The last time we wanted a real breakfast/diner experience, we went to the Deluxe Town Diner in Watertown, which was highly recommended to us. http://www.deluxetowndiner.com/ JJ Krawczyk

Bar-B-Que Barn in Arlington. http://www.bbqbarn.com/ JJ Krawczyk

I saw a bumper sticker on a car in the center today. It said: Love people. Cook them tasty food. Apparently, this is from Penzey's Spices according to the internets. Google it and click on Images if y

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Statement as of 2:35 PM EDT on August 01, 2011 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Connecticut Massachusetts southern New H

Try Vesco (617-479-0347). I believe we were referred to them by Walcott's back when they were Walcott's. Another possibility is Jarvis Appliance in Wellesley, who will also do a good job but their lea

Audiosonics repaired a cassette tape deck for me years ago (ah, the good old days). They did a good job and it still works. JJ Krawczyk

Hopefully by now, you know that a hurricane is heading up the coast and it is likely that we'll be seeing some sort of effects from Saturday night into Monday. The current track puts us on the east si

I realize I may have downplayed the rain aspect of this, which I shouldn't have. This is from the latest flood advisory: * Hurricane Irene will bring the potential for 5 to 10 inches of rain with loca

wunderground also has "WunderMaps" which do what the WHDH site does and then some (lots of knobs to tweak to your liking). It is also based on Google maps. JJ Krawczyk

In preparation for the storm, I froze some water so that I'd have ice to put into coolers should we lose electricity. Luckily, we did not lose power but I still have enough ice (frozen to about -10 F)

Ours were installed by Door Systems and we've had a couple of service calls since (spring replacement and a control that got zapped by an electric surge). I've been happy with the system and the servi

I don't know why they aren't in the list, but another way is to search the archives. Go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lexington/ and enter "chiropractor" in the search box. JJ Krawczyk

Not to dissuade you or anyone from finding an alternative to plastic bags, but I believe that the trash JRM hauls from Lexington households is incinerated rather than going to a landfill. At least tha

OK, so how do we get Blue Ribbon to open a location in Lexington Center?? (1/2 :) ) JJ Krawczyk

The first frost of the season may occur overnight. Somewhat ironic given that it'll be summer again over the weekend. JJ Krawczyk ===== Frost Advisory Statement as of 3:40 PM EDT on October 06, 2011 .

After reading your email, my first thought was "this sounds like Freecycle for services". I have to think that some community somewhere has set something up for this very sort of thing, but I know of

We are tossing around vacation ideas and one that has come up is Puerto Rico. If you have _any_ input about a vacation there - where to stay/eat, things to see, if there are places to avoid, etc. - I'

The new proposed state house and senate legislative district maps are available: http://www.malegislature.gov/District/ProposedDistrictMaps If I am reading this correctly: 1) All of Lexington plus abo

This reminds me... If you had success with the method of using socks or nylons filled with roof-safe ice melt last year, it is getting close to the time to put up preventative socks so that any poolin

A belated thank-you to everyone who responded to my Puerto Rico request. I have a lot of info to pour through now and I may get back to some of you with more questions. JJ Krawczyk