Tag Archives: Brookline

Dead Blogging ‘The Winter’s Tale’ at United Parish Brookline

Posted on December 31, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

Well the Missus and I trundled up Harvard Street yesterday to see the Actors’ Shakespeare Project production of The Winter’s Tale (through January 3) at Brookline’s United Parish Willet Hall and, say, it was swell. Fair warning: This late play by … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Actors' Shakespeare Project, Allyn Burrows, Brookline, Jesse Hinson, Mara Sidmore, Marianna Bassham, Melia Bensussen, Nigel Gore, Steven Barkhimer, The Winter's Tale, United Parish, Willet Hall, William Shakespeare | Leave a comment

First White House Transgender Hire Is From Brookline

Posted on August 19, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

The nation’s much-heralded transgender moment has finally ascended to America’s Big House. From the Washington Blaze: In first, White House hires openly trans staffer The White House for the first time has hired an openly transgender person as a member of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged America's Big House, Brookline, Daily Beast, LGBT, National Center for Transgender Equality’s Racial & Economic Justice Initiative, Presidential Personnel Office, Raffi Freedman-Gurspan, transgender moment, Washington Blaze, White House, White House Office of Presidential Personnel | 1 Comment

Bikers Beware! Brookline Cops Busting Sidewalk Cyclers!

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

As we made our merry way to school the past two mornings, the hardwalking staff has observed bike riders being nabbed by Brookline police right at the Brookline/Boston line and issued . . . something – maybe a ticket, maybe … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bicycles, bikes on sidewalks, Boston, Brookline, Brookline police, Brookline Tab, Brookline Transportation Board, BrooklineCAN, Frank Caro, Wicked Local Brookline | 2 Comments

Why New York Is The Big Town

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Ten years ago New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg snuffed out cigarette smoking in the city’s restaurants, bars, and workplaces, an achievement his NYC Coalition for a Smoke-Free City celebrated in this full-page New York Times ad yesterday: Ten years? Feh. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bloomberg Never Sleeps, Boston, Boston Globe, Brookline, Brookline Tab, Michael Bloomberg, New York Times, NYC Coalition for a Smoke-Free City, smoking ban | 1 Comment

Letter To Hardworking Staff: Don’t Let Brookline Drop Fox News

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

From the Global Worldwide Headquarters mailbag The American Conservative Union has sent this letter to the hardworking staff, urging us to take action regarding the liberal watchdog group Media Matters‘ jihad against Fox News. Dear Fellow Conservative, If you’re outraged … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged American Conservative Union, Barack Obama, Brookline, Drop Fox, Fox News Channel, Glenn Beck, Media Matters, Tumblr | 1 Comment

That Dog Gone Tessa (Mean Brookline Edition)

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Last week the hardwalking staff reported on the flood of Lost Dog flyers in the Brookline Village area compliments of local author Dennis Lehane, whose pursuit of his runaway pooch Tessa is positively Javertesque. Now comes the backlash. From today’s Boston Herald: Official … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Andrew Pappastergion, Brookline, Brookline Tab Blog, Dennis Lehane, Erin Clossey, Facebook, Finding Tessa, flyers, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, Tessa | Leave a comment

There’ll Always Be A Brookline (Styrofoam Ban Edition)

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

With apologies (but no trademark infringement) to The New Yorker As of next December, the hardcaffeinating staff will be buying its coffee elsewhere from the People’s Republic of Brookline. Wednesday’s Boston Globe: Styrofoam ban approved in Brookline Vote boots Styrofoam … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, Brookline, Brookline Town Meeting, Dunkin' Donuts, Nancy Heller, styrofoam ban, The New Yorker, There'll Always Be an England, trademark | 6 Comments

Jason Gay Has Strawberries And Cream With Bud Collins

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Venerable tennis savant Bud Collins couldn’t be in the house for Sunday’s gentlemen’s finals at the All England Club (ruptured quad tendon), so estimable Wall Street Journal columnist Jason Gay was in Collins’s Brookline house to view it with him. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged All England Club, Brookline, Bud Collins, Jason Gay, strawberries and cream, Wall Street Journal, Wimbledon | 1 Comment

Brookline Crèche Crook: The Incriminating Photos

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

The sad state of affairs at St. Mary of the Assumption in Brookline Village: Time for the Amber Alert? Photo credit: The Missus

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Amber Alert, Brookline, crèche crook, St. Mary of the Assumption | 4 Comments

Geez! Someone Snatched Jesus Of Brookline Village!

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

There’s a crèche crook at large in the Brookline area, someone who apparently made a New Year’s resolution to steal the Baby Jesus from the Nativity scene at St. Mary of the Assumption. That’s cold – especially since it’s the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Baby Jesus, Brookline, crèche crook, Messiah mugger, Nativity scene, St. Mary of the Assumption | Leave a comment