Thursday, April 25, 2013
Photos and information in this article are uploaded by local Realtors and Boston Patch editors.
Realtors, this is your space. Upload photos of the houses you're showing this weekend and enter the property's details in the caption. Selling your Brookline, Fenway-Kenmore, Jamaica Plain, Roslindale or West Roxbury place without a Realtor? Consider yourself invited to add your photos and details into the mix. Please upload one photo per open house listing and include the following information in the captions of all photos: · Address · Date and time of the open house · Type of housing (condo, single family etc.) · No. of beds/baths · Square footage · Price · Agent's name (if applicable) Click on the big green "Upload Photos & Videos" button to get started. If you have any trouble …
Monday, April 22, 2013
Following the Boston Marathon bombing last Monday in which pressure cookers were used for the explosion, the cookware giant has decided to temporarily stop selling the items in their Massachusetts stores.
Williams-Sonoma, the specialty retailer of home furnishings and gourmet cookware with over 250 stores in the United States, has pulled pressure cookers from their shelves following the Boston Marathon bombing. "It's a temporary thing out of respect," said Kent, who is the Store Manager of the Williams-Sonoma at the Natick Mall. He referred Patch to corporate for further questions. Pressure cookers will still be available on the Williams-Sonoma website. Crate & Barrel is still selling pressure cookers in their stores, according to Elizabeth who is the General Manager of the location at the Natick Mall. She noted that they hadn't sold any pressure cookers recently. Crate & Barrel will also be observing the statewide moment of silence today…
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Employees from the local design company handed out free copies of the poster for people to hang in their homes, stores and elsewhere around the community.
Two women from Breakaway Innovation Group on Boylston Street were at the Boston Marathon victims' memorial at Boylston and Berkeley streets on Thursday afternoon handing out printed signs to show their support in the aftermath of Monday's bombing. The small posters show a Boston skyline with an overlay of a red Boston "B" and text reading "26.2gether." "We just thought it would be nice to print these out and give them to local places in support and solidarity for the whole community," said Breakaway employee Megan Brock of Somerville. ProPrint on Boylston Street donated 250 copies of the poster.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
City officials are helping businesses, employees, vendors, at the temporary Business Assistance Center at the Park Plaza Hotel lobby.
Boston officials are continuing to reach out to hundreds of Back Bay businesses affected by the marathon tragedy, trying to get those stores, offices and streets, back up and running. On Tuesday, a temporary Business Assistance Center was set up at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel lobby for city officials to respond to any business, employee, or vendor inquiry. The temporary satellite office was to be open on Wednesday and Thursday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Businesses needing workspace can turn to Coworking Opens Doors - a list of Boston, and Boston-area offices offering to host displaced businesses. "The community of coworking spaces in Boston is deeply saddened by the tragic events at the 2013 Boston Marathon," said a post on Coworking Opens Doors'…
Friday, April 12, 2013
Photos and information in this article are uploaded by local Realtors and Boston Patch editors.
Realtors, this is your space. Upload photos of the houses you're showing this weekend and enter the property's details in the caption. Selling your Brookline, Fenway-Kenmore, Jamaica Plain, Roslindale or West Roxbury place without a Realtor? Consider yourself invited to add your photos and details into the mix. Please upload one photo per open house listing and include the following information in the captions of all photos: Click on the big green "Upload Photos & Videos" button to get started. If you have any trouble getting the message out, send an email to brookline@patch.com, fenway-kenmore@patch.com, jamaicaplain@patch.com, roslindale@patch.com or westroxbury@patch.com. About this column: "House Hunt" is a weekly column featuring real…
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
There is a bread-breaking ceremony in honor of the 22nd Whole Foods in Massachusetts on Thursday at 8 a.m..
The smallest Whole Foods in the United States will open its doors in Brookline on Thursday. The 16,000 square foot store will open with a bread-breaking ceremony at 8 a.m. at 1028 Beacon Street. The store will employ 75 team full and part time team members. “Our focus here will be ‘Bringing Local Flavor Home,’” Marketing Specialist JP Scioville said. “Our products will either be produced, packaged or made in New England.” Whole Foods sells local products wherever possible, though not all products can be locally sourced. This store will offer quick serve, ready to eat items like sandwiches, pizzas and burritos as well as a coffee bar with a deck in the works for outdoor seating during the warm weather months. “We cook what we sell,” …
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Rich Products Corporation has issued a voluntary recall on some of its products because of a possible E. coli contamination.
Rich Products Corporation has initiated a recall of its Farm Rich Mini Quesadillas, Farm Rich Mini Pizza Slices, Farm Rich Philly Cheese Steaks, Farm Rich Mozzarella Bites, Farm Rich Mini Bacon Cheeseburgers and Market Day Mozzarella Bites because of a possible E. coli contamination, according to CBS News. The Buffalo-based company is working with the USDA, FDA and CDC to determine how products manufactured in their Waycross, GA plant may have become contaminated with E. coli bacteria. The products were manufactured between Nov. 12 and Nov. 19 and have "Best By" dates between Jan. 1, 2013 and Sept. 29, 2014, which can be located on the back of the package on all of the products, according to information on the Farm Rich website. These …
Monday, April 8, 2013
Warm weather means the opportunity to eat outdoors. Taberna de Haro is the perfect spot.
With the winter behind us, it’s time to talk about where you can get delicious food and fine wine with outdoor seats on a spring or summer evening. Taberna de Haro is the perfect place for an outdoor evening with exotic Spanish food ranging in price and over 300 different wines. They open their doors at 5 p.m., which should tell you how seriously they take the evening atmosphere. Chef and sommelier Deborah Hansen said that there is no set date for their 30-seat outdoor café seating. “We open it up as soon as it reaches 70 degrees,” Hansen said. “I love when the day starts out at 70 degrees and the temperature drops. You can tell the New Englanders from the rest when the temperatures drop in the evening and they stay out there.” Last July, …
Friday, April 5, 2013
Photos and information in this article are uploaded by local Realtors and Boston Patch editors.
Realtors, this is your space. Upload photos of the houses you're showing this weekend and enter the property's details in the caption. Selling your Brookline, Fenway-Kenmore, Jamaica Plain, Roslindale or West Roxbury place without a Realtor? Consider yourself invited to add your photos and details into the mix. Please upload one photo per open house listing and include the following information in the captions of all photos: Click on the big green "Upload Photos & Videos" button to get started. If you have any trouble getting the message out, send an email to brookline@patch.com, fenway-kenmore@patch.com, jamaicaplain@patch.com, roslindale@patch.com or westroxbury@patch.com. About this column: "House Hunt" is a weekly column featuring real…
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Roll retro with these classic cars currently available in the area.
Let's face it: Classic cars are cool. Nothing turns heads quite like a pristine American classic, or an antique that makes you think, "How is that thing still running and looking brand new?" According to the Registry of Motor Vehicles, if you want to apply for an antique license plate, an "antique motor car" is any motor vehicle over 25byears old maintained solely for use in exhibitions, club activities, parades, and other functions of public interest. The Classic Car Club of America says that "antique" is a general description of any car that is 25 years old or more, and that all "Full Classics" are antiques, but not all antiques are "Full Classics" as defined by the club (which are only specific important marques built largely between …
John D
3:22 pm on Tuesday, April 23, 2013
yes, wise idea, we need a ban on pressure cookers..sigh............. more ›