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DIRTY
Dishes
There is a waitress in the dish room right now, while it is slow and we are between shifts. She just decided to get in there and clear out theDishes
There is a waitress in the dish room right now, while it is slow and we are between shifts. She just decided to get in there and clear out the[...]
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FRIENDS IN LOWELL PLACES
This summer at a farmer’s market a couple hundred miles away, the sea salt lady repping Mermaid Farm in Tisbury Massachusetts was also selling someThis summer at a farmer’s market a couple hundred miles away, the sea salt lady repping Mermaid Farm in Tisbury Massachusetts was also selling some[...]
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MEYER RULES
When I was a little, little kid, I wanted to be my Dad.
Some years later, I wanted to be a pro football player.
As long as I have owned businesses, I haveWhen I was a little, little kid, I wanted to be my Dad.
Some years later, I wanted to be a pro football player.
As long as I have owned businesses, I have[...]
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SUNDAY FUNDAY BRUNCH
COBBLESTONES.
Sundays. (Duh)
Find the menu.
All I’m gonna say… Coco Puffs infused vanilla-vodka and coffee martini and French Toast bread puddingCOBBLESTONES.
Sundays. (Duh)
Find the menu.
All I’m gonna say… Coco Puffs infused vanilla-vodka and coffee martini and French Toast bread pudding[...]
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STREET CRED
I wrote recently about Lowell taking two steps forward, and one step back…a pattern that has gone on forever. (Or, the 21+ years I have been hereI wrote recently about Lowell taking two steps forward, and one step back…a pattern that has gone on forever. (Or, the 21+ years I have been here[...]
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TWO STEPS FORWARD…
For the 21+ years we have done business in Lowell, we/I have oft gotten exhausted from all the up and down!
It’s kind of like an amped up priestFor the 21+ years we have done business in Lowell, we/I have oft gotten exhausted from all the up and down!
It’s kind of like an amped up priest[...]
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CREATURE
Lord help me.
I’m “that guy.”
It didn’t occur to me until this morning when I nearly tripped and fell on my face for the secondLord help me.
I’m “that guy.”
It didn’t occur to me until this morning when I nearly tripped and fell on my face for the second[...]
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WHAT DO CHICAGO, NEW YORK AND LOWELL HAVE IN COMMON?
Other “cultural factors”?
Hmm…let’s see;
Unemployment for everyone who applies?
Scaring away Brazilians and other emerging immigrantOther “cultural factors”?
Hmm…let’s see;
Unemployment for everyone who applies?
Scaring away Brazilians and other emerging immigrant[...]
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NATURAL SELECTION
We interviewed a sous chef candidate recently in our forever search for the perfect recipe of excellence for our “village.” The yin andWe interviewed a sous chef candidate recently in our forever search for the perfect recipe of excellence for our “village.” The yin and[...]
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RESERVATIONS FOR 50 PLEASE
For damn about forty years, my summer vacation occurs upon Martha’s Vineyard. For the past handful, the president and his family can say the sameFor damn about forty years, my summer vacation occurs upon Martha’s Vineyard. For the past handful, the president and his family can say the same[...]
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