Excitement at Work

The other day at work there was a car crash.. and a car flipped..

Caused quite a stir in the office.

The white truck tried to cut someone off to take the left, but obviously misjudged how fast the oncoming car was going (blue car). The white truck then spun around, hit the gold car and flipped.

How long does it take?

To have a going out of business sale?

I feel like Alpha Omega n Burlington has been having their "FINAL DAYS" of their going out of business sale for like 4 months!? They announced their bankruptcy back in early January / late December. I was in the mall last week (I work right nearby) and I decided to check out the selection. Most of the stuff was only 40% off whoop-de-doo and everything I saw was still over $1,000 - doesn't seem like amazing savings to me - especially after a 4 month liquidation sale.

Apparently today is the last day FINALLY - I'm sick of seeing the people standing on the roads near the mall with those Final Days signs 40-60% off!

Too Many Margaritas?

Maybe someone had too many margaritas at the Border Cafe in Burlington today? I hope not...

I don't really know what happened, but when I was driving home from work today around 6pm the light on the Middlesex Turnpike was all backed up because a firetruck, several police cars, and two tow trucks were blocking the right lane and the road to the right going in/out of the Border. There were no ambulances by the time I got there, but I didn't see any people other than police/fire - so my guess was the occupants of the vehicles were already taken away. Both cars were getting hooked up to tow trucks and being taken away as I finally got to pass the whole mess..

Anyone know what happened?

Burlington Mall

I don't like this mall, but it's across the street from my work so I end up at the mall sometimes.

There are several reasons I don't like this mall:

1: The Macy's is terrible. The racks are so jam packed with crap I can't even move the clothing to attempt to look at it. This really annoys me. Why can't they put out a sampling of the colors/sizes? Instead they put the entire stock of whatever item on the shelves. For example lucky jeans: there are about 25 pairs in EACH size. Is this necessary? Wouldn't, let's say, 3 pairs of each size suffice? Plus I just don't like much of the clothes they sell. I'm extremely picky with clothes, read: clothing snob.

2: The stores don't get much better from there. Let's see I no longer have Jasmine Sola (which arguably kind of sucked since NY&Co bought them anyway). Coach is kind of a sellout these days. I'm sick of the logo. I want stuff to be UNDER stated, not covered in logos. I'm not saying I don't own anything with a logo visible - I do. but I'm over having a bag covered in a logo. Partly because fakes have cheapened them. There are so many fakes out there people often can't tell them apart. All that said, I am going to need a new summer bag because - it's coach silk bag with the damn logo on it. I have been pleased to see coach getting back to their roots and making some understated nice plain leather handbags recently though. So there's hope for them yet. But overall not many stores that I want to buy clothes or shoes at.

3: The food court sucks. In general I hate food courts anyway because they usually have shitty fast food and generally unhealthy stuff. Oh yea and if you do get the salad, which I do and did again today, the lettuce is at that state of slimy leaves with brown tinged edges. It's starting to look less like fluffy lettuce and more like a compost heap. The tomatos are either over or under ripe. Yuck. The only redeeming item in these salads becomes the shredded cheese (which brings us back to unhealthy - not that I don't love cheese but...) Now however the food court is especially shitty. There's only about 4 stores left. Where did all the 'restaurants' go? The whole thing is boarded up shops. It looks like a mall 4 days before it closes forever over there. My hope is that they are trying to clean it up, put in some healthy options (bring back fresh city!) and make it look better for the launch of the new Nordstrom wing.

What's good in this mall?
- The Mac stores are good (makeup and computers).
- The tailor next to Lord and Taylor (I've gotten many pants hemmed there - because pants are now made for amazon women and not chicks that are 5'5")
- The Men's dept in Lord and Taylor (especially the suits).
- Legal's - still the best chowdah around.
- Bath product stores and sephora.
- Crossing my finger's the Nordstrom's doesn't suck. (Note: I've heard it's going to be a "b" store. Meaning no Prada, Jimmy Choo, or Manolo Blahniks. This makes me cry in despair. Please don't let it be so!) They invited me to their gala grand opening event - fancy invite that looks like it was expensive to print. And I'm certainly tempted, but it's $125 to go to. I don't want to pay to shop - as I know I talked about once before in my blog somewhere. As a card holder and a level 2 spender you'd think they would invite me for free. Although the money is supposed to go to charity - so that's not so bad.

What is ok in the mall:
- Sorta/kind of Cheesecake Factory - for the namesake treat of course.
- I used to like Godiva - but the chocolate seems to not be as good anymore. Where's a girl to get some tasty chocolate that doesn't taste mass produced?
- Crate and Barrel (it's on the ok list only because I have to walk or drive to a section of the lot to go there - it's not attached to the mall)

Basically it comes down to this: go to this mall if you need to take a shower, pretty up your face, or buy an iPod. Otherwise, skip it and go to the Natick collection or Copley.

New Fancy Restaurant in Burlington?

The guys that own Arrows in Maine (voted one of the top 50 restaurants in the US) opened a new place in the Burlington Marriott: Summer Winter.

In the Burlington Marriott? Who knew? Guess I will have to check it out. They will also be added to Open Table soon for reservations.

Boston.com says "With an emphasis on seasonal and local fare (some produce is grown in the on-site greenhouse), this is exactly the kind of elevated comfort food - roasted chicken with lemon and garlic; grilled tuna with pink-peppercorn butter; devil's-food cake - that diners dream of, especially those far from home."

Their first wine dinner is scheduled for Tuesday February. 5, 2008