After last night’s Ig Nobel’s when the Mayor of Vilnus, Lithuania received the Peace Prize for driving a tank over luxury cars that ignore traffic rules I can write that today Central Square looks as beautiful as that nation’s capitol, and Cambridge Parking Czarina Sue Clippinger has yet to get a tank to perform her duties. We are all safe.

At 5PM there is a preview of the Glass Pumpkin Sale at MIT. Its worth seeing just because every town should have a field full of glass pumpkins. Tomorrow from 10AM to 5P is the main event. Arrive early for the best selection.

We are not doing Breakfast@TheBigTable this weekend but we will next weekend, October 8/9. We open at 9AM for coffee and pastry and ice cream

There is Fashion week in MIlan and Rome and New York. For Cambridge residents this is IgNobel weekend. Tomorrow, on Saturday, at 1PM in Room 26-100 at MIT there will be lectures from this year’s winners and some hits from the past. No paper airplanes but a rewarding experience for everyone. We will be open before and after this event for coffee, pastry, ice cream and arguments about the validity of certain prize winners.

Also on Saturday, at 11AM until 3PM or when we run out of ice cream we will be giving away samples at Pemberton Farms on Mass. Avenue in North Cambridge, near Rindge Avenue. The shopping is great and the samples are free.

The Brattle is showing Pearl Jam 20 and Cremaster 1 + 2. I never dreamed of such a double bill.