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From the huge steel phallus guarding the front door to the pervasive presence of wood inside to the noticeably attractive staff, Cambridge, 1 has a distinct feel of urban masculinity. You can almost imagine a couple of drunk guys deciding to forgo the real world and instead open up their own imagined culinary nirvana filled with quality food, good drinks and hot girls...
Price-wise, Cambridge, 1 is not exactly the sort of place to get lit on a budget and doesn’t pretend to be. After all, these guys have tons of fresh wood paneling to pay for, along with new stereos piping in Nina Simone and two 42-inch flat screens hanging above the bar. And like the $9 movie ticket, the $4.25 premium draft has ceased to outrage many locals. Glasses of wine range from $6 (a nice pinot grigio) to $11, while bottles stick pretty close to the “glass times four” formula...
...circular lattice wall topped by a round roof that comes to an adorable little point. The simple design belies its many virtues: yurts are tough as a yak, easy to build and cheap to heat. They're also eco-friendly: there's not much in them besides wood and cloth, and they sit lightly on the ground, no foundation required, so their impact on the environment is minimal...
...Steak House, advertised in a newspaper classified ad by then owner Chris Matulich. DIED. THOR HEYERDAHL, 87, Norwegian explorer whose transoceanic expeditions on primitive rafts earned him worldwide acclaim; in Colla Micheri, Italy. Kon-Tiki, Heyerdahl's 1948 account of his 7,000-km Pacific voyage on a balsa wood raft, was translated into 66 languages, and his contribution to theories of intercontinental migration remains influential today. ARRESTED. ROBERT BLAKE, 68, former child actor and star of television's Baretta, for the May 2001 murder of his wife, Bonny Bakley, who was killed minutes after the couple had finished dinner...
...1990s, an outpouring of grassroots concern for the environment helped stop the so-called Republican Revolution of 1994. The threat of consumer backlash forced Home Depot to forswear the purchase of wood from ancient forests. Utilities and mining companies are less susceptible to direct consumer action, but still pay a price for alienating the public...