This Is Framingham

I haven’t been to Sabrina Wong III (Nobscot Plaza) since high school when I’d hang out with my cousin Naomi, who lived in Nobscot.  On various Fridays nights my sister and I would come over and we’d get Chinese food from Sabrina Wong.  This is where I had my first crab rangoon from!
For the sake of variety we decided to travel “up north” and get take out from here.
We ordered sesame beef, fried shrimp, pad thai and of course crab rangoon.

Everything was really good and the people working there were very friendly when taking our order.
We didn’t expect great pad thai from here and it was okay, it didn’t really taste like it should, but its was still decent as a miscellaneous noodle dish.
The fried shrimp were huge and it wasn’t all batter, the sesame beef was tasty and the crab rangoons were great.  At some places rangoons can be dried out but these were perfect.
This was a good place to get take out from and I’d say it’s worth driving up from downtown for.

Ethan and I found ourselves jewelry shopping one day and we didn’t know where to start so we first went to Barmakian on route 30, which is a large two floor building with a somewhat grand staircase in the middle.  The people were okay but whatever we wanted would take about 4 weeks, so we decided to take a look at Advanced Gems and Jewelry in Pinefield Plaza in Saxonville (35 Nicholas Rd.).  Inside is very small but what they don’t have in the cases, they have in catalogues and what is in catalogues is available in a couple of days.
The owner, Peter was so laid back and wonderful to deal with.  He didn’t push a more expensive version of what I was looking for and totally understood what I wanted by my description.  He does adjustments on the spot, if he can’t because he’s busy he calls as soon as he has it done and I found his work to be high quality and done exactly like I expected it to be.
Peter himself is a funny guy.  I heard his father used to own it and then he took it over so he must know more than any jewelry salesman behind a counter at chain stores you find at the mall or wherever.   When I decided to change something about my piece I brought it in and he went in back and came out with it looking better than I thought was possible.  I said “Wow, this looks perfect!” and he just smiled and shrugged and said “yeah, I’m getting pretty good at this stuff”.   I highly recommend Advanced Gems & Jewelry- dare I say it’s a “gem” of a place? (snort, snort!)

Major work being done on the old Border’s book store next to Ken’s.

Unfortunately, work permits do not yield much information except the owner is “Hanna Enterprises” and got permission to “weld/cut staircase” and a sign permit that states “WALL SIGN – SPRINT”. ??????   I’m really hoping SPRINT means a type of sign or something because it would be such a waste to have a cell phone store take up that space. betobet   I guess we’ll just have to wait and see. ????? ????? ????? ?????

Since a few people suggested Nobscot’s (847 Egdell Rd.) for their lobster roll we decided to go check it out.  

The roll was pretty good, better than the ones we had at Legal Seafood and at $12.99, a much better deal.   I love steak fries so that was a bonus.
Service was a bit slow with one waitress in the dining room, although I’ve been told from other people that is not uncommon to wait at your table for a while.  It is nice to have a small neighborhood restaurant with good food and fair prices.  I’d definitely go back again but probably not if I was trying to make it to a movie.

On the back side of a sign by the courthouse on Concord St. is an old sticker for WZOU.  This station wasn’t Framingham based (and all my pictures I was going to post about are on another computer but I wanted to post something today) but since it’s the only place I’ve seen a sticker for this 14 year old-dead radio station (the call letters anyway) I thought it was worth pointing out. ???? ????   Particularly impressive is the condition of this sticker, although I guess someone could have been hanging on  to a an old sticker for years and decided to stick on a random sign but there is enough bleaching to figure it’s been there for a while. ???? ???? ??? ????
WZOU was one of three stations I listened to in the 80’s, (WZOU, KISS 108 and my favorite, WHTT 103)
Here’s a WZOU playlist from February 1986 incase anyone is interested and a little listen to WZOU towards the end featuring a commercial for the now defunct MVP Sports where the woman with a thick Boston accent tells you there are “All-stah savings”.

There’s no too much to say about Trader Joe’s except that it’s fantastic. I love having it nearby, and we’re lucky to have it in Framingham.  I guess the produce isn’t phenomenal but they really shine with their frozen, dry and canned goods.  Another nice thing are their brand name items like their Habenero and Lime salsa that Ethan always has a jar of in the house and their frozen, breaded tilapia that is always good for a an I-don’t-feel-like-cooking night.

Trader Joe’s is also where I go when I want to bring something to a party.  Any of their frozen hors d’oeuvres or desserts are great (chocolate covered cheesecake bites! does ivermectin kill covid-19 ) but they also have a nice selection of chips, crackers, cheeses, and dips.
Of course the “three-buck chuck” (Charles Shaw wine) is always good to pick up too. ivermectin 136mcg caps

My latest favorite discovery is the “Everything Pretzel Thins”, I don’t even like pretzels that much but these are addictive! ivermectin tumor treatment   The prices are reasonable and in general the people there are very pleasant.  You wonder how on a crazy Saturday of endless lines they can be so cheery but somehow they do it.

Metro-west renowned foodie, Scott, has nice blog with a “tuesday’s tastings” sections of various Trader Joe’s products at http://onefoodguy.blogspot.com/.  Scott also started the campaign for TJ’s to bring back the Tofu and Spinach Egg Roll if anyone is interested.

Trader Joe’s: A definite “yay” for Framingham.