Ten of Broadway's Best Kept Holiday Gift Ideas...
The grumblings of the holiday shopping season have begun, as
you realize that you have no idea what to get Uncle Joe & Aunt JoJo...
Never
fear East Somerville's here, with fresh fun gift ideas for your ten hardest people to shop for.
1. The Person You ..err...
Forgot!
Life is like a box of
chocolates... and sometimes you never know who you're going to forget.
Garotos Brazilian Mixed Chocolates are perfect. Available: Pasteleria Vitoria (192A Broadway)
& Tony's Foodland (104 Broadway)
2. The Two-Wheeled
Wonder
Take their bike in for the Dutch Bicycle
Company's 18-pt tune up. Gift
Certificates available. (161 Broadway)
3. The Foodie
Take
your foodie friend for the best
hamburger in all of Somerville!
Pasteleria
Vitoria has 8 different
burgers topped with everything from
potato sticks to fried
eggs. (192A
Broadway)
|
4. The Shoe Horse
Nothing
says "I love you" like bringing
a favorite pair of shoes back to life!
See Sammy at Instant Shoe Repair.
(22 Broadway)
5. The Traditionalist
Pannetone - Who doesn't like a
traditional Italian Style Christmas cake!
You can find these at Tony's Foodland.
(104 Broadway)
.  6. The Athlete Sign your friend up for a free trial
class at Sityodtong Mixed Martial Arts
& Muay Thai Academy.
(100 Broadway)
7. The Un-Sung Hero
Just because your Mom
didn't win the Super Bowl
doesn't mean she wouldn't
like
a trophy saying how
awesome she is. Get into
Awards Unlimited.
(77 Broadway)
|
.
8. The Artist Have
an artist in the family? Mudflat
Studio is registering people for their
winter semester. (149 Broadway)
9. The Bibliophile/Rachel
Ray Looking to give an extraordinary gift?
Give the Savoring East Somerville: A
Taste Based Guide to the Neighborhood,
then take your friend out for one of the
meals featured!
10. The Fashionista
 
|
Community Events
The Elizabeth Peabody House Annual
Meeting & Celebration
"Commitment to Civic Engagement, Social Enrichment and Community Support"
January 21, 2010
The Elizabeth Peabody House
277 Broadway
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Light refreshments, program, awards presentation, and entertainment.
Please RSVP: mvogel@elizabethpeabodyhouse.org
|
Artist & Resident Team Up to Brighten Broadway
After Elisa Hamilton's all-star contribution to the Colors of the Americas East Somerville Art Walk (her work showed in the window of Taco Loco), exhibit curator Christopher Poteet asked Elisa Hamilton if she might contribute a little more of her artistic talent to East Somerville! With their team effort, Elisa's work now graces the switch box on the corner of Glen and Broadway for all to enjoy! Thanks Christopher. Thanks Elisa.
Read more about the project in
Mass Art's Alumni Magazine
|
Have an idea for an East Somerville Main Streets event in the new year? Drop us an email at info@eastsomervillemainstreets.org
|
|
We'll wrap it, we'll send it...
They'll have to cook it.
The Savoring East Somerville: Taste Based
Guide to the Neighborhood makes the perfect
holiday gift for anyone with culinary-curiosity
or Somerville interest. With over 50 recipes
and the unique photography of Mark Teiwes,
the book is sure to be a hit!
For all orders between now and Dec. 21st, we'll
include free gift-wrapping and a hand written
note when it's a gift.
Cookbooks are being sold at the Mudflat
Holiday Pottery Sale through Sunday,
December 13th. You can preview pages of the
cookbook and order your copy online.
|
Mudflat Holiday Open Studio
& Pottery SaleFriday, Dec. 4th - Sunday, Dec. 13th featuring 64 Mudflat artists at
149 Broadway, Somerville
Hours:
Wednesday-Friday, Dec 9-11: 10 am - 9 pm
Saturday-Sunday, Dec 12-13: 10 am - 6 pm
|
E. Som. in the News
Things are happening all over East Somerville.
Tony's Foodland was one of only two small
local grocery stores featured in the Boston Globe article on Somerville's best grocery
stores. Mark Dellagrotte, the owner of Broadway's
Sityodtong Mixed Martial Arts Studio, was
nominated for the MMA Coach of the Year.
This month the Metropolitan Boston Emergency
Medical Services Council (MBEMSC) awarded to
East Somerville's Dennis Cataldo with the
prestigious Region IV EMS Leader Award.
East Somerville's Grossman Marketing saw
lots of new changes as they launched both their
new StudioG solutions-driven design studio, and
announced that the leadership of the company
would be passing from one generation to the
next. Word has it that Stop & Shop will soon add
solar panels to their store. Let's hope we'll see
it in the news soon!
|
Create a Vision For Somerville's Future
Somerville wants your help to develop a vision for the future of Somerville. Please join your friends and neighbors at one of four World Cafe sessions - structured, facilitated conversations aimed at creating greater community connection and drawing out the best ideas from a broad range of community members who care about our city's future.
Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009
TAB Building, 167 Holland St.
Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010
The Armory, 191 HIghland Ave.
*All meetings begin at 6:30 pm*
|
Jimmy Tingle & A Taste of Broadway, what a success!
Thank
you to our sponsors for their generous
contributions, as well as to the
individuals who
purchased tickets and businesses who donated
food. We are buoyed in our
efforts by your
support and by the generosity of others like
you. Thank
you!
We
had about 150 people come out and share
the evening with us. In total,
we raised nearly
$10,000 to help further the work of East
Somerville Main Streets.
|
Giving Back This Holiday Season
Centro Presente's Youth Program, 'We Paint our World/Pintamos Nuestro Mundo' based in East Somerville, is working with documentary photographer Mario Quiroz to tell the stories of immigrant families through images and present their vision for social change.  If you have a film
camera or other
photo accessory that
you would like to
donate, please email
their Youth Organizer,
Blanca Rosa
brosa@cpresente.org
or call 617.629.4731. |
Shop Locally For The Holidays
Somerville Local First is bringing some exciting things to Somerville this Holiday Season, including their
"Shift Your Shopping" campaign.
SLF is encouraging residents and businesses to make a 10% shift of shopping to local products, by buying local for the holiday season. You can start by checking out a few items on the "10 Best Kept Holiday Gift Ideas" list above. The campaign comes on the heels of a breakthrough New Orleans study, Thinking Outside The Box, by Civic Economics which shows that local retailers have twice the local economic impact of big box stores while consuming a fraction of the land area.
|
|
