SOWA Winter Festival

because clearly it's the only the social media drones who don't recognize that snappy term as yet another attempt by some vampire realtors to try and turn the neighborhood where they can't wait to get rid of the Pine Street Inn into some kind of hip, Manhattan neighborhood swap meet like the ones in SoHo.

Or am I wrong?

permit parking restrictions are in effect seven days a week. (I think Somerville is one city that suspends those rules for Sundays.)

There are several big public lots near the SoWa events.

I agree that the name SoWa is dumb-sounding, but it's been called that for 15 years now. Sort of surprising to see people still getting worked up over it.

You are thinking of Cambridge. Resident parking in Boston is in effect all the time. On the other hand, you can reasonably expect that there are a number days, such as Sundays, where it isn't enforced.

Sadly, because Boston Parking officers have the day off on Sunday, and enforcement is left entirely to the Boston Police, unless you are blocking a fire hydrant or causing some other kind of imminent safety hazard, you're unlikely to get a ticket of any kind. Sundays are basically free-for-all parking in Boston.

Washington itself generally runs north-south (hence the change of cardinal direction in the name of the streets that cross Washington). I live on East Brookline St, which is east of Washington. Eawa maybe? Would West Brookline St be Wewa? Those sound even stupider than sowa, but they make more sense.