slugabed / Jacob

I saw Randy Newman here, and it was a great show. The audience was a lot older than other places in town – they put the more “mature” (and a little more expensive) acts here. It’s a beautiful theater – it would be cool if they screened old films and made a big event out of it. We sat in the balcony, and the view was great from anywhere in the theater, but if you’re concerned about good seats, get tickets as soon as they go on sale, and you can pick which seats you want.

Most of the things here are understandably a little expensive (the shop is right in Harvard Square). BUT one thing I noticed right away were the subway / city maps of 5 cities prominently displayed in the shop:

• San Francisco 1909
• New York City elevated lines around 1916
• Paris Métro / autobus 1945
• London Underground 1963
• Tokyo around the 1950s

They are big beautiful prints from Cavallini Papers and sold as wrapping paper (not priced as posters), so they’re only $3.50 each. Cartographile that I am, I gladly got one of each and am extremely satisfied. I didn’t get to spent too much time looking around here, but I’m sure there are other such treasures to be found, as the store was full of doodads and cool things.