Reports are Tavern on the Square has the dish Angry Shrimp. So maybe this is on to something.
That photo that the tourists take would be an excellent candidate for faking High-Dynamic Range Photos.
Popsci typepad c0m has the a good tutorial on how to fake it, but you need a tripod and a camera that will let you tinker with its manual settings without budging its position. (See May 2007 entries.)
couldn't i just select only the underexposed area and just brighten it in like Photoshop?
Well, that might improve the pic, but going back and taking most of a dozen pictures, followed by a potentially complicated editing process, is much better. I mean, really!
Hey there, this is the first time I've commented on your blog.. and I've been reading it for a long time now. Strange.. I don't remember how I came across it honestly, but I favorited and check it weekly. Love it. :o) I just had to say, I was rather confused when I saw the 'space cadet' silver sun reflectors too. I have a view over the common from my room, and I saw what looked like a parade of astronauts. Then I realized what they were, and I still thought it looked funny. I kind of want one.
Heh! Always nice to hear from a quiet regular...
I gotta say, my commute home had some of the stinkiest green line cars, all these sweaty folks heading back... bleh!