ENBB's New England Cultural Corner

Erica, is it true that you can't get a Boston Bun in Boston??

as a lifelong bostonian, i feel qualified to note that i have never heard of that thing.

Well hello dere!

Like Mr. Call All Destroyer I have neither heard of nor seen a Boston Bun in my life. They look pretty good though. Would try.

You should probably add CAD to the thread title since he may be more qualified than I to answer NE related questions although I am more than happy to try/assist.

Any others?

What do I look like, a board admin? Anyway...

Is it true that McDonalds will sell you a Lobster Roll up there? Do they call it a McLobster Roll??

Hmmmm . . . I haven't seen lobster rolls at McDonalds but to be fair, I don't go there very often. The internet tells me that they were, in fact, a seasonal menu item available in some parts of NE and eastern Canada.

It's apparently called the McLobster Sandwich:

http://www.gunaxin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/mclobster-sign-218x300.jpg

There are so many places where you can get good lobster rolls that I'd be a little nervous about getting on at McDs but would probably try anyway out of curiosity.

Do you know about Shamrock Shakes? Those might be of interest to you.

Also, I like how the "Cultural" Corner has been about fast food so far.

yeah the lobster roll gets advertised as a seasonal/limited item. but it is such a delicate and wonderful creation that it deserves better than a bastardized mcd's edition.

poster ☺☻☺☻come on ppl now smile on u brother☺☻☺☻, can you recommend somewhere that is good for lunch in the hynes/prudential center vicinity?

how much u lookin to spend?

x-post - Yeah, your office where you can eat the frozen meal I bought you yesterday.

can you recommend somewhere that is good for lunch in the hynes/prudential center vicinity?

assuming you forgo the frozen meal, hit the Pru food court or head over to Newbury and try Bosstone Pizza

He works in the Pru and I work directly across from it so we've hit the food crt numerous times. Have not been to Bosstone Pizza though - am intrigued!

it used to be a divey pizza place with awesome slices; now it is apparently a Trading Spaces victim, hopefully still with awesome slices

huh - will have to investigate at some point

that place has damn good sicilian slices iirc. also there is an upper crust on newbury now.

i wish the garden of eden was still open--more of a walk but amazing sandwiches.

I miss the Deli Haus personally. I would totally go there for lunch regularly if it were still around. RIP DH.

Pato - you can ask more q at any point btw.

the carte blancheness of that offer is alarming, kbp qs can be downright deviant.

you are probably right although I'm pretty sure I can handle whatever KBP might throw my way

estela is just scared of the HARD HITTING QUESTIONS!!

Anyway, back on track: when are the Hartford Whalers coming back to the NHL? They had the BEST 1970s graphic design in a sporting team's logo ever.

ummm probably never. hartford is not a major sports (or even second-tier-nhl-level) city. everyone in ct is either a boston or nyc sports loyalist and the nhl has forgotten that it's a regional league.

Yeah but...the logo and uniforms! It's much better than that old rubbish that Bruins rock up in.

Glad CAD jumped in cause I had nothing for this one. However, I just checked and those were indeed some amazing uniforms.

watch y'self kbp the bruins uniforms are classicer than classic.

btw old-school vancouver canucks is probably the high point of the design yr talking about:

http://rumorsandrants.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/luongo1.jpg

Canucks retro design is long played out, especially with their current uniforms!

Let me know when you stop talking about hockey.

is that a symbol of a canuck? it looks like a whale to me

a smiling whale

this is cghs most popular thread in a while

Let's move into the world of art: Best Wahlberg? (aka NKOTB or Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch?)

Nice - going straight to Boston's finest contributors to the art world.

This is a tough one for me because Donnie was my favorite NKOTB but I also like M. Wahlberg! I will have to think on this one.

Also:

http://images67.imikimi.com/image/images_full/135238067.gif

I made that for my boo Donnie.

Yeah despite my preteen love for D. Marky Mark kind of wins this one hands down.

(I still have not seen the Happening. Killer trees!)

I'm definetly in the Marky Mark camp. "Good Vibrations" is a bangin' tune and he's been in great movies like The Departed. And The Happening, let's not forget The Happening.

Deleting my grammar mistakes has totally thrown off the continuity of this thread!!

I was v confused for a second there.

Important question: is there a Boston Market inside a Boston Market? If so, does Xzibit eat there all the time?

fyi folks the canucks logo is a stylized 'c'

and i gotta go w/mark on the wahlberg front.

What is the best film that is set mostly in New England??

the whale, sadly, will never resurface in the nhl. partly because they played in a mall. some, however, still mourn them.

meanwhile what can you, king boy pato, tell us about NICK HORVATH

Hartford was ahead of its time. Didn't they turn the old Montreal Forum into a mall?

According to Nick Horvath's Wikipedia entry, he played for the Adelaide 36ers which I certainly will rep him for that. However, he left for the South Dragons, which makes him the worst person alive.

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Now that Australia's NBL is PROBABLY dead, King Boy Pato, will rank THE TOP TEAM TEAMS that have played in Australia's premier basketball competition.

1. ADELAIDE 36ERS

Back before the SANFL reduced to second league status by those wankers from Melbourne, there was only one team for South Australians. No, it wasn't the local shitty cricket team. It was straight outta Apollo Stadium then THE CLIPSAL POWERHOUSE with the razzle dazzle in blue, red and gold headed up by The Chairman of the Boooards, Mark Davis! I might have only been a year old when the 36ers won their first NBL Championship but I grew up hearing the stories of how the Super Sixers lit up Apollo Stadium, led by a man called Ken Cole who coached the team in between snorting coke. Unfortunately, when we won that trio of turn-of-the-century championships, we had a slightly less exciting coach: Phil Smyth.

"Famous fans include television presenter Grant Denyer, and former World Number 1 Tennis Player Lleyton Hewitt."

2. SOUTH EAST MELBOURNE MAGIC

For the name alone. Excessively geographically precise AND a lazy-as-you-like BA ripoff nickname.

3. EASTSIDE SPECTERS

Apparently the name was RACIST.

4. GOLD COAST COUGARS

Now when you talk about Gold Coast Cougars, it's 30 and 40 something women with excessively fake tans??

5. GEELONG SUPERCATS

This shows you how popular and awesome and great basketball was in Australia. Aussie Rules had to do with merely "Cats" but the hoops heroes upped the ante to infinity with SUPERCATS!!

6. PERTH WILDCATS

I grudging give mad respect to the bros out west. They're not the Melbourne Tigers or Sydney Kings and they helped up keep the Mitsubishi Trophy away from the big smoke.

7. WEST SYDNEY RAZORBACKS

Would be higher if it wasn't for the "Sydney Spirit" DEBACLE!!

8. SINGAPORE SLINGERS

Can you believe that Singapore wasn't into third-rate basketball???

9. WOLLONGONG HAWKS

If the new NBL doesn't have them in, it won't be the NBL. PUTTING IT BACK IN OUR COMMUNITY, YO.

10. TOWNSVILLE CROCODILES

You weren't expecting the Canberra Cannons, were you?

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Is it true that white people would get behind the Celtics again if they could get a Larry Bird-esque star (ie: someone WHITE)?

did u miss when the celtics sold out every home game for two years?

^^^

Ticket holders could have been black, hispanic, asian or icelandic.

lol have you been to boston?

OK, I was clutching at straws.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvUQcnfwUUM

also

http://37.media.tumblr.com/0d25fec941761c99528bf882d4121d1b/tumblr_n7emw7Emy41sjcqg0o1_500.jpg

and finally, today's happy place

http://33.media.tumblr.com/19d7233c29288c3a4621451d858da678/tumblr_n5mbuq6uFo1qmnl72o1_500.jpg

I think that people would generally have a kinder view of the pigeon if they all looked like Lisa Frank creations. Also, LOOK AT THIS FUCKING FOR REAL NOT PHOTOSHOPPED PIGEON.

http://33.media.tumblr.com/9c8b8c509f432dc9c0e1af0afcb4e2c6/tumblr_mgxgi89K5c1r8x2ybo1_500.jpg

whoa!

Also wait look at this crazy-ass fabulous moth I found out about the other night:

http://33.media.tumblr.com/4fc91fc87705bccec8ccd3c8c7a5ae65/tumblr_mjpryzj11M1r7180yo3_1280.jpg

http://37.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2rqk8Ip0y1r38hk2o1_400.jpg

>:~

It is a Rosy Maple Moth.

http://31.media.tumblr.com/99ed8b3fbe7367f698a655591306cfbc/tumblr_mp4rfvi9wG1rmrq5zo8_1280.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/VUTQOty.jpg

'Sup

aw dat's cute

(btw the rosy maple moth lives in the eastern parts of North America (so New Engalnd!) and the psychedelic pigeon lives in like Vietnam and other such tropical climes.)

I'm in Bar Harbor- it's beautiful! Tell me how to order and eat a lobster. What do I need to know?

I also ate in St. Johnsbury last night but did not see Neko Case or lagoon.

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/5543902

Lobster tomalley is the best part, eat that and discard the rest xp

lobster rolls imo

I do not know what to make of this picture where Kim appears to be flying out of the "hamps" in a private helicopter so that she can return to the city for strategic instagramming purposes. What a world.

http://37.media.tumblr.com/78db569b4b0c181c9c2b6b770bb28f6b/tumblr_n8cphx1cf91qiavcao1_r1_500.png

what a disaster for the hamps

hampsterdam?

my hamps
my hamps my hamps my hamps
my hamps my hamps my hamps
my lovely lady lamps

check it out

lol DJP

I grew up about 20 mins from The Hamptons and have NEVER heard anyone call it that but what do i know maybe it's a thing.

maybe "Hamps" is the dude next to her and immediately after the photo she shoved him out of the helicopter

http://www.examiner.com/images/blog/EXID35744/images/HAMP_money.jpg

http://38.media.tumblr.com/a1edf0ab729fb8550f033e4672bfc36c/tumblr_n7455pAWBo1ta83ebo1_400.gif

HUGE part of my childhood rite here:

http://www.peacefulmeadows.com/

the smell of manure & the taste of ice cream forever fused together in my sense-memory

Looks delicious!

http://37.media.tumblr.com/24ad389df093acbf878a7d3e0c058ff0/tumblr_n8uqcslTLL1qz6a4yo1_400.gif

whoa

how do u feel abt german popular music

some quality album covers if u gis 'volksmusik' or 'german beer drinking songs'

I also ate in St. Johnsbury last night but did not see Neko Case or lagoon.

― maybe/whatever/so what/boring (admrl), Friday, July 4, 2014 4:14 PM (4 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

holy shit! (i was not there {did u at least see luis guzman})

shdve asked me for recommends, favs are tim-bir alley in littleton and parker pie co in west glover, and nothing in st j lol self pwn

miss lyndonville diner is dope in its own way

i had a killer breakfast at the miss lyndonville!

deep fried french toast

i was once on a flight from chicago to LA that luis guzman was on

http://oi60.tinypic.com/1zdw001.jpg

both

ILX running running thread

Happy November, E

http://i.imgur.com/aNyLSNZ.gif

As soon as I just saw this I knew it was going to be something this related. Still LOLing. :)

http://i.imgur.com/rIXo2WU.jpg

guess i'll pop the top on a 22 ouncer while I wait for my person to wake up

omg this is very sad and not responsible pug ownership :(

I have enlarged and inspected this photo since I last posted and I am fairly certain it is among the top 5 saddest things I've ever seen.

A fun site to read with Google Translation turned on.

31 olegt3 sent 44 days ago #
Dog sorry.

6 steepman posted 44 hours ago #
Why are you so much about the guy?

0 MAXIBON163 sent 43 days ago #
Pug and do not know?

0 sent4 sent 43 days ago #
Yeah, there he is cast down like.

omg! Thank you for that. This is amazing. But still v v sad.

чет приуныл apparently means roughly "the castdown"

was that photo taken on pratt st. in allston or nah

Pug and do not know?