World Pillow Fight Day in Boston last Saturday was not only a lot of spring fever fun, it also resulted in a marriage proposal. Banditos Misteriosos estimates there were over 1,100 pillow fighters, apparently making it one of the largest fights that day. View the above panorama large to see the crowd.
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Posted April 7, 2009 by Casey
Categories: Questionable...funny. Pointless.. Tags: boston, Christopher Columbus Park, fight, International Pillow Fight Day, pillow, pillow fight, silly, World Pillow Fight Day. Be the first one.

Hey, PodCamp Boston is this weekend. I can’t go, but Sean M. Brown will be and he’s looking for librarians to join him.

Posted July 17, 2008 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Libraries & Networked Information, Technology. Tags: barcamp, boston, conference, librarians, PodCamp, unconference. Be the first one.

Most people may recognize Zhang Huan from his “My New York” work that had him dressed in a beefy muscle suit. Above is “My Boston,” but I have a feeling it might get repurposed elsewhere during finals this spring to represent the agony of study.
Ups to Ryan for the pointer.
art, book, books, boston, fine art, [...]

Posted April 7, 2006 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Photoblog. Tags: art, book, books, boston, fine art, head in books, my boston, photography, zhang huan. Be the first one.

I found Germaine across from the Prudential Center Friday. His sound was good and I especially liked his snare drum.

Posted March 26, 2006 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Photoblog. Tags: boston, boston ma, drum, drum sound, drumming, drums, germaine, massachusetts, prudential center, snare drum, sound, street drumming, street performer. One Comment.

I found myself wandering about Boston Public Library for longer than I expected Friday. Part of it was the map exhibit and part of it was the architecture (and simply a place to relax for a bit). Amusingly, stairs and stairways seem filled with drama at BPL, and if the guard hadn’t just warned me about taking flash photos, I might have tried to sneak a peak behind that door.

Posted March 25, 2006 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Libraries & Networked Information, Photoblog. Tags: boston, boston ma, boston public library, door, door under the stairs, library, massachusetts, mystery door, mystery!, public library, under the stairs. 2 Comments.

Hey, doesn’t the IKEA near Boston open today? Sure does. The company has 226 stores worldwide.
According to a story in the Pheonix:
Oddly enough, IKEA flopped when it opened its first US store in 1986. But by making concessions to American expectations (softer couches, American bed sizes, good thread counts) it gradually won over low-budget consumers [...]

Posted November 9, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Style, Fashion and Food. Tags: boston, boston ma, ikea, massachusetts, opening, retail, stoughton, stoughton ma. 13 Comments.

I do a lot of flying in and out of Boston’s Logan Airport, so I’ve been following the controversy about WiFi there with some interest.
The story is that Massport, the government agency that runs the airport, is trying to tell tennents — like the airlines — that they can’t operate their own WiFi networks. But [...]

Posted October 30, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Technology. Tags: airlines, airwaves, atlanta, boston, cellphones, common sense test, editorial remarks, emergency response, faa, fcc, glenn fleishman, government agency, logan airport, massport, spectrum, taxicab, tsa, wifi. 6 Comments.

BostonNoise.org says “Jacques’ Cabaret is Boston’s oldest gay bar. The upstairs features live female impersonator shows five nights per week, including weekends. The downstairs basement is open only on Friday and Saturday, and hosts local bands.”
Jacque’s official website shows Norell Gardner & his cast of miss-leading ladies playing every Friday and Saturday upstairs. The [...]

Posted April 4, 2004 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Travel. Tags: bar, boston, cabaret, jacque's, jacque's cabaret, theater district, Travel. One Comment.