boston

Sarah Hedgecock · 04/15/14 02:49PM

Officers stand guard next to a wreath marking the one of the bombing sites on Tuesday, the one year anniversary of the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing. Image via Andrew Burton/Getty Images.

Let's Read a Review of a Restaurant Where Dinner for Two Costs $861

Adam Weinstein · 02/18/14 04:25PM

Would you pay $21 for a green tea? Well, if you were cultured, you would, you goddam heathen. But since we can't take you out anyplace nice, let's instead swig our swirled leaves with Ryan Sutton, the food critic for Bloomberg News and enjoyer of one fat night in Chicago.

Luke O'Neil · 02/08/14 02:12PM

An Air Force transport jet departing from Germany has been diverted due to an "in-flight incident" and will land soon in Massachusetts, The Boston Globe is reporting. Emergency crews are on standby awaiting the landing and are prepared for an unconfirmed depressurization in the plane's cabin.

Lacey Donohue · 11/07/13 11:43PM

Vice President Joe Biden didn’t just call one wrong Marty Walsh on Tuesday night. He apparently called some random lady’s voicemail and left a congratulatory message for Marty Walsh there too. You can listen to Uncle Joe’s hilarious misdial here.

Lacey Donohue · 11/06/13 08:03PM

Vice President Joe Biden tried calling Marty Walsh to congratulate him for winning the Boston mayor’s race. Except Biden called the wrong Marty Walsh. “Marty, you did it, you son of a gun,” Biden declared to a man who is not the mayor-elect of Boston.

Fuck Boston

Hamilton Nolan · 10/31/13 12:34PM

Last night, for the first time in 95 years, the Boston Red Sox won the World Series at home in Fenway Park. Fuck the city of Boston, in general.

Boston Red Sox Win World Series

Lacey Donohue · 10/30/13 10:40PM

[With a score of 6-1 the Boston Red Sox beat the St. Louis Cardinals in Game Six to win the World Series in Boston Wednesday night. It's been 95 years since the Red Sox won the World Series at Fenway Park. Photo by Matt Slocum via AP]

Tom Scocca · 10/23/13 11:35AM

The Boston Globe reports that the Red Sox almost pulled the plug on their fake tradition of playing the fake-fun musical atrocity "Sweet Caroline" at the ballpark, but the song's sentimental use after the marathon bombing ensured Fenway will be stuck with it forever.

Lacey Donohue · 10/07/13 06:27PM

Glen James, the homeless man who found a backpack containing over $40,000 in cash and traveler’s checks in front of a Boston Best Buy last month, has now received over $150,000 in donations. Thanks to the kindness of strangers, he’ll be moving into transitional housing in Cambridge this week.