1. L. and I went to Hope and Olive last night, a new restaurant in Greenfield. It's on the corner of Hope and Olive streets, near the offices of The Recorder. We've been talking about having a nice dinner for some time and we wanted to get out and spend some time together before the baby arrives. It's a lovely little spot. For some reason, it reminded ( Read more... )

The two stories I wrote for the Western Mass Sports Journal came out this week in the February issue. I got hooked up with writing for WMSJ because my old Recorder buddy, Kyle Belanger, is the editor there, so he recruited me to write a couple of stories. Unfortunately, you can't see the stories on the web, but I'll give you a teaser.'I'm Only 21 ( Read more... )

No Thornton, no Samsonov, no Axelsson, but still the Bruins found a way to sneak by the red-hot Ottawa Senators last night. Grinny and I drove out to see the game -- an hour and a half on the MassPike. It wasn't a pretty game, but the shootout was exciting. The Bruins' rookie goalie Tim Thompson (just up from the minors) stopped all three Ottawa ( Read more... )