Penguin sighted

Another reason why living in Brighton is so great: where else can you come home at night and see a penguin walking down your street. It happened to me last night. Ok, it wasn’t a real penguin — just a guy dressed up as a penguin. But still — it’s not Halloween. David Harris, I [...]

Sneak a peek at Friday’s TAB

Here’s a little preview of what to expect in tomorrow’s paper:
Where is one of the safest T stops in Boston? You guessed it - somewhere in A-B. Find out which one it is, and what the MBTA is doing to combat crime on the T.
Another one bites the dust: Brighton is losing another big-box [...]

Too good to be true?

I have this widget that updates me on the lowest gas price around. Lately it’s been telling me that at Best Buy Gas, 296 Cambridge St., gas is only $2.17 a gallon.
The problem is, I can’t find this place. It registers on Google maps and on my GPS as a real address, but I can [...]

Parking fun

I got a really great parking spot when I got home last night — even though it was pretty late, at least later than such prime spots are usually available.
But it was also a spot that I won’t be able to consider next week. That’s when street cleaning starts, so I’ll have to remember every [...]

Sometimes you just shouldn’t multi-task

The thing I like about living in Brookline and commuting to Somerville is that there are a million different ways for me to get there (none of them particularly good) and they all take me through Allston or Brighton.
Thanks to construction on Beacon Street, I’ve been coming down Washington Street, taking a right on Cambridge, [...]

Is there any privacy anymore?

Last week, I was walking to fetch my car from the edges of Brighton on Comm. Ave. when I came across a man waiting for a BC bus. As I remember it, he was wearing a black jacket, khakis and a nice shirt. An average-looking guy. As I neared him, he pulled an electric shaver [...]

A blog is born

The Allston-Brighton TAB just gave birth its very first, brand new, blog. We can’t wait to get started!In this space, we can share with you the news and views that don’t make it into our print edition. It also helps us to get breaking news to you, as it happens, without waiting for our [...]