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A night a Linguini’s

Posted: September 19, 2010 by datechguy in personal
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I’m mentioned Linguine’s several times in the past describing the food as one of my great pleasures, but I’ve never actually been here with my camera in hand.

The reviews are very positive


Last night however the family had already had supper by the time I was done with my stint on WCRN AM 830 Conservatively Speaking. So I decided Camera and fedora’s in hand to take the 15 minute drive down I290 east to get myself to Linguine’s for a great Italian meal.

My meal about to hit the stove

As usual the place was hopping but even more so as a party of 30 in the back room made a busy night even tougher, even so the three people waiting tables and the one person busing kept up with the crowd delivering first rate Italian food to the delight of the customers present.

The Meatballs are the size of Cuba

I had just missed my old friend the owner Butch but his daughter as usual kept the ship upright going from table to table making sure all was done right and correct. The sneakers she wears to work confirms that if you work at Linguine’s you don’t’ have to be a member of any health club.

They are famous for their fish dishes like Lobster Ravioli

My favorite Chicken Pizziolala is now officially on the menu the delight of the general public.

Dinner is served

The rolls are backed fresh right on the premises and the food is cooked right in the front for everyone to see.

Just out of the oven!

Now as you might guess I’m a bit biased about the place but a gentleman with a party of 10 came in just as I was nearing the end of my meal and he was kind enough to give me a few minutes of his time.

So if you are anywhere near route 20 in Marlborough do your taste buds a favor and stop down to Linguine’s and tell them Peter with the Fedora sent you!

Route 20 Marlborough

Voices of Main Street: Mary Giannetti at the Moran Square Diner

Posted: September 6, 2010 by datechguy in baseball, business, local stuff, short films/interviews
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Moran Square Diner The Sunday of Labor day weekend

If you have watched Mike Barnicle on TV you have probably heard him say the phrase “The people at Moran Square Diner” when talking about the average person and what he thinks.

Well the Moran square diner is a real place that has been cooking breakfast and lunch for people for

You don't get more old fashoned than that menu board

over 70 years. It’s named after Fitchburg Native Pat Moran who played 14 seasons in the major leagues. He played on both Chicago Cubs world series teams ( 1907 & 1908 ). but is best remembered for his 1919 World Series victory in 1919 (with some unsolicited help from disgruntled White Sox Players) as manager of the Reds. That’s a shame as the hardball times says Pat Moran might be the most underrated manager in baseball history.

Your breakfast cooked right in front of you

.wife and youngest stopped down for breakfast there today and the family was hard at work dealing with the Sunday rush. If you are looking for fancy this is definitely the wrong place for you, but if you want a good breakfast in a quaint old fashioned dinner cooked to a T this is the place. You will be hard pressed to find a better sausage patty and eggs.

When I told Mary during breakfast that I would write a post about the place she smiled, She was really surprised when I came back 15 minutes later camera in hand.I showed up after breakfast camera in hand.With the Sunday Rush on Chris had absolutely no time to talk to me, but Mary was able to find some time after a little wait. I didn’t mind. I enjoy a watching a master at work. You might not think of short order cooking as an art to master but then again you haven’t tried his breakfast and just watched as he goes through order after order.

Working steady

When you make your living $5-$6 dollars at a time you have very little room to factor in a bad economy so if you want some advice on making it in a diner, I’d listen to what Mary has to say. BTW I was actually surprised to find out that Cousin Mary and her Husband Chris are only the 2nd owners in all of those years. I still think morning Joe should broadcast from here some day

BTW somehow this post got mixed up with a post in defense of Stacy McCain that I put up earlier

I take a day off from the net and Stacy Gets attacked again…Update: What’s with the Diner, where did the post go?

Posted: September 5, 2010 by datechguy in baseball, business, local stuff, short films/interviews
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I planned on taking a day or two off with scheduled posts and what happens, the left goes nuts over Todd Palin talking to Stacy McCain.

I’ve already spent plenty of time defending Stacy from Johnson & Co. I’ve known Stacy via e-mail now for a year and in person for 9 months. He has stayed in my house, I have seen him up close and personal. I have shared a front room in a hotel with him and my hat still sits on his head on a daily basis.

On occasion he drives me crazy, he is an interesting passenger to share a car with, he is on perpetual hyper-drive, smokes like a chimney and is a coffee vampire. He has Watching him cuss out his pc when it is running slow is an experience.

But as a reporter who is better, who came up to Massachusetts crashing on a couch to cover Scott Brown on his own? Who while Andrew Sullivan et/al were pinning the Bill Sparkman suicide as “right wing violence” actually went to the scene of the crime to talk to people, who covered Mattie Fein in Ca36 when the paper there would not? And who flew to Alaska on his own dime (and the dime of those who hit his tip jar) to cover the Joe Miller victory first hand?

I haven’t done it as I don’t have the money or backing but Why didn’t the MSM do these things? Why hasn’t Andrew Sullivan done this he has the Atlantic to back him? Why hasn’t Charles Johnson, the new darling of the left? Who would do these things if Stacy did not?

This is why the left can’t stand him. He does this without caring what they say. All he does is get the story and fight for conservative values and victory. They can’t stop him so they have to attack. As a blogger and as a reporter he is worth any 6 of them.

On a personal level he is my friend, I would trust him with my own life and with my family’s. I have not seen him carry himself in any way that would make me think otherwise.

Finally I’ll say this to the Palin family in general and Todd Palin in particular. You have more to worry about by associating with my fedora than you do associating with Robert Stacy McCain.

Memeorandum thread here. And let me say it is disgraceful that there needs to be such a thread.

Update: Somehow this post got replaced by a post I’m scheduling for tomorrow on a local diner. I’ve managed to put it right and you can read about Moran Square in the morning

Some quick Varsity films

Posted: May 26, 2010 by datechguy in blogger for hire, fun, short films/interviews
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As I run around this morning here are a few clips from my visit to the Varsity Drive in Last night:

And Inside:

And a room I missed:

That very nice lady in the second Clip thinks I say “thank you very much” just like Elvis. I don’t hear it myself.

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