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The Boston Traveler

Archive for June 2008

June 18th, 2008

Trophy Time for Champion Boston Celtics

Following the Boston Celtics’ decisive 131–92 win over the Los Angeles Lakers in the sixth game of the 2008 NBA Finals on Tuesday night, it was trophy time.
The team members received their shiny gold reward during an enthusiastic ceremony immediately after the game’s final moments, and 30-year-old Paul Pierce was named the MVP of the [...]

By Chandra -- 4 comments

June 18th, 2008

The Boston Celtics Crush Lakers, Win NBA Title, Make Fans Ecstatic

Toodle-loo, Kobe and Company!
What a nice way to cap off the night — with an eagerly anticipated NBA Championship Title like the one the Boston Celtics snatched from their playoff rivals, the Los Angeles Lakers, just a few hours ago.
Before we get to the video of the rousing triumph — or bitter defeat, depending on [...]

By Chandra -- 2 comments

June 17th, 2008

Five Days of Barbecue

Yummy!
Now is a great time to be in Boston if you like the sauce — the barbecue sauce, that is, not to mention the grill — because from Wednesday, June 18, until Sunday, June 22, exceptional BBQ teams from all over the world will be arriving in town to feed the hordes of hungry people [...]

By Chandra -- 2 comments

June 15th, 2008

Hotel Havens: Kendall Hotel

Advantage: A converted Victorian firehouse officially deemed historic, the Kendall Hotel is conveniently located directly across the Charles River from Boston, right in the midst of Cambridge’s Kendall Square, and steps away from MIT, popular Legal Sea Foods restaurant, the Red Line T’s Kendall Station (two stops place you in the heart of downtown Boston), [...]

By Chandra -- 0 comments

June 15th, 2008

For All the Devoted Fathers

Happy Father’s Day!
Here’s a little laughter for all of The Boston Traveler readers out there who happen to be fathers, courtesy of one of the funniest sitcoms currently on television, Tina Fey’s masterful 30 Rock.
Watch — and try not to choke — as Tracy Morgan’s Tracy Jordan and Alec Baldwin’s Jack Donaghy participate in a [...]

By Chandra -- 0 comments

June 14th, 2008

Massachusetts Website Offers Help with Gas Prices

At times like the present, with gas prices reaching astronomical levels, I’m very thankful I don’t drive. Unlike me, however, there are millions of people across the United States growing increasingly frustrated over the rising cost of fueling their vehicles with required gasoline.
Governor Deval Patrick and his administration apparently feel constituents’ pain, and in [...]

By Chandra -- 4 comments

June 13th, 2008

‘Meet the Press’ Icon Tim Russert Has Died

This breaking news makes me incredibly sad.
MSNBC, The New York Times, and numerous other major news outlets are all reporting 58-year-old Tim Russert, NBC Senior Vice President and Washington Bureau Chief and longtime moderator of the political program Meet the Press, passed away less than an hour ago.
Russert apparently collapsed while recording a voiceover for [...]

By Chandra -- 0 comments

June 12th, 2008

Weekend Highlight: Saturday Shoe Show

This Saturday will become shoe day at Neiman Marcus when the national retailer puts on its Shoes and the City presentation.
A runway fashion show aimed at the type of women who raced to theaters on opening day for the recent premiere of Sex and the City: The Movie, the event will spotlight items from the [...]

By Chandra -- 0 comments

June 11th, 2008

How to Make Boston Cream Pie from Scratch

I’ve wanted to post the recipe for Boston Cream Pie for quite a while now, ever since I wrote about the historic hotel Omni Parker House.
That’s where the world-famous dessert was reportedly created in the mid-19th century by French chef M. Sanzian. The dessert has become such an essential component of the state’s identity [...]

By Chandra -- 11 comments

June 9th, 2008

Boston’s In Heat

If you’ve been thinking about coming to Boston in the next couple of days and you have a choice of plans, I strongly suggest not bothering because, for the third day in a row, it is hot, hot, hot. In fact, tomorrow will mark the fourth day of stifling heat.
News outlets report temperatures well [...]

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