Tonight is "The Game," which guarantees that the bars of Cambridge will be clogged with "Teh Douche." Bostonist is researching the thematically-correct home-drinking alternatives: Harvard Cocktail 1 1/2 oz. cognac (Bostonist used Germain-Robin XO) 1 1/2 oz. red vermouth (we used Martini & Rossi) 3 dashes Angostura bitters Stir, strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Twist lemon peel over top and then rub the rim with it. Garnish with rubble of global financial market. Some... [continue]

Bostonist has eyes and ears everywhere. When we heard that Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia was taking a trip north to savor his brand new MVP status, we decided to track the fellow and see if we could get any glimpse of his reaction. We weren't expecting what we found. Presented to you, uncut, the Little Second Baseman That Could: Send your own ElfYourself eCards... [continue]

We personally can't imagine skipping our mom's classic holiday stuffing for a fancier restaurant version, even if it came drenched in truffle oil and served atop the Naked Chef himself. But if there's one thing we've learned over the years, it's that no matter how much therapy you've endured, how many times you've explained what "vegan" means to your hapless relatives or how well you think you've brined that bird, things can and will still... [continue]

Up next in our Grocerygate series - Trader Joe's! Trader Joe's is a favorite shopping spot in this city, thanks in part to their unique products and good prices. So it comes as no surprise that they are able to provide a vast array of new and exciting products and excellent deals for your Thanksgiving grocery shopping. Let's start with the centerpiece: the bird. There are two types of turkeys that are being offered, and... [continue]

To kick off our Grocerygate series on where to shop for Thanksgiving, we have a guest post from Ann Woody. Enjoy! Have you been to Russo's in Watertown? If not, now's a great time to visit. With Thanksgiving on the way, Russo's is the perfect place to gather all of your Thanksgiving needs. From the front of the store to the back; from apple cider to pumpkin pie; here's a Thanksgiving shopping guide to Russo's.... [continue]

Tylenol, the drug, will offer free cab rides in the City of Boston from November 17 to November 23, leaving from various convenient CVS locations. It's a promotion for Tylenol's new creepily named product, Warming Liquids. The catch? The rides are only available from noon to 8 p.m., an inconvenience that prompted the following exchange at Bostonist HQ: Bostonist 1: Who needs a cab between noon and 8pm? Bostonist 2: Think they'll go to Eastie?... [continue]

After a two-week hiatus learning the finer points of the Neutron Dance, Beaker Hill makes its triumphant return! (Really, we’ve been working on two wonderful in-depth presentations for you, dear reader, that will be displayed with the best Bostonist shine over the next couple weeks.) But in the meantime, we’ve come across a ton of other interesting stories and felt compelled to cherry-pick a couple of our favorites as a small appetizer. So enjoy! “TMI!”... [continue]

Boston News Net: Live Election Night Party Tonight, 8 pm-last call ImprovBoston Theater, Cambridge Tickets $20 / $15 Students or general admission after 10 pm You've followed the campaigns. You played your Palin Bingo. You tracked Tina Fey's every performance during the final weeks of the campaigns. You tried - in vain - to get tickets to either The Colbert Report or The Daily Show. You're ready for Election Night, but you're looking for the... [continue]

Bostonist wholeheartedly believes in bribing rewarding our readers for participation in the democratic process, so here’s a list of food & drink freebies available to voters today: Starbucks is giving out a free 12 oz (or “tall” in ‘bucks parlance) cup of coffee when you show them your “I voted!” sticker. No sticker? Just tell them you voted; they promise to believe you. (FYI, you know there’s a special hell reserved for people who... [continue]

Jack Kerouac's Wake Up comes at us as something of a two-step: we enter thinking that we'll see a certain type of prose, and that we'll be reading a certain set of progressions typical of novels since the sixteenth and seventeenth century, modernity and Kerouac's jazz-styled Proustian riffs aside; we leave with a book that's more like Lawrence Ferlinghetti's Her (tho' not She; we'd never imagine Ferlinghetti writing She), something more along the lines of... [continue]

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First, for those of you who missed the Harpoon Octoberfest, or were just too lazy to stand outside on a beautiful night sipping delicious beer, allow us to give you some solid facts on which to build an image of the gloriousness you missed--other than great Oktoberfestbier Our first impression upon walking into the open area scattered with tents was “Good God, it’s crowded!” Friday and Saturday evenings combined, Harpoon hosted about 15,000 people (breaking... [continue]

View larger Bostonist's Camberville correspondent Lora V. has provided us with something to do in between doses of Valium during tonight's Vice Presidential debates: Sarah Palin Bingo. If you have Photoshop, download this file to make your own Bingo cards. Remember, Bingo doesn't work if all of the players have the same card unless you are very, very drunk.... [continue]

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Regatta -- The Community Sailing Program on Jamaica Pond presents a fundraiser for its annual Summer Youth Program, a chance for local kids to take sailing lessons for free. The event features sailing, a string quartet, and goodies from Blanchard's, Boston Beer Company, and Gourmet Caterers. And, it's what Our Popular Mayor will be doing tonight. Jamaica Pond, Jamaica Plain, 5 p.m. $50. Dancing Hipsters -- The Hearthrob dance party is the place to go... [continue]

Passion Pit CD Release Party for Chunk of Change Great Scott (1222 Comm Ave, Allston) w/ Big Digits, Benefit Friends, DJ Michael Savant 9pm, $8 Dance the night away at Great Scott with Passion Pit, an alternately bearded and/or glasses-ed (no, really) collection of Berklee and Emerson type dudes yelping away like little Panda Bears. The band's fans lend new meaning to the word "fanatic," and we even find our stodgy old selves (we were... [continue]

Make sure to see hundreds of pinwheels on display at Larz Anderson Park. The exhibit, Art on the Wind, which lasts through the end of August, is a creation of local artist Katrina Majkut. The park is at 23 Newton St, Brookline. Find the pinwheels on the Goddard Street side. Enjoy the warm weather. Frolic with dinosaurs. Get your art on. Bostonist lists happenings daily. Sometimes we even share dinosaur-related news.... [continue]

Broken River Prophet CD Release Party for With Infinite Arms to Cradle the Flames Middle East Upstairs Saturday, August 16, 9pm with Plus/Minus, Animal Hospital, Ba-Na-Nas $9 advance / $10 day of Our "Bostonian of the Week" feature is verging on "musicians of the week," but that's okay with us. Broken River Prophet is a local band with a long history—it first made dark, unsettling yet beautiful noise in 1994, and had a shifting lineup... [continue]

The only thing Bostonist likes more than a film festival is an unscheduled one. Two weeks after the Harvard Film Archive showed The Professionals, the Brattle is screening The Swimmer today as part of its "Disturbed Suburbs" series, giving Cambridge residents and Boston movie watchers something of an impromptu Burt Lancaster retrospective. It's hard to picture Lancaster as anything other than a symbol of youth. His love scene on the beach in 1953's From Here... [continue]