New Year, New TV

Speaking of media, kind of… last week, my father drove up to Boston to deliver and install a ridiculously – but perfectly sized HD television. I took this as an opportunity to order some premium channels AND showtime. I had NO idea what I had been missing. The combination of the tv and the cable has significantly upped my standard of living. But don’t worry folks, I’m not watching more tv. I might even be watching less. Strange. Everything about it is awesome, except for the fact that I no longer have tivo. tivo is so much better than the Comcast dvr. And it’s not just the blurping noises and the cute little icon, it’s the usability and responsiveness. I'll get over it eventually – bout when my three year contract ends and I can stop paying for tivo without having the pleasure of using it.

So while he was here, my dad I drove through Davis Square a billion times. Comcast is there. That was fun. We also went to Best Buy and after we got a sales pitch and I was hook, lined, and sinkered into wanting a particular product, we learned they were out of stock (at the warehouse) until late March. That was fun too.

We also went to Snappy Sushi for lunch because what is lunchtime without sushi? For you Bostonians, Snappy Sushi recently came to Somerville. It has another location on Newbury Street but I don’t hold this against it. It’s small. It’s snappy. They serve everything with brown rice and the “fancy” rolls have a lot of eel and special sauces. Other than the eel, I like it. There’s this interesting seating arrangement. One gigantic square table. So you either sit there with a bunch of people (Holly and I have done this and, well, I think we were disruptive) or you sit at the sushi bar. The table was pretty full this time, so my dad and I sat at the bar. He’s not that into the brown rice thing.

We also stopped at two other Davis Square gems: Kick*ss Cupcakes (picked up one double chocolate and one ginger lemon. Both amazing) and When Pigs Fly bakery (a loaf of Cinnamon Raisin and a loaf of Orange, Roasted Pistachio and Cranberry bread. The latter was the winner.)