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January 2008

Fresh Sashimi in Boston

Posted by Shino Ito

I’ve been looking for a sushi restaurant that I’m happy with since I just love sashimi. When I drink beer (yes, I do drink), I don’t like to eat too much rice with it, so sashimi is preferred dish for me over sushi. My husband and I tried this new restaurant called Haru (http://www.harusushi.com), which means spring in Japanese.

We ordered shrimp tempura maki as appetizer followed by two orders of sashimi plate. Fish was amazingly fresh and you can just taste them. Conventionally fish is cut to fit in your mouth, but this place cut them very big that I had to cut them in 2 pieces to eat them. Don't get me wrong, I am not complaining. My husband thought fish was thinner than conventional, but since each slice was big, it did not feel like it was thinner. Presentation of the dish was beautiful. I like very thin radish that almost looks like noodles and the plate had ton of them.

Customer service was great. They took our coats at the time we sat down and gave us number ... more »

Posted: January 8, 2008 11:44 am | 0 comments
Tags: haru, resturant, review, sushi

A Jazz @ Union Tribute to the great Jimmy Slyde

Posted by Shino Ito

Host: Jazz@Union Location: Union United Methodist Church 485 Columbus Avenue, Boston, MA When: Saturday, January 26, 7:00pm

Featuring saxophonist, Andy McGhee, tap dancers Tina Pratt, Rocky Mendes and Tezz Yancey, along with the Yoko Miwa Trio. Other artists include poet Larry Roland, instrumentalist Curtis Rivers and pianist Tuffus Zimbabwe.

The Union United Methodist Church Jazz @ Union Concert Series continues a long tradition of presenting jazz, dating back to the first church performance of Duke Ellington's Sacred Concert, conducted by the Duke himself!

General admission is $20. For more information, contact T. Brooks Shepard at 617-417-3601.

More about Jimmy Slyde http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Slyde

Posted: January 11, 2008 11:31 am | 0 comments
Tags: event, jazz, jimmy slyde

What are you doing this friday night?

Posted by Shino Ito

What are you doing this friday night?

My husband and I'll be going to see a 60 minutes documentary. Why don't you join us?

The Documentary: From the 1860s to the 1920s, dozens of towns and counties across America violently expelled entire African American communities, forcing thousands of black families to flee their homes. A century later, these towns remain all white. BANISHED tells the story of three of these communities and their black descendants, who return to learn shocking histories. by Jamaica Plain Forum

When & Where: 18 January 2008 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm First Church in Jamaica Plain, Unitarian Universalist 6 Eliot St, Jamaica Plain, MA

There will be discussions after by a City-Wide Dialogues facilitator, a Community Change, Inc faciliator, and a United for a fair economy faciliator.

Posted: January 16, 2008 11:54 am | 0 comments
Tags: City Wide Dialogues, community, ethnicity, jamaica plain forum, race

Technology Lunch & Learn: Deborah Bershel

Posted by Shino Ito

For: Technology Staff Only Technology Staff Only Event

Date: February 13, 2008 Time: 12:30 - 2:00 pm Location: Special Functions Room << Updated Info

Dr. Deborah Bershel was recently the subject of a Boston Globe feature article regarding her transitioning from being male to female. During this Lunch and Learn, Deborah will discuss her transgender journey, how it has changed her life, and the lives of those around her. Time will be available for Q&A during the session.

Please pre-register by e-mail to ptrc 'at' simmons.edu by Feb 8th to insure we can provide a lunch for you - if you want to attend day-of, you're welcome, but please remember to bring your own lunch!

More about Dr. Bershel

Boston.com OnPoint

Posted: January 30, 2008 2:36 pm | 0 comments
Tags: Bershel, Deborah Bershel, technology diversity committee, technology diversity committee event, transgender

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Hello, everyone. I am a web developer here at Simmons College. You probably know my work which you may use daily bases including this blog application. I love programming in php and Java. I sometimes write shor...

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