imagined-community

(This blog entry is dedicated to Chrissy, who, after 7 years enjoying Davis Square coffee and ice cream, is leaving Cambridge for L.A.)

Davis vs. L.A.

• In L.A. they have lots of skateboarders. But in Davis we got handmade (at least they look handmade) motorized skateboards.
• Sure, L.A. has that Art Deco Wiltern Theater where you can see Lenny Kravitz and Moby. But at the historic Somerville Theater you can pay $7 to see a film that has been out on DVD for 2 or 3 months…you rock Davis!
• And what is so special about that Hollywood Four Ladies Statue? I mean, compared to the peeps of Davis statues? Come on…!
  FYI: According to the City of Somerville, “the statues, which are actually based on real people who lived around Davis Square, were all placed in the brick plaza in front of J.P. Licks and Store 24…have you ever noticed how the faces of the statues are darker than the rest of their bodies, as if they’re wearing some kind of Halloween masks? As stated by Steven Post, “the statues were meant to be ‘temporary’ in that they were not made of bronze. Vandals destroyed some of the faces of the statues over the years, so the artist and the city decided to replace the faces with the bronze ‘mask’ that the statues all now ‘wear’.”

• And yeah, L.A. has Fosselman’s, Scoops, Mashti Malone’s, blah blah blah, ice cream. But do they have J.P. Licks noodle kugel ice cream? Didn’t think so.