Hull-raised food maven. Fmr @TheCrimson, @Forward, @BostonPhoenix. Fmr Press Sec @MayorTomMenino and CoS @SpeakerDeLeo. Now at PRIM. Opinions mine. RT ≠ endorse
Mar 28 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
There’s no room in American politics for a centrist like Joe Lieberman any more. I loved covering him. The first time I met him in person, he joked “watch out for GITTELL, he's a tummler.”
The Yiddish word referred to a person who stirred things up, which, as the Washington Bureau Chief of The Forward, I was at the time.
Nov 20, 2021 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
Congratulations to the Hull Football Pirates earned a trip to Gillette Stadium for the Massachusetts Division 8 Super Bowl. THREAD bostonglobe.com/2021/11/19/spo…
I remember the raw day the epic 1977 team bus drove up Nantasket Avenue escorted by police siren to face Ashland. It was already night when we heard the returning siren. “They won,” my mother cried. We ran out to the Avenue to welcome the victorious team come home.
Dec 5, 2020 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
I grew up in Hull, and when I was 6 my dad moved to Revere and later to Saugus. For 5 years, he operated a travel agency in Peabody. Add to that much more familiarity with the N. Shore recently. Given this history, I have strong feelings about this @NBC10Boston piece.
@NBC10Boston@RaulNBCBoston When my father first drove me up Route 1, I discovered a food wonderland. Not just the @KowloonSaugus and Hilltop, but Godfried’s Deli (first place I had Rumanian pastrami) and Zayde’s Bakery (beautiful rolls & Halfmoons.) The Italian was exquisite.
Mar 7, 2020 • 17 tweets • 6 min read
It’s Purim time, and sites like @jewlearn and @tabletmag are presenting their takes on #hamantaschen#hamantashen.
A few years back, I set out on a quest: to find out why a very delicious type of hamantashen — soft or yeast dough — existed in Boston, but was rare elsewhere. This was the kind of Purim pastry I had eaten in my beloved Weinberg’s in Hull.
