For the first time in three years, Taste of Somerville, a community gathering of over 50 local restaurants, brewers and more at the city’s Assembly Row, is once again ready to welcome back diners.
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BOSTON Growing up in Shaker Heights, Ohio, Lea Kayali bonded with her Palestinian grandmother by making maqluba, a traditional Palestinian dish typically consisting of meat, rice and fried vegetables.
Their time spent together in the kitchen also helped Kayali, a 24-year-old Boston-based Palestinian American activist, feel closer to the country from which her grandmother was forced to flee as a child. As a 4- or 5-year-old girl, Kayali’s grandmother fled during the 1947-1948 Nakba or “catastrophe” in Arabic when an estimated 700,000 Palestinians fled or were expelled from their homes following Israel’s declaration of independence from British control of the land, which prompted the first war between Israel and Palestine.
Home of the Week: Assembly Rowâs latest, tallest is accepting leases and pets
Miscela features a 24-story tower with a rooftop lounge.
By John R. Ellement Globe Staff,Updated May 7, 2021, 5:00 a.m.
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Units 500
Year built 2021
Utilities Residents in midrise pay all utilities; tower residents pay all utilities except for gas heat, which is included in rent.
Pets Dogs $100; cats $50. Two animals per apartment and weight limit of 100 pounds. Breed restrictions include pit bulls, American Staffordshire terriers, Rottweilers, Doberman pinschers, chow chows, Presa Canarios, Akitas, Alaskan malamutes, and wolf hybrids.
Bicycle storage Yes
Parking Attached garage/$200 a month
Units 500
Year built 2021
Utilities Residents in midrise pay all utilities; tower residents pay all utilities except for gas heat, which is included in rent.
Pets Dogs $100; cats $50. Two animals per apartment and a weight limit of 100 pounds. Breed restrictions include pit bulls, American Staffordshire terriers, Rottweilers, Doberman pinschers, chow chows, Presa Canarios, Akitas, Alaskan malamutes, and wolf hybrids.
Bicycle storage Yes
Parking Garage/$200 a month
Walk along the Mystic River? Yes. Orange Line station? Yes, across the street. Health care services and more than 70 shops and restaurants? Yes, steps away.
These are some of the key attractions at Miscela, the newest apartment building going up in Somerville’s Assembly Row, one of the city’s “Transformative Areas’’ that has essentially been created from scratch in recent years. (’’Miscela,’’ according to developers Federal Realty, means “eclectic collection’’ in Italian. Google translates it
As a child, I went on a lot of walks with my mom. My favorite was walking around places in Chestnut Hill, waiting for my grandmother to get out of work, and going out for a much-deserved lunch later. These adventures also laid the foundation for my current affinity for nature. And this weekend is an especially good one to celebrate the environment Thursday is Earth Day! The events I have selected for this weekend include ways to get out in nature and explore the arts, from live music to poetry in the garden, to a story walk. I hope you have a chance to unplug and take in all that’s blooming around you.