Best Fries in Boston

Everyone’s got their thing. Josh’s is beer, for instance. And our friend at Venrock, David Beisel’s thing is Hamburgers. Mine is french fries. I can’t help myself – I always have to try them out, and if they’re good they’re gone. Not great on the health-o-meter, but nothing an extra few miles on the mountain bike can’t solve (oh yeah, it’s winter and I only biked 3 times last summer).

Boston has some decent fries. In my humble opinion, decent fries means: not too greasy, freshly cut (ie not previously frozen), not too thick (thin is better), not too crunchy. Some have flavor, which can be great or horrible. I’m not into spicy fries, curly fries, or hexagonal fries. Just straight ones. Dipping sauces can be a plus. And they need to be fried in high quality, clean oil. Very important.

 That said, here are my favs around town:

 1. Chez Henri. Don’t ask why, just go try (not intended to rhyme)

2. Acquitaine

3. Sel de la Terre

4. Brasserie Joe

5. West Side Lounge

Agree!? Tell us what you think here on the blog. And while you’re at it, let us know what you like, and dislike about the site.

I’ll have a “Zync” on the rocks.

Fantastic news! There’s Zync cocktail. Yes, it’s true, Josh verified it and found this recipe:

 

2.0 Oz. Sprite Lemon Lime Soda
2.0 Oz. Sweet Vermouth
1.0 Oz. [good] Vodka

 

Mix all ingredients, stir, and ENJOY!

Zoodles of improvements…

We’re listening… We’ve heard over and over that when people search locally they are often asking themselves one of the following questions:

• What should we do Friday night? {time-based query}

• My brother and his family are coming to visit January 15-18, how are we going to entertain the kids? {time and “mood” based}

• I live in Davis Square, what is there to do there? {location based}

• I’ve heard that Back Bay is THE place where all the hip people hang out, where should we go? {interest based}

We are hoping that our new guided nav on the browse and recommendations pages have gotten us one step closer to making this easier for you (see it in action). We still have a lot of work to do, but this is a decent start. On our roadmap we have plans to tweak events so they are more appropriately tagged, add a zip code and radius search, reorganize our Geographic Region section so you don’t have to drill down through layers to get to neighborhoods, and to reorganize Activity Types to get you to what you are looking for more efficiently (we have a lot of events there that no one is seeing!) And that’s just the short list.

This is where you come in, we need your help.  What questions are you asking yourself when you are looking for stuff to do? What are you specifically looking for on Zync? Are you finding the places and activities that are right for you? We want to know what is working for you and what isn’t. One of the best parts of being an early adopter of Zync is that you get to help us shape what the product will become.

 

Click here to send us feedback or email us at info@zync.com

Oh, and notice the email address, we are now www.zync.com! We are very excited to now have our company name and url be perfectly matched.

Start of a new era…

Ok, I admit it. I haven’t done a great job of keeping our blog “fresh”. In fact, I haven’t done squat (technical term for “didley”). That whole stream of “Big Thoughts” consciousness thing just didn’t happen. Probably for lack of Big Thoughts, but the excuse I’m sticking with is lack of time, having to run the company yada yada. The intentions were there, but the follow-through was not.

But the tides of change are upon us. You’re now going to see contributions from everyone at the company, on subjects related to and about the company. From Big Thoughts to trite rants, the proverbial kimono is now officially open for business (is that mixing metaphors?).

Enjoy, and send lots of feedback to info@zync.com.