{"id":549,"date":"2008-11-07T19:32:04","date_gmt":"2008-11-07T23:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/?p=549"},"modified":"2008-11-07T19:40:53","modified_gmt":"2008-11-07T23:40:53","slug":"people-seeing-in-hah-vahd-square","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/07\/people-seeing-in-hah-vahd-square\/","title":{"rendered":"People-seeing in Hah-vahd square"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As you <a href=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/07\/aside-blogging-from-a-bus\/\" target=\"_self\">probably saw<\/a>, I&#8217;m up in Boston for a quick weekend vacation with Adrienne, who was up here for a conference Thursday. We&#8217;re staying in Cambridge, so we decided we&#8217;d focus on sightseeing around <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harvard.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Harvard<\/a> this afternoon. We made our way to <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harvard_Square\" target=\"_blank\">Harvard Square<\/a>, and decided to look for a spot to grab a light lunch, before our planned dinner at an <a title=\"Helmand Restaurant in Cambridge\" href=\"http:\/\/www.helmandrestaurantcambridge.com\/home5.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Afghan place<\/a>. There we are, sitting in the square pondering our options, when I hear from a nearby open cafe a laugh that is unmistakable. Distinctive. Immediately recognizable. I listened longer, and then said to Adrienne, &#8220;Look over there. See them?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/click-and-clack.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"550\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/07\/people-seeing-in-hah-vahd-square\/click-and-clack\/\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/click-and-clack.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"click-and-clack\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/click-and-clack-550x412.jpg\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/click-and-clack.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-550\" title=\"click-and-clack\" src=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/click-and-clack.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/click-and-clack.jpg 800w, http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/click-and-clack-550x412.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Voices you may hear every week. Laughing nearly incessantly, as you might expect. Recognize them? Focus on the capped and goateed guys. They&#8217;re brothers. Got it yet? On our way out from having a sandwich at the cafe, I introduced myself to the younger one, Ray, and shook his hand. The older goateed brother is Tom. They have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cartalk.com\" target=\"_blank\">a little radio show<\/a>. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you probably saw, I&#8217;m up in Boston for a quick weekend vacation with Adrienne, who was up here for a conference Thursday. We&#8217;re staying in Cambridge, so we decided we&#8217;d focus on sightseeing around Harvard this afternoon. 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