Happy Saturday, B-Siders!
🌮 Plot twist: Everyone's invited now. We just opened up our May 26 Supper Club at Taquismo to all readers! Dinner will be served outside at 6:30 p.m. at Bow Market. Chef Hiram is serving house-made guac, tostada de ceviche, chicken in achiote adobo, and flan casero. Tickets start at $25. Book here.
👀 What’s on tap today:
Set sail in da clerb
The scoop on a sweet deal
Say goodbye to slop bowls
First up …
B-SIDE GUIDE
Baking, bocce, and Binge Thinking
Perfect weekend weather? Check. Full social calendar? Check. An actual good answer to, “so what’s the plan?” Check. Check. Check!
Here’s your new line up of deals and discounts to carry you straight into summer:
🏃 Run along the Charles … then drink beer … and eat pizza. The RACE Cancer Foundation is hosting a Thursday night 5K on May 21, and we just dropped 20 exclusive spots for Members, available for $20 when you upgrade. Enjoy a race along the river, then party at Marsh Post with beer from Mighty Squirrel and Pinnochio’s pizza. Register here.
⚾ Kickball with a drink in your hand. Volo Sports is hosting a Cup in Hand Kickball Tournament on May 30 at Sweeney Field. Expect 11 v. 11 coed teams playing kickball … while literally holding drinks. Sign up solo, with a small group, or as a full team. Members get $5 off. Register here.
🚴 Your Euro-summer kickoff is May 30. We're teaming up with The Handle Bar and Bar Mezzana for a workout-to-patio event: spin or sculpt at noon, then snacks, drinks, Aperol spritzes, and merch on Bar Mezzana's private patio. Already grabbed your ticket? You can book your bike or mat starting May 23. Members pay just $20. Sign up here.
The rest of this newsletter — including Emily in Boston, the below exclusive things to do listings, and all of the above deals — is for our premium members who contribute to our journalism.
💐 Flower arranging meetup
🍨 Scooper Bowl is back
⛴️ Floating parties return
⛺ Camp on Spectacle Island
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🥤 Dunkin’ now has dirty soda. Our food critic reviewed the Mormon trend. We 1000% agree with her take.
✍️ Now THIS was the OG ChatGPT. In 1970s Boston, young hustlers made easy money selling smart term papers to college students.
🐮 Forget touching grass. Cow cuddling is the new best way to get grounded. Yes, it’s exactly what it sounds like.
💊 Worried about the future of abortion care? Here’s what the Supreme Court ruling on mailing mifepristone means for Massachusetts.
🤯 A brownstone with THREE parking spaces?! At $38m, this Back Bay townhouse just became Boston’s second-most expensive listing.
🌮 New restaurant alert! This new taqueria near Boston apparently serves ‘some of the most authentic’ Mexican food around.
💻 Trapped in the dark web. Online child exploitation is spreading like a ‘tidal wave.’ Police can’t keep up.
💍 This girl is thinking about marriage … her boyfriend? He wants to know: Can a relationship like this last?
— Written by Emily Schario and Claire Nicholas. Edited by Camille Dodero.
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