Suds With Securb: The Lush Life 3: Last Lap

Posted by Bruce Owens On June - 16 - 2004 ADD COMMENTS

Suds With Securb Logo The Lush Life 3: Last Lap
June 16, 2004

Everyone remembers the Mos Eisley Cantina in Star Wars; a denizen for travelers from all corners of the galaxy. Kendall Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts is a lot like that droid-free establishment in many ways. Less of course Harrison Ford carving Greedo a new stomach under the table with his blaster. And no, I don’t even recognize the retarded ‘Greedo Shot First’ revision. Lucas must have drank one too many the day he signed off on that travesty.

To understand Kendall Square’s diversity and unique patrons requires an understanding of the town of Cambridge as a whole. I’ve done my fare share of traveling and am comfortable proclaiming it has got to be one of the most eclectic settings known to man. At any given time it serves as host to Boston’s grungiest rock clubs and Harvard’s most protected secret societies. And on any given day the seat next to you in a watering hole might be occupied by a guy in a suit that could be the sax player for a local ska band or a scary bastard with 8 piercings in their face that has a Doctorate in Biogenetics and a lab somewhere home to their body part growth experiments. Read the rest of this entry »