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My boyfriend, Bruce, met me at my place and we walked to Union Sq. last night for a night out. Unbelievably, even though it’s maybe a 10 min. walk away, it was my first time walking there since I moved here 1.5 years ago! Crazy, huh?

First stop — dinner at this little Korean restaurant. On the outside, it looks totally divey. I think it just says, “Korean Restaurant” for its English name. Bruce had heard years ago that it was good, so we went in & ate dinner there. Yum! It was great! It was very much like the way a Mom & Pop ethnic restaurant should be. We were the only white couple there. The food was excellent. If you’re a fan of Korean food, you’ll totally have to go!.

Across the street in the square, there is a Japanese/Korean supermarket. It’s huge! It looks tiny from the outside, but it just keeps going and going once you step inside. And right next to it is a Japanese/Korean video store with lots of silly gifts & things. Who knew that Union Sq. was the center of the Korean community (sort of) in Cambidge/Somerville?

From dinner, we walked up the street and passed a brand new cafe, so we went in & checked it out. It’s called Bloc 11 Cafe on Bow St. It’s in a former bank building and is apparently a new outpost for Davis Square’s fantastic Diesel Cafe. Cute lesbians working there. It’s only been opened 3 months. The former bank vault has a table & seating. Fun! Menu looks good too.

Then I dragged Bruce to the grand opening of a modern home furnishings store called Grand, just on the north side of Union Sq. on Somerville Ave. An old buddy of mine has a minor interest in the place, so he invited me. I saw a few other folks there, so that was cool. One buddy lives in the South End and the other in Jamaica Plain, so it was great that they crossed the river!

Bruce and I stayed long enough at Grand for a drink, then we went back to Bloc 11 Cafe for hot cocoa. Next door to Bloc 11 is a comic book shop called Hub Comics, which I’d never noticed before, so we stopped in along the way. It turns out it was Hub Comics’ first day in business! Bruce and I chatted with the owner, James, for a few minutes, who was wicked nice.

Union Sq. is turning into quite the happening scene!

Okay, but we weren’t done yet!

After enjoying cocoas at Bloc 11, we walked up Somerville Ave. towards Porter Sq. to a little divey bar called Razzy’s to see a group called One Happy Island play. (I made a blog entry about OHI earlier this afternoon.) Bruce and I had seen OHI a couple of months ago at a show at the Middle East and really enjoyed them, so we signed up for their mailing list. OHI just released a new (mini) CD so we each got one last night– they were just $5 each! Check out their MySpace page. You can listen to and download their songs Potential and Anita, which are my two favorites.