The power went out...

...taking down the wireless station. How am I posting this? Using my internal modem and laptop battery power.

How retro.

Edit: It's a bit weird typing in a darkened room with the only light coming from the window and the laptop.

The Crown Shoes, 377 Main St. (at Harvard St.), Medford, MA

I wanted to post this last summer, but then the summer ended and the weather got cool. This summer hasn't really happened yet, so I think it's a good time to post this.

bedfull_o_books and I drove by this shoe place and kept thinking, that looks worth checking out. It was.

It's a Brazilian shoe store, with a fairly wide variety of women's and a smaller variety of men's shoes. bedfull_o_books found some fun sandals, of which there were many varieties. (She can give you more detailed information on what she got.) I found nothing for myself, mainly because my taste doesn't run to Brazilian styles. But the prices are reasonable and the staff are friendly. Their Portuguese is probably better than their English, but they were helpful enough.

They claim to be having a sale right now. Who knows. The prices aren't high, anyway.

Their website is Flash only, and doesn't seem to talk about women's shoes at all, which is odd given that that's most of their stock. I'm going to give you all the substantive info here:

The Crown Shoes
377 Main St.
Medford, MA 02155

+1.781.306.0700
+1.781.306.1212

info@thecrownshoes.com

While you needn't bother visiting the website, you could do worse than to visit the shop and give them a browse, if you're looking for not-very-sensible women's summer shoes.

25 Beloved Ice Cream Shops (Boston), reprise.

So, I posted this at the end of last summer, which again I think was a tactical error.

I'm posting the list again now, just to get everyone thinking about ice cream again.

• Bedford Farms, 18 North Rd. Bedford and 68 Thoreau St. Concord


• Ben & Jerry's, 174 Newbury St. and 20 Park Plaza, Boston; 36 JFK St., Cambridge


• Benson's, 181 Washington St., Boxford


• Brigham's, 109 High St., Boston; 268 Washington St., Wellesley; 1328 Massachusetts Av., Arlington Heights; and other locations


• Bubbling Brook, 1652 High St. (Rt. 109), Westwood


• Cabot's, 743 Washington St., Newtonville


• Christina's,1255 Cambridge St., Cambridge


• Crescent Ridge, 407 Bay Rd., Sharon


• Emack & Bolio's, 290 Newbury St., Boston; 736 Centre St., Jamaica Plain; 2 Belgrade Ave., Roslindale; and 1663 Beacon St., Brookline


• Erikson's,12 Great Rd. (Rt. 117), Maynard


• Farfar's, 272 St. George St., Duxbury


• Herrell's, 15 Dunster St., Cambridge and 155 Brighton Av., Allston


• J.P. Licks, 659 Centre St., Jamaica Plain; 311 Harvard St., Brookline; 352 Newbury St., Boston; 46 Langley Rd., Newton Centre; 661 VFW Pkwy., Chestnut Hill; 4A College Av., Somerville; and 451 Massachusetts Av., Arlington


• Kimball Farm, 400 Littleton Rd., Westford and 343 Bedford Rd. (Rt. 225), Carlisle


• Lizzy's, 367 Moody St., Waltham


• Mad Maggie's, 327 Main St., North Reading


• Peaceful Meadows Farm, 60 Bedford St., Whitman; Rt. 28, Middleboro; and other locations


• Rancatore's, 283 Belmont St., Belmont and 1752 Massachusetts Av., Lexington


• Richardson's, 156 S. Main St. (Rt. 114), Middleton


• Ron's Gourmet, 1231 Hyde Park Av., Hyde Park


• Shaw Farm, 195 New Boston Rd., Dracut


• Soc's, 67 Lynn Fells Pkwy., Saugus


• Sunshine Farm, 41 Kendall Av., Sherborn


• Toscanini's, 899 Main St. and 1310 Massachusetts Av., Cambridge


• White Farms, 126 High St. (Rt. 133), Ipswich