On Saturday, The Wall Street Journal had a positive,  light story about what to do in Boston.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703597804576194830429301332.html?mod=WSJ_LifeStyle_Lifestyle_6

Photos of the Craigie on Main burger, Coppa, Toro, the ICA and more.

The article has a few surprises but generally reads like something from an airline magazine.

An uncritical paragraph suggests a stroll down the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway
“a mile-long promenade dotted with fountains, public art and parks that stretches from South Station…”  This summarizes the plans for the new greenspace but not the Nebraska-like emptiness of the  present reality.    Remember the museum, and the North End Y and the Winter Garden?  Naming the park after President’s Kennedy mother was considered a “cute” way to assure that the amenities were constructed after all the cost overruns.  That didn’t work.

We learn that Barbara Lynch likes Toro and the new Louis clothing store.  The owner of Louis likes the ICA, Lynch’s Drink,  and O Ya.  The ICA director, Jill Medvedow, likes Coppa.  Surprises are welcome.  Dennis Lehane likes Doherty Playground in Charlestown, and the ICA’s director likes Scup’s in East Boston.  The never-named winner of all this logrolling is
Jamie Bissonnette, chef-owner of Toro and Coppa who buys his clothes at Louis and goes to the ICA to stare across the harbor at Scup’s.  While sipping coffee from Dunkin’ Donuts.