In the back of a pickup, no less.

BostonZest shoots a big flag on Comm. Ave. in the Back Bay.
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Shortly before noon at Arlington Street.

Dirty Water reports from the Pour House:

...When Tampa took the lead Wednesday night suddenly the entire bar was chanting TAMPA SUCKS.

Wondering how long before the website and t-shirts appear as we have to face facts. ...

Everybody else, however, might want to avoid TC's Lounge on Haviland Street, Jason Feifer reports.

Nothing on the news about it, so this couldn't have been too serious, right? Another view.

Two-alarm fire this afternoon at 256 Beacon St.. Sandy posts photos.

Deb Geisler reports on an only-in-Boston maneuver on Storrow Drive during the outbound rush hour yesterday involving somebody in the right lane who'd just realized he'd missed that weird left exit for Copley after the tunnel:

... Car comes to a dead stop, backs up on Storrow Drive, re-aligns himself, and makes a 90ish-degree turn across two lanes of traffic and a rumble strip to get off the road. ...

Boston Police report a guy walking down Marlborough Street around midnight was set upon by three teens who grabbed him, pushed him to the ground, then started stomping him as they tried to wrest away his cellphone. They succeeded, but police say they nabbed Lawrence Brown, 18, of Jamaica Plain, Eddie X. Cartagena, 18, of Dorchester and Jonathan E. Calderon, 18, of Hyde Park not long after at Marlborough and Berkeley and arrested them on charges of assault and battery, assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon (shod foot) and unarmed robbery.

Police also report a bizarre holdup around the same time at the Sunoco station at 627 Cummins Highway in Mattapan: When they arrived to check out two men inside the locked station, they found two men claiming to be station attendants. After the owner arrived, however, they say they learned that only one of the men actually worked there:

The gas station employee stated that when he closed the gas station, the suspect emerged from the cooler. The suspect then proceeded to grab him and put a firearm to his head. The suspect, according to the victim, wanted the keys to the safe. The suspect then placed him in handcuffs and locked him in the bathroom. When officers arrived on scene, the suspect released from the handcuffs and demanded that he tell officers that they were both employees of the gas station.

Simon Jean-Louis, 22, of Dorchester, was arrested on a boatload of charges; police say they recovered a replica gun, a hammer, rope, two bags, and a pair of handcuffs.

Innocent, etc.

Lyss posts photos of striking concession workers outside the Hynes; reports they were difficult to understand and that their fliers didn't much help to make their issues any clearer.