The minute you hear the scampering of paws across the CitySquares’ office floor and the sound of excited panting, you know that the CitySquares canine entertainment is about to begin. Elmer is CitySquares’ co-founder Ben Saren’s 15-month old dog and of course an essential part of the CitySquares’ team – he comes to work every day and keeps [...] [...more]
Everyday, the CitySquares team recognizes each local business’ and website user’s contribution to the overall CitySquares community. We are working to create an online CitySquares Community Scrapbook where we will highlight one local business per week on our Facebook Fan Page. These are businesses that people have recently shown interest in and wrote positive reviews on [...] [...more]
This past Thursday, October 29th, the Citysquares’ street team reached out to the local Medford community to hand out coupons for Clevergreen Cleaners’ valet drop box. Clevergreen is a professional eco-friendly dry cleaners that added the drop box option to make it easier for T-riders who are already helping the environment by taking the train everyday. [...] [...more]
CitySquares’ customer, Model Ace Hardware in Allston, MA is celebrating their 50th Anniversary of family ownership! Owner, Bob Webber grew up in the Allston/ Brighton area and remains a staple in the community not only through owning a local business but also through his involvement with the Allston Board of Trade and Allston Village Main [...] [...more]
Mystery Cafe Dinner Theater in Boston MA is America’s Original Murder Mystery Dinner Theater! Not many people know this, but this worldwide phenomenon actually began in Cambridge MA over ten years ago! I have been to many shows that they have produced including The Mobfather Boston Harbor cruise over the summer, as well as Finnegans [...] [...more]
Yesterday I attended a press conference held at CitySquares customer, Model Ace Hardware in Allston. Mayor Menino was there to announce the city’s new Boston Buying Power initiative. If you haven’t heard about Boston Buying Power yet, than listen up! This truly is exciting news for local businesses. Boston Buying Power is an energy buying group [...] [...more]
(This blog entry was copied from Ben’s blog at YourSuspect.com) This weekend is CitySquares’ 3rd birthday! It was October 15th, 2005 and Bob and I had been working extremely long days getting the website ready for its unveiling, but it was entirely on Bob’s shoulders! For the previous eight weeks or so, while Bob and a [...] [...more]
So, clearly we are all looking to cut back on our spending, as we deal with the economic crisis that is among us. But there is no reason that you cannot continue to enjoy dinner at great restaurants, or shop at your favorite boutiques, or even pamper yourself on occasion. You just need to be [...] [...more]
It has been a while since we have introduced some new videos, so here are a few that are sure to make your mouth water! If you are a chocolate lover, you are going to LOVE these two new videos! Chocolee Chocolates in South End, Boston is an adorable boutique chocolate shop that specializes in handmade [...] [...more]
As you probably know, the 2008 Dining & Entertainment All Star contest came to a close this month. It was a well fought contest too, with The Fireplace Restaurant in Brookline fighting it out with Lilly’s Gourmet Pasta Express in Boston’s Fenway neighborhood literally to the final hour! It’s so great to see such good-spirited [...] [...more]
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