Newbury Street
Incident at the bar
Fox in Detox reports on a Malkovich-looking drunk at Joe's American on Newbury who skipped out on his tab - and the bartender who chased him onto the street.
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Woman hit, killed by SUV on Newbury Street
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Bunches o' buses
Jenny naively believed the schedule that said a number 1 bus would depart Mass. Ave. and Newbury Street for Harvard Square every 14 minutes.
Naturally, she wound up waiting 42 minutes - and then two of them showed up at once.
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Newbury Street is so over
Newbury Street icon Louis seeks someplace trendier.
No, smartass, it's not moving to New York. But is it time for a Newbury Main Streets program to revitalize the area?
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Newbury Street not immune to post-game stupidity
Boston Police report on trouble on Newbury Street:
At about 12:15am, on Monday, October 29, 2007, officers assigned to the Fenway area for the Red Sox World Series game, received a radio call for a large group vandalizing cars along Newbury Street. On arrival, officers observed and counted 16 cars that had been vandalized. Most of the damage consisted of broken or ripped off side view mirrors, broken windows and damaged windshield wipers.
Boston Police report arresting a total of 22 people - mostly under 24; State Police arrested another 15.
Boston Police also report on an incident on Huntington Avenue around 2:20 a.m.:
According to the victim, he was driving along Huntington Avenue when a large crowd gathered in front of his motor vehicle. Victim further states that when his car came to a stop, an unidentified white male ran jumped onto the hood of his car and, then, ran over the car from front to back. According to the victim, the suspect shattered his rear window.
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Ooh, baby, your new wheels are so hot
Our Dumb Criminals make their triumphant return: The Globe reports a Southie dude was arrested on Newbury Street today: He's charged with possession of a Mercedes stolen in Stoneham, which he allegedly used to take a friend of the female persuasion for a cruise down Newbury Street, unaware that police would be following the LoJack alarm and arrest him as he stepped out of the Nike store - in front of which he'd double-parked while picking up some new footwear, phew.
The miracle of movies: Moving Newbury Street to NYC
According to well placed sources, The Women is using Newbury Street as a stand-in for New York in at least one scene. Spies on the set reported seeing period New York City cabs on the street.
Ed. note: OK, I don't have a future in celebrity journalism.
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Portrait of the artist as a young Masshole
Doppiavu photographs some guy who set up an easel to paint a Newbury Street building - right in the middle of a crosswalk.
Kate Hudson struts her stuff in Combat Zone strip club
No, she's not down on her luck or slumming, just filming a scene for a movie. As opposed to Debra Messing, who was over on Newbury Street filming a scene for a movie.
Old Yeller in the Back Bay
Riggs discusses a Back Bay vagrant who likes to yell a lot:
... On my walk to the T tonight, I saw him at the corner of Newbury and Hereford throwing trash into the air, swearing the entire time.
And, by into the air, I mean way UP in the air. It was like the Swedish Chef tossing chickens around. ...
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