve been eating at Pago Pago since I can remember so I’m up for trying anything.
Ethan took this picture during the day but we went on a Friday night and only the lounge is open so we went in there and observed the regulars, table hopping and playing Keno.

I lightened these pictures a little because it was pretty dark in there but it’s a great lounge for…lounging, there are booths also, so we sat at one and started looking over the menu.  I thought since we clearly were not regulars that we might get bad service, especially without ordering alcohol but our server was very nice.
We got a few dishes to split and take home:
Rice:

Terriyaki Chicken:

Green Beans with Pork:

General Gau’s Chicken:

I don’t know if it was because our expectations were so low coming into this place but everything we got was  pretty decent.  The only disappointment might be the General gau’s because it lacked flavor but everything else we took home.
This place certainly isn’t a replacement for Green Tea II, but I guess it was a pleasant surprise that we didn’t look at each other in horror when the dishes were brought to the table.   I’d also like to add that neither of us threw up

I was riding my bike home from work today and had to stop and take this picture of lovely Stearnes Res. (No.1) from Salem End Rd.  There was a person in a boat on the water when I took this, you can barely see it, but I can imagine the view from the water must have been really nice too.
Anyway, just thought I’d share some prettiness in Framingham.
 

We got a card in the mail for a free trial of BJ’s Wholesale Club and tonight decided to go see what bounty awaited us in giant isles of food and household goods.
It was nice and quiet tonight, I think the last time I was at a BJ’s with my mom it was pretty crazy, but I guess all stores are on the weekend.
I don’t know why, but I kind of like the warehouse feel.  Maybe because it’s so big and spacious and you can see so many products at the same time (even if you can’t reach them).

We walked up and down the isles looking around and I have to say that it is pretty temping to just get a giant box of Cheez-its or a variety pack of Good Humor ice cream novelties.  They do have some produce too which we got a big bag of  mixed salad but othe than that I didn’t feel anything was that great of a savings.

Things were decently priced but not really worth it unless you really did want a 5lb bag of baby carrots.  We got some laundry soap, chicken, the salad, and went all out and got a Chef Boyardee single serve variety pack (I know the Beefaroni will be the first to go).  Nothing we couldn’t get as a regular grocery store but like I said, it’s just nice to walk around and see what they have and since we have a trial membership we’ll probably go here once again before it expires.

I thought this sign on Winter St. was kind of funny because it looks like the “way” in “driveway” was added after the sign was put up.  I wonder why.  Maybe some people didn’t know what else “Blind Drive” meant and would blindfold themselves when they passed this sign.

I guess it’s been weeks now since I took this picture but Ethan and I have walked by here a few times and noticed this residential building being constructed, and now finished, downtown on Beech St.
I was curious enough to go on the website posted on the sign out front and I was impressed.  It looks like a nice set up.
I wish them luck, especially in this market selling the units here but I just thought I’d share this since it’s kind of easy to miss unless you’re going down that street.  I hope if these sell, more developers will build nice residences in the area that are multi-family but not cramming as many units as they can into the building.
Here’s a link to interior photos: http://web.mac.com/seanwilder/BEECH/Gallery.html