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The Onion Gift Boxes

How did my family react to receiving these gift boxes from The Onion?
In order to have a little fun over my Christmas break on Cape Cod, I decided to package a select few presents inside these gift boxes. On Christmas Eve, four boxes were distributed. One, the Sounds of the Rainforest Smoke Alarm, went to [...]

Tracy Volkswagen (Hyannis) – Avoid Them

Unfortunately, Cape Cod only has one VW dealer: Tracy Volkswagen in Hyannis. I’m banned from their service department.
And the story begins…
After a thorough car search this past summer, I ended up getting an ‘07 VW Rabbit (aka Golf V outside North America). It’s a great little car that a tall guy like me can fit [...]

Cape Wind on The Daily Show

The Cape Wind Project is a proposed offshore windfarm on Horseshoe Shoal in Nantucket Sound off Cape Cod. The project has been the subject of much controversy and there are groups for and against it, a book, a documentary film, and now a hilarious Comedy Central short feature by Jason Jones on The Daily Show:

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Barnstable Restaurants Served with Sanitation Ratings

The Barnstable Patriot this weekend featured the results of Barnstable’s first ever rating for restaurant sanitation standards. In Los Angeles, these ratings are required to be displayed at each restaurant entrance (in Scarlet Letter fashion). Each restaurant in Barnstable was visited three times during an 18 month period. They were graded with the following standards:
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Cape League ‘07 in Five Months

On Friday June 15th, the first pitch of the Cape Cod Baseball League’s 2007 season will be fired off at Lowell Park in Cotuit. The Bourne Braves’ field at the Upper Cape Tech High School should be in better condition, the parking lot near Veteran’s Field in Chatham will hopefully be restored, and new lights [...]