Category:
Community Service/Non-Profit
Happy 2011, Michelle S. fans! Please consider being awesome and sponsoring me for next month's Fight for Air Climb. I'm raising money for the American Lung Association in memory of my mother, Carol S. and climbing the 40+ stories of One Boston Place!
Here's my fundraising page: http://action.lun...
How's it going, Michelle S. fans?! I'm so busy and so stressed that I'm about to rip my hair out...but enough of that.
Some of you vintage Michelle S. fans (vintage = 2009) probably remember when I wrote a long review talking about my mom who passed away of emphesema and how I couldn't find anything to really honor her until I saw a pamphlet for the American Lung Assocation. I wrote a review here http://www.yelp.c... And it was to raise money.
Well, earlier this year, I raised over $1,000 for the American Lung Association and hauled ass up the 52 flights of stairs of the Bank of America building in San Francisco's financial district.
And....it was so fun that I just registered to do it again in Boston. So, if you find yourself feeling super charitable, you should forgo a few adult beverages and sponsor me in 2011's Fight for Air Climb in Boston! At the risk of revealing my entire name, the link is here: http://action.lun...
Listed in: Soy Vay. :/
Categories:
American (Traditional),
Bars
Neighborhood: Allston/Brighton
Listed in: Soy Vay. :/
Listed in: Pizza
Categories:
Bars,
American (Traditional)
Neighborhoods: Inman Square, Kendall Square/MIT
Listed in: Beating the Blue Law Blues
I'm going to give this an average rating. There were parts I liked and parts that made me angry.
The peking duck is delicious. We actually got two. However, the second time the duck came, the bao that came with it was formed into useless contorted shapes. Isn't the point of that stuff to be like a taco for the duck, scallions, and hoisen sauce?! Why did you give us buns in the shape of roses?! That's ridiculous.
The other dishes that came with our duck special were OK. They weren't memorable enough...which means they were niether amazing nor terrible.
The tea, on the other hand, was foul. And I usually like tea from Chinese/dim sum places.
It was all fun and games until the next morning. I woke at 5 am to be taken to the airport in order to fly back to Boston. When I woke up, I had some strange pain in my left side. I was totally exhausted; but had to talk myself out of thinking I had an appendix rupture or something. Once I finally got through security and was ready to board the cross-country plane, I figured out that the pain was serious gas. Do you know how much it sucks to want to fart and not be able to make yourself do so?! Do you know how much it sucks to want to fart, but to be stuck in the worst possible place for it--like an AIRPLANE?! I was completely miserable. I kept getting up to use the restroom throughout my flight in order to ease the pain. By the time we landed, I felt much better. Jesus, only one other meal has made me that miserable--the vegan, raw stuff from Cafe Gratitude.
Look, I'm a lady. I may do some non-lady-like things such as dropping too many f-words or talking too openly about sex...but I never talk about flatulence unless it's important to mention. This was an appropriate time.
Other than that, the bathrooms really pissed me off. Were they clean? Yes. Were they nice? Surprisingly yes. What's the problem?! Well, if you're a restaurant that's going to go through the trouble to put up a sign that tells your employess, the people who handle food, to wash their hands with HOT water after using the bathroom....MAYBE YOU SHOULD ACTUALLY HAVE HOT WATER IN THE BATHROOM!!!!!!!!!!!! !! Argh! Restaurants with disfunctional bathrooms piss me off so much! And I started lowering my standards because I got used to not seeing toilet seat covers. Argh!
But the duck was good.
Listed in: Whiskey and Bourbon, 510 Represent
Categories:
Beer, Wine & Spirits,
Convenience Stores
Neighborhood: Coolidge Corner
Listed in: Allow me to entertain you....
I got the cutest "Save the Date" from Lea B. and her fiance a month or so ago. Before I get into their wedding, I need a little intro for them. "Golden Girls" style.
Picture it. Bus ride going north on I-5 from Livermore to Oregon, 1998. Destination: Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Time: Shortly before Sr. Prom. Michelle S. and Lea B. are discussing who/what/should I bother of the prom. Lea B. recently started working at the Vine with a few other guys from Lea and Michelle's high school class.
Michelle S.: I don't know, why don't you go with Jesse C.?
Lea B.: Hmmm. I don't know. Maybe...
A few months later, Lea B. and Jesse C. go to Sr. Prom together.
A few months later, Michelle S. gets this phone call:
Lea B.: Michelle, Jesse and I kinda like each other.
A few (ok, nearly ten) years later:
Lea B.: *flashes diamond in my face* I'm engaged.
Michelle S.: It's about damn time! I was gonna be all, "Jesse, $#@% or get off the pot!"
A few months later, I get the sweetest "Save the Date" card. It is a photo of Jesse and Lea sitting on a park bench while eating popcorn in front of The Vine. Written on the marquis (like, actually on the marquis, not Photoshopped) were "Jesse and Lea, May 23, 2009."
How %#@$ing precious is that?!?!?!?!?!? Most wedding things make me vomit. That is the sweetest thing ever!
What? You wanted something USEFUL for the theatre?!?!?!?!? Two people meeting and falling in love while working as teenagers is not USEFUL enough for you!?!?!?!?!?
FINE!
They are actively involved with the CA Independent Film Festival, they're being in some "oldies but goodies" movies, "Sound of Music" Sing-a-long Castro Theatre Style next weekend, AND the word on the street is that they're going to try to do the Parkway thing with the pizza and beer.
Category:
Specialty Food
"It's a simple question, Doctor. Would you eat the moon if it were made of ribs?"
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Review votes:
5826 Useful, 6545 Funny, and 6118 Cool
Brookline, MA
Yelping SinceJune 2007
Things I Love49ers, bacon dog cart, XKCD, lobster, Pandora, taco trucks, Chuck Taylors, Central Coast Syrahs, New England IPAs, bourbon, NPR, Green Collar Baseball, Carolina Tar Heels, post-punk, surf guitar, Ted talks, Mother Jones, Slate
Find Me Ina summer cottage on the edge where I live year-round
My HometownProposed element 116
My Blog Or WebsiteNone, I use an Etch a Sketch.
When I'm Not Yelping... Why You Should Read My ReviewsSince moving to Boston, I curse more?
My Second Favorite Website The Last Great Book I ReadThe New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance
My First ConcertProbably some busker at a BART station.
My Favorite MovieHarold and Maude
My Last Meal On EarthChicken and Waffles
Don't Tell Anyone Else But...My favorite movie is really "Beavis and Butthead Do America"
Most Recent DiscoveryJoan of Arc is not Noah's wife
Current CrushI'm crushing your head.
Why would I wake up early on a Saturday and race up the stairs of a skyscraper? I do it because my mom, Carol S., died from emphysema and pneumonia caused by decades of smoking. I run and raise money in her memory,
I held of registration because it's kinda up in the air whether I'm staying in Boston or moving away, but I'll at least be in Boston next weekend. So, instead of betting all your drinking money on the Patriots for the Super Bowl (and I make that comment out of jealousy because I'm a bitter 49ers fan), please set aside some to sponsor me for this event.
At the risk of revealing my entire name, you can sponsor me at this secure site here: http://ala.convio.net/...