Everybody's favorite harbinger of spring,
pussy willow.
It's important, in a largely Jewish town like Brookline, to let the Easter Bunny know that you are observant, and therefore deserve colored eggs.
This is the closest commercial area to the main zoo entrance. At the far left is Stash's, a passable pizza and sandwich place (order by phone, ordering at the counter is an exercise in frustration with the argumentative staff). At the far right is De Hot Spot, a Caribbean takeout joint. I need to bring Alexis there to see if their roti passes muster. In the center is a church. I wonder, when I look at the block, if the church was once a theater.