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Nice shot: Cat crossing
By Marc Levy
Published: August 26, 2010
A simple poster on a telephone pole warning neighbors of danger to their cat. That’s nice, right? Not to the cat owners.
Seniors’ picnic full of music, pleasant memories
By Marc Levy
Published: August 14, 2010
WIth three musical groups performing under sunny skies in historic Harvard Yard, the year’s Harvard Senior Picnic was a musical affair.
Nice shot: Hunting grounds … and finding none
By Marc Levy
Published: August 5, 2010
This apartment owner at Concord Avenue and Beacon Street in Somerville — just outside Cambridge’s Inman Square —doesn’t fool around. Well, maybe a little. Although this dire sign seen July 30 warns this is “Private property” where “Hunting, fishing, trapping, trespassing for any purpose is strictly forbidden” and that “violators will be prosecuted,” a look [...]
Nice shot: American Appaller
By Marc Levy
Published: July 21, 2010
What’s wrong with American Apparel? Chances are these photos will prove to you it’s something totally different.
Nice shot: Walk for hunger?
By Marc Levy
Published: July 15, 2010
An unfortunate juxtaposition of ads is unfortunately funny.
Nice shot: Central squares
By Marc Levy
Published: July 2, 2010
These colorful tiles found on the entrance of the Greek Orthodox Church in Central Square were photographed Tuesday and submitted by Charles Cherney — a Harvard graduate and Cambridge resident whose distinctly poetic bent surely complements his works as a broker of residential real estate. “Every day all around us lies magic — attention is its own reward,” [...]
Nice shot: High security, low gate
By Marc Levy
Published: July 1, 2010
See if you can detect the flaw in this high-security gate in Cambridge’s Central Square.
Nice shot: Still not as long as Monopoly
By Marc Levy
Published: June 23, 2010
How long does it take to finish the game of Life? More than 30 years, apparebtl
Nice Shot: Never enough closet space
By Marc Levy
Published: June 16, 2010
This truck was parked at the Porter Square’s Shaw’s supermarket Wednesday, facing Elm Street and Somerville. U-Haul is unknowingly suggesting its trucks aren’t for moving stuff from apartment to apartment, but storage units constantly roaming “all across North America.” Like when you realize winter is coming on, you call your driver and have him or [...]
Pilot avoids crash, but not the crazy, in Porter Square
By Marc Levy
Published: June 11, 2010
Airline pilot, salon.com contributor and askthepilot.com guru Patrick Smith revealed himself Friday to be at least a part-time Porter Square resident — and one with a classically weird Porter Square story to tell.
The episode, described as a “Seinfeld” moment, starts when Smith is leaving the Shaw’s supermarket plaza on his bicycle and stops before hitting [...]