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A new art gallery owner’s visions for Jamaica Plain
A warning to you, gentle readers: This is going to be one of those hyperlocal stories, or whatever you call them. It’s about a short stretch of road in Jamaica Plain near where I live. If you’re reading this from the suburbs or exurbs, you might want to water the garden. I won’t take offense. (Globe Columnist, 7/5/09)
To upgrade or not to upgrade
My old friend Ava recently went to the Verizon store on Washington Street looking for upgrades for her cellphone. We must have been separated at birth, because she has one, mature in years, that only handles calls. No text messaging, photos, Internet access, nada. That’s all a bit much. Same for me. (Globe Columnist, 6/28/09)
This Tall tale is one for the books
There have been a surfeit of worries bouncing like marbles around the tiny head of the Observer lately: the fate of the Globe, the split between Billy Joel and his third wife, the conundrum of Iran. What’s a boy to do? (Globe Columnist, 6/21/09)
At the museum, science makes children of us all
I know of no adult who has visited the Museum of Science in ages. I'm not talking about those riding herd on disturbing swarms of children, but adults on their own. They're out there; we just run in different circles. (Globe Columnist, 6/14/09)
Pack up pedestrian playpens: Downtown Crossing, Times Square need auto traffic
New Yorkers woke up last Sunday to a Memorial Day surprise. Times Square, the epicenter of the known universe, was closed to vehicular traffic. For an early bird out that morning for coffee and the papers, it must have looked like Mongolia. (Globe Columnist, 5/31/09)
A look at the hub of early moderns
Boston has been accused of many things, but being a hotbed of distinguished modern architecture is not one of them. (Globe Columnist, 5/24/09)
The lens of 'Eddie Coyle': No film offers a truer view of Boston
Long before there was Jack Nicholson in "The Departed," there was Robert Mitchum in "The Friends of Eddie Coyle." Long before there was the Oscar-winning screenplay by Boston local Bill Monahan for "The Departed," there were the untouchable words of the late, great George V. Higgins, brought to the screen by Paul Monash in "Eddie Coyle." (Globe Columnist, 5/17/09)