This Is Framingham

I took this picture form our front steps (don’t look mom!).  Someone skidded onto the sidewalk in front of our house, which is only a few feet from the curb. ivermax dosage for humans   From the way some people zoom around this corner, sometimes I’m surprised someone hasn’t crashed into our house already- even when there isn’t any snow on the ground.  The idea of a fence has crossed my mind but I really don’t want chain-link and I don’t think picket would do much either for a crash or aesthetically. ivermectin efficacy  This is the first time I’ve seen evidence of a car getting this close to the house, so hopefully it’s just a fluke incident. is ivermectin a treatment for covid 19

 The other day when it snowed, we didn’t want to drive anywhere but wanted to provisions so we walked down to Big Town Pantry and then made a stop at O’Brien’s package store.

I like O’Brien’s not just because it’s close but it’s a very simple, no-frills store that has the basics. ???? ??????   Although limited in it’s variety, you can get some deals on their discount shelf and certainly won’t get lost in it’s 2 isles.
Also, this is one of Framingham’s very few (if not only) neon signs!

This visit’s selection was a $4.99 bottle of Riunite, which I felt compelled to try. ????? ????  

Maybe I had this commercial in the back of my mind that triggered the purchase.  I was always impressed with the two guys skiing down the hill with the open cooler! ???? ????????   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzdDWmXNHA8

I was looking through recent permits posted on the town website (yes, I actually do that) and saw that there was a permit issued this week for something called “Old Station Steak House” at the old train station.I really hope (and from the name of the place it sounds like) this will be a business that will embrace the station’s history. I hate seeing this building just sitting around unused.I haven’t been in there since it was Ebenizer’s, never got to it when it was the Indian restaurant. A Brazilian buffet was slated to open up here but somehow never did, I think something else tried too. Anyway, Ethan did a nice guest-post about it if anyone missed it and wants to read a little more about the building.

I love having the library down the street from me.  I can rent movies, check out art students’ work, view displays of local history, AND take out books!
They have events there too, the first one I went to when we moved here was “G-Con”, Massachusetts’ only Godzilla convention.  Ethan and I went to an interesting lecture about Franklin D. Roosevelt and along with various events, they have an on-going booksale inside by the front desk.
One of my favorite subjects to take books out on is cooking.  The library has pretty much everything from sushi to breads and a wide variety of authors:
 From culinary royalty (my hero!)

to culinary hype (sorry mom)

Some nice blasts from the past:
 
Adorable, yet talented:

Annoying, yet talented:

I can spend an hour or two just looking through the cookbook selection. I ended up taking home a book on dehydrating food since I aquired a dehydrator from freecycle.org (which has a Framingham group) and had some fun with that. 
The library also has a site with their events and any other info you want to know: http://www.framinghamlibrary.org/

My mom’s friend, who graciously allowed me to post about her sink but requested to remain anonymous, (so I’ll just call her “P”) lives in town and for years I’ve always admired her decision to decorate the bathroom in brown and white.
As you might guess from the theme of my blog, I love brown and I’ve never seen a brown sink anywhere else. 
“P” said when she was picking out the fixtures (sometime in the 70’s) she wanted to get a brown bathtub too but the plumber strongly suggested she didn’t and told her she would regret it later.
Unfortunately, she followed his advice, I would have loved to see the brown bathtub in there too.   “P” wants to update her bathroom but said I can have the sink when she does.  Ethan is “thrilled” of course, what we’ll do with it I don’t know (our 1 bathroom can only accommodate a  pedestal sink) but I just can’t bear the thought of this rarity ending up in a dumpster.

I think of the CVS downtown as “my” CVS since I can walk to it and because of that, this is where I pick up any prescriptions.  I like this CVS because it has both a front and back entrance (with plenty of parking) and it’s pretty small and cozy compared to the standard “super” drugstores (including other newer CVS’s). ????? ?????? payeer  
Another thing I like is the wallpaper:

It’s nice to see some company pride in the decor.  I feel like if I stare at it long enough, I should see a 3-D image but so far, nothing. ????? ???? ????? ?????? 2024  
Also,  I just noticed today that they use paper bags for some prescriptions.  I asked nicely and they put mine in one : )

On our way back from Target tonight we noticed that JOA Take-out (326 Concord St. where the dearly departed Hurwitz Kosher meat market was) had a “Now Open” sign so we decided to check it out.
As it has been suspected, it is a Brazilian-American place. (I was wishing for Thai, as were some other people, but oh well)
Inside it still looks like they have a little finishing touches to do, like filling up the display cooler.

The menu has a mostly Brazilian food but they did have some American-type items like hot dogs, mozzarella sticks, subs, onion rings, chicken fingers, rotisserie chicken and fish & chips.  We decided to share an order of fish & chips.  We spent most our waiting time having a pleasant conversation with the owner who seems like a really nice guy.
I wasn’t sure what to expect when we got home and opened the take-out box but it looked pretty good. 

I like that they threw in a little greener to make it look nice and it was interesting that they put in limes instead of lemons.  I’m guessing they used Tilapia.  I thought it was good, it tasted like they used fresh instead of frozen and the breading was just enough to make the outside crispy.

For $4.99 this was a good deal especially since it was enough for both of us. Although, I think it was just a special since on the menu it’s $6.99.  I’ll post again when I try the rotisserie chicken.