Celebrity-studded Celtics Game

Last night I went with Jeff to Game 5 of the playoff's against the Cavs. It was an exciting game and of course we ended up winning, 96-89. However I was a little pissed because I wore my GINO T-Shirt and they only showed him at the very end when people were leaving the game! Everyone loved my shirt tho, I was like a D-list celebrity!

I wasn’t the only famous person getting attention at the game, because Boston is now Hollywood East, so there were a few more famous faces in the crowd. Jay-Z and Beyonce were sitting front row, next to the Cavs bench. “Super Bad’s” Jonah Hill, who is in Lowell filming “This Side of the Truth” was having some fun mugging for the Jumbotron and got a good laugh at disco Gino late in the fourth quarter. And Brother & Sister’s Rob Lowe was in attendance, along with NKOTB’s Donnie Wahlberg, JoJo, ex-Celtic Antoine Walker, and New England Patriots defensive lineman Richard Seymour.

Source: Boston Herald

Garden of Eden in South End Closed

The Garden of Eden on Tremont St in the South End has closed its doors.

A sign on the door reads: "The Garden of Eden is closed for business. To our neighbors, friends, and customers, we thank you for over a dozen years of business."

Stephanie's on Tremont will soon be opening...

Boston's New Apple Store

The Green Monster came down and unveiled the new Apple Store in Boston on Boylston St! I know I'm a geek, but I can't wait to check it out. Its grand opening is Thursday, May 15th 6:00 PM

Source: ArchBoston

Best Survivor Season Ever

OMG! Funniest. Survivor. Ever! You are going to have to excuse me as I wipe the tears of laughter from my eyes. There are no words – none – that can truly describe the bittersweet hilarity of Erik’s monumental crash and burn. If you missed the show for any reason, run – don’t walk – to your nearest internet-ready computer and watch the repeat online because in a season of blindsides, this one takes the cake. I’m just going to say it. Erik gave up immunity! Gave. It. Up. Minutes later he was saying goodbye. That was the most boneheaded move ever in the history of Survivor! This season has been the best one since the original!

Newbury Street Mural is Gone

In a city where landmarks' ages are measured in centuries, Joshua Winer's 14-year-old Newbury Street mural had assumed a certain pride of place. Chances are you've seen it, all five stories of it, staring down at you from the huge, exposed east wall of 157-159 Newbury St., formerly the Du Barry restaurant.

The mural, which depicts prominent Bostonians from all eras -- remember Jean Yawkey? -- gathered in a Parisian street scene, has a sentimental history. Rene Rubaud, the former owner of the Du Barry, and James Bennette, an art student turned PR man, decided to use the wall to display student art. In 1991, Winer won the design competition, a $5,000 award, and the chance to put his stamp on the busy intersection of Newbury and Dartmouth streets.

The Bank of Boston -- remember them? -- put up the prize money, billboarders Ackerley Communications donated the work of 17 painters as well as the scaffolding, and the Boston Public Library helped research French art. (Many of the Ackerley sign painters were laid off shortly afterward, Winer reports, as billboard technology went digital.) The result was an amusing and serendipitous portrait of almost a hundred Bostonians, proper, improper, and improbable.

You can see Boston Latin's own Leonard Bernstein chatting with Pops founder Arthur Fiedler, alongside concert pianist Amy Cheney Beach. In a nearby panel, King Gillette is hovering next to Babe Ruth in a Red Sox uniform, with the shadowy Masonic grave-robber (and founder of the New England Journal of Medicine) John Collins Warren very much in evidence.

Anyways, it has since been removed from the side of the building, which was converted into upscale condo's with a new addition of a penthouse. RIP Newbury Street Mural :(