Cambridge Deli and Grill near Central is my go to. Love that place

http://cambridgeday.com/

I’d check out apartments in Porter, Inman, and Central Squares. I have a couple friends doing PhDs at Harvard on similar stipends and were able to find cheaper places in those areas, especially with roommates. All are within a 20-30 minute walk to campus depending where you’re heading and Porter and Central also have the T as backup, though tend to be a little more expensive than Inman because of it.

My wife and I both found PCPs who we love at CHA, though basically every experience with CHA other than our PCP has been a train wreck. Their Telehealth ended up costing us way more than we expected because while the doctor was in network, they weren’t approved to do Telehealth so it counted as out of network. It was nearly impossible to get referrals for a specialist when our PCP was on paternity leave.

Also, if you have any ability to choose, avoid the CHA Hospital ER at all costs. I’ve had the misfortune of taking friends there three times, and every time ended poorly. One friend with gall stones was told he didn’t need surgery twice after serious attacks, which the surgeon he eventually went to said was borderline malpractice as it had started to become infected. My other friend came down with a viral infection with a 103 fever and was told to go to the ER by urgent care, only for us to wait in the waiting room for 5 hours before leaving without being seen or even given an estimate of how long it would take. In contrast, we ended up taking her to MGH where we were seen by a doctor within 15 minutes, and tested, treated, and related within a 5 hours. Of course, if you’re in an absolute emergency, do whatever is fastest.

The Wayback Machine shows it last live in August 2022, so it came down since then https://web.archive.org/web/20220821212116/http://www.preserveweston.org/

Cambridge Day puts out a weekly event list every Sunday that you can easily link to. The full link name rotates every week, but it looks like you can chop off the end and it’ll still link like:

Full (unpredictable): https://www.cambridgeday.com/2023/01/29/a-week-of-events-in-cambridge-and-somerville-from-valentines-rb-show-to-hasty-pudding/

Abbreviated (predictable): https://www.cambridgeday.com/2023/01/29/a-week-of-events-in-cambridge-and-somerville

At least one location is going to be revived under new ownership including bringing on the previous store manager. No word on what’s happening to the rest of the sites yet.

https://www.cambridgeday.com/2023/01/11/roust-coffee-prepares-to-open-in-darwins-space-with-a-business-model-familiar-from-darwins/

I’d recommend calling city hall or the non emergency police number. They may be willing to help

Parking spot savers have gotten out of hand

Specifically, the rule of thumb is that what a child can draw by memory is recognizable, not necessarily completely accurate. That gives more room for creativity besides the endless tricolors and makes it clear that flags like mass’s current one doesn’t make the cut.

Few kids could draw the US flag well, but you’d know what you’re looking at right away when they try. Same with the Arizona flag.

We used to go to the Cambridge cat clinic, but after a traumatic experience with them, we now go to the Huron Veterinary Hospital in Somerville and I can’t recommend them highly enough. Our cat can be a nightmare sometimes, but the vets there are great and have treated us far better than CCC. Similar prices as well.