Tawkin’ like yer from Bawstin

wickedpissaAlthough many of the college students returning to Boston this week are upper class men who are familiar with this town’s idiosyncrasies, thousands of Freshmen and transfer students are walking the streets asking for directions and doing their best to settle into their new home.

Let me be among the first to welcome you and defer you to this wiki on Boston slang.  The list while somewhat old in that it references older pop culture terminology is still spot on and includes helpful definitions of words like the following.

Dawchestahh: Dorchester, Massachusetts NOTE: If you are gay and a student you are either a) likely living here; or b) get familiar with Dorchester (sometimes called Dot) because you’ll be going to a lot of parties here.

Leather District: A downtown neighborhood surrounding South Street in Boston, east of Chinatown. NOTE: The only thing gay about the Leather District is the LGBT bookstore, Calamus, and the porn shop, Marquis de Sade – both happen to be on South Street.

Wicked: very; or occasionally cool. Used indiscriminately, can modify anything (e.g.: especially “Wicked pissa.”). Almost always used as an adverb.

Yiz: Plural form of “you.” As in, “All a yiz bettah be in the cah by the time I count to fou-ah”. 

Boston’s local theater scene

While there are many great national touring shows coming to Boston, there is a vibrant local theater scene too often overlooked.  I’d like to encourage you to check out one of the performances listed below.  Since tickets to these performances are much less than those national touring companies you can even afford to go out for  drinks after the show.

TheaterThe A.R.T. at The Oberon: The Donkey Show Every Saturday this show – inspired by A Midsummer Night’s Dream – takes audiences on what is described as the ultimate disco experienceCome party on the dance floor to  70s disco hits as the show unfolds around you.  The Oberon is located at 2 Arrow Street just outside Harvard Square.  Get Your Tickets Here

TheaterThe Lyric Stage Company: One Man, Two Guvnors This award-winning British comedy makes its New England premiere when it opens on Thursday, Sept. 6.  The production runs through October 12, but tickets will sell quickly.

The Lyric Stage Co. is located at 14o Clarendon Street in the Back Bay.  Get Your Tickets Here

The Huntington TheatreThe Huntington Theatre Company: The Jungle Book Still riding high after receiving the 2013 Regional Theatre Tony Award, The Huntington opens their 2013-14 season with a world premiere on Sept. 7 that runs through Oct. 13.  Curious to find out more about the performance? Watch their promotional video.  The Huntington Theatre is located at 264 Huntington Ave in the Fenway. Get Your Tickets Here

New Rep TheatreNew Rep Theatre: Elephant Man The Tony award-winning drama opens on Saturday, Sept. 7 and runs through Sept. 29.   The 2-hour and 15 minute play tells a deeply poignant story that addresses issues of faith, charity and asks what it means to live in a civilized society.  The New Rep is located at the Arsenal Center for the Arts in Watertown. Get Your Tickets Here

Bridge Repertory TheaterBridge Rep of Boston: The Libertine Boston’s newest theater company opens with their first full season on Saturday, Sept. 7 that runs for two-weeks through Sunday, Sept. 22.  The Bridge Rep performance will take place at the Calderwood Pavilion in the South End.  Get Your Tickets Here

TribesSpeakEasy Stage: Tribes The New England premiere of this play about a deaf man who struggles to assimilate into the hearing world until he meets a woman who introduces him to the deaf community opens on Sept. 13 and runs through Oct. 12.

Performances from the SpeakEasy Stage will take place at the Calderwood Pavilion in the South End.  Get Your Tickets Here

Welcome back college students

welcome back college studentsSeptember 1st is known as move-in day here in Boston. With 60+ universities in the metropolitan area, most apartments have a September 1 lease to accommodate the massive student population.

Allston, Brighton, Fenway, Kenmore as well as parts of Back Bay and Beacon Hill are most significantly impacted but really there is no safe neighborhood. Double parked UHaul trucks and discarded furnishings lining the curbside can be seen nearly everywhere.

Although the summer officially does not end until the third week of September, the influx of students moving into their apartments revives Boston and signals that autumn has arrived.

Scruffy Sunday

snugglingSeems like a very pleasant way to pass a Sunday morning. Stay in bed and relax.  It is crazy here in Boston because so many renters in this city have September 1 apartment leases.

Previous Scruffy Sunday Posts

How much does a beer cost at your ballpark

Beer prices at baseball parksAnyone who has attended a Red Sox game at Fenway Park will not be surprised to see that the price of a beer is more here than anywhere else.  I think the only surprise in this graphic is that it is so expensive to buy a beer in St. Louis – the home city of Budweiser.

For those of you attending tonight’s game at Fenway Park against the Chicago White Sox, don’t say you weren’t warned.

Boston Comedy Arts Festival

Boston Comedy Arts Festival 2013The fifth Boston Comedy Arts Festival, starts next week and runs from Tuesday, September 3rd thru Sunday, September 8th.  The event will include Kevin McDonald (from Kids in the Hall) as well as Cambridge’s own Jimmy Tingle.

Need a good laugh and want to find out more details about this festival? Check out the Boston Comedy Festival website, www.bostoncomedyarts.com

Time to do the laundry

Sexy GuyWhat to do when you have no towels? I suppose its time to do laundry.