Word: postcard
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...common vacation dilemma: you wake up on the last morning of your holiday and remember that you haven't sent any postcards to the folks back home. Unfortunately, the offerings in the souvenir shops don't quite capture the majestic beaches and quaint villages you've enjoyed over the past two weeks. Either they're too bawdy for Grandpa or they feature the talent-free scrawlings of a local artist. You can't help but think, "I wish I could make my own postcards." It turns out you can, if you have access to a camera phone. To send...
Harvard Stadium may look pretty on a postcard, but outside of football season, it doesn’t get much play. A series of renovations slated to begin next month will change that, upgrading the 103-year-old National Historic Landmark to a multi-purpose facility available for year-round use by varsity, intramural, and club teams. The planned developments include replacing the grass field with a synthetic surface, installing lights on the stadium’s exterior, and providing for the implementation of a seasonal “bubble.” The project is estimated to cost around...
...send a custom-made postcard, simply snap a picture with your mobile and send it to British-based firm Mobycards, tel: (44-7921) 505050, or as an e-mail from your phone to postcard@mobycards.com if you're signed up with a non-British mobile provider. In the text part of the message, type "Mobycards" followed by the recipient's address and your greeting. Mobycards will then print your picture and message in old-fashioned postcard form and pop it in the mail the same day, as long as you contact Mobycards before 3 p.m. GMT. The service is available...
...also a resident of Key West, New York, Boston, and Brazil, where she lived for 16 years with her partner Lota de Macedo Soares. Bishop’s life was one plagued with tragedy: her father died before her birth, a boyfriend committed suicide leaving her with a postcard, “Go to hell, Elizabeth,” and de Macedo Soares died by overdose. A close friend of confessional poet Robert Lowell, Bishop abstained from his personal, intimate style, preferring a more guarded approach to writing despite her various hardships. She was the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize...
...their trash out the night before collection day will have to do so in garbage containers with tight-fitting lockable lids. Even in these containers, the trash will only be allowed out on the streets after 6 p.m. the night before collection. Every Cambridge resident received a postcard in the mail detailing the new regulations and including a coupon for a $12 sealable trash can, redeemable at five of Cambridge’s hardware stores. “Eliminating plastic bags overnight—that will really make a difference in terms of controlling rodents,” said Commissioner...