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This afternoon, I saw another of those old bumper stickers that just say, "DRIVE NICELY" in large print, with "City of Cambridge" in smaller letters underneath. Somebody who gave me a ride home from Readercon had one of them, and told me the city had printed them a long time ago. I like to think they help, some. Maybe they just mark the old residents with good intentions, in case one wants to drive near them.
Last month, a librarian offered me a Cambridge Public Library Card when she noticed my Minuteman Library Card was cracked. Even though she knew perfectly well I'm not a Cambridge resident and never have been, she wanted to replace my library card for the network while we were standing at the desk talking about it. And she told me the Cambridge card was an art museum pass, as well as the library card all the Minuteman cards are. It gave me a warm fuzzy feeling about the city, on top of my usual warm fuzzy feeling about the library.
And now...something I had thought of as a feature of Waltham...Lizzy's Ice Cream is in Cambridge! Right in Harvard Square, across the street from the Lowe's cinema. When I could digest dairy products, I was impressed by the great texture of Lizzy's ice cream, the smell of their fruit ice creams, and their scrupulous care in labeling. The big list of flavors they put up on the wall marks which ice creams have trace alcohol, for instance. And they have complete ingredient lists for ice creams and toppings. This evening, I had strawberry sorbet (I could smell the fruit from across the room), and a chocolate thing they called "tofutti," though it wasn't much like trademarked "Tofutti." Lizzy's has a creamier texture, and tasted more like mild milk chocolate with caramel overtones, and less like soybeans.
Last month, a librarian offered me a Cambridge Public Library Card when she noticed my Minuteman Library Card was cracked. Even though she knew perfectly well I'm not a Cambridge resident and never have been, she wanted to replace my library card for the network while we were standing at the desk talking about it. And she told me the Cambridge card was an art museum pass, as well as the library card all the Minuteman cards are. It gave me a warm fuzzy feeling about the city, on top of my usual warm fuzzy feeling about the library.
And now...something I had thought of as a feature of Waltham...Lizzy's Ice Cream is in Cambridge! Right in Harvard Square, across the street from the Lowe's cinema. When I could digest dairy products, I was impressed by the great texture of Lizzy's ice cream, the smell of their fruit ice creams, and their scrupulous care in labeling. The big list of flavors they put up on the wall marks which ice creams have trace alcohol, for instance. And they have complete ingredient lists for ice creams and toppings. This evening, I had strawberry sorbet (I could smell the fruit from across the room), and a chocolate thing they called "tofutti," though it wasn't much like trademarked "Tofutti." Lizzy's has a creamier texture, and tasted more like mild milk chocolate with caramel overtones, and less like soybeans.
