This Is Framingham

Some more footage from the video shot from the (moving) car given to me by Mitch Cohen.

Herbie’s was an ice cream shop where Cafe Bagel (or fresh bagel) is now in Framingham Center. ivermectin, liver damage
I loved going here as a kid after ballet lessons at the dancing arts center, which was right around the corner. As a teenager, my friend worked here, my friends and I would visit and wait for her to get off work. I don’t know how they went out of business, they were always pretty busy from what I remember. a que hora se toma la ivermectina en gotas
Anyway, I just thought I’d share some more lost footage of Framingham that Mitch so generously allowed me to use.

The Framingham Civic League is holding a haunted house on Halloween night. This is right down the street from me and I’ve never been there yet so it’s a nice opportunity to check it out.
Here’s their flyer if anyone is interested:
 

(This is the only photo I have on file having to do with SMOC)
I don’t usually get into anything too political because it’s not the mission of this blog, but I felt I had to post about SMOC suing Framingham officials and even residents for expressing their opinions.  I’m…speechless.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/10/25/antipoverty_group_sues_framingham_over_rights/

http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/x870923984

We decided to take a walk down to the old burying ground on Main St.  We had been down here over the summer but I thought it might be nice to revisit in October with the foliage going and it really was pretty.
I like this cemetery because it has some really old graves. ??? ???? ???????   I was thinking this might have been the first burying ground in Framingham but there is a marker that states it was the site of the first school house.   I don’t know if the school shared the space with graves at any point but maybe I’ll look it up sometime. ?????? ?????? ??? ?????????

There is a gated section for members of the Buckminster Family. 

This is where one of the more interesting graves belonging to Joan Buckminster Marcy is. Of course now I’m curious about her. 

This place (despite being so close to route 9) is a quiet, peaceful place to walk around and get a sense of Framingham’s history by looking at how old some of the stones are and checking out the engraving techniques and language used to describe people.  If nothing else it’s just nice to walk around and look at the trees too. ?? ?? ???? ????? ?? ???? ?????

The Farm Stand was a local grocery store that was where Whole Foods is now.
I remember my parents taking us here a lot when my sisters and I were young.  It seemed like they always ran into someone they knew here.  It’s funny how that didn’t seem to happen at other grocery stores.

Too bad something like this probably couldn’t survive in either the Franklin St, (sad) Plaza or Nobscot Plaza where there are vacant grocery stores collecting dust (among other things).

I cannot thank thank former Framingham resident, Mitch Cohen, enough for sharing this awesome video his friend took of driving down route 9.   Thanks again Mitch!

I made a previous post about Skazka. I found it to be cold and unwelcoming there but they have such good lox that on occasion I go in there and a couple of days ago I had a decent experience there so I decided to post again about this place. ?????? ?????   
I’ll start off with the wine selection that was pretty extensive for a small shop.  I picked out a Transylvanian Pinot Noir as a novelty item for my Halloween  party. “Vampire”!

Next, I was in luck (since it is not always available) that they had the lox  I like. ??? ???? ????  

This time the woman behind the counter was friendly and offered to tell me about how good this salmon is and how they get it shipped up from NY and her husband goes down to NY himself to try out products they choose to carry in the store.
In addition to lox they have various smoked fish, deli and cheeses:
 

I’d like to make a note since someone on the previous post assumed I am ignorant to Russian culture not being as warm and friendly as others but I assure you, being of Russian decent I’m aware of it.  As a little girl I could be very intimidated by my own bubbie (who grew up in Russia), she just wasn’t the rainbow and unicorn type and that’s fine.  I was pleasantly surprised this time by the people though and now I look forward to going back.

Walking through the downtown library, I saw a nice display of Halloween products made by the old Dennison paper product factory here in Framingham.

I thought it was interesting to see these old designs. ?????   From what I saw the displayed peices were dated from 1918-30’s. ?? ??? ???????? ?? ????????   Just something worth checking out if you’re in the library. ???? ??? ???????