Archive for the ‘Urban Life’ Category

Posted on May 29th, 2008 by by Aubree Lawrence

Lessons from a purple alien fetus

“I’d say it was a setup for disaster, but, it’s so much more than that. It’s my routine.”
Last Friday I fell. I fell hard.
I was sprinting down the stairs of the Central Square subway station when it happened. In typical Aubree Lawrence fashion I was listening to my iPod, reading an academic paper (marking […]

Posted on February 2nd, 2008 by by Aubree Lawrence

WBOS Axes its DJs and Format

A wildly personal and local outraged blog entry.
WBOS Changed its format and axed its DJs
(except George Knight who will still do a Sunday morning show)
I can’t even give you the link because they’ve axed their website too.
I used to brag about WBOS… George Knight moved to mornings, but I remember saying of him “I actually […]

Posted on January 31st, 2008 by by Aubree Lawrence

MIT’s not-so-fun-afterall house

MIT’s Stata Center is really, well, let’s just say “Something.” I once heard some one say “The building went up looking like it had just been knocked down.” I’ve always seen the Stata Center as a gross excess of labor, time and materials that culminated in a layout so awkward it’s hard to find the […]

Posted on November 23rd, 2007 by by Aubree Lawrence

Let the Resolution(s) Begin

The Holiday Season has begun and I am once again looking forward to my favorite one: New Year’s Eve. I love it not just because it signals all the rest of the stuff is (finally) over, but because of it’s cultural and economic significance. Leave it to me to make it about more than champagne […]

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