The Harvard Square Huddle
Mack and Jack tackle the impossible: finding parking in Harvard Square. Spoiler: don't even try.
The Harvard Square Huddle
Now Playing: Harvard Square
Welcome back to Cambridge Connections! I'm Mack.
And I'm Jack. And we're comin' to ya from... well, technically Somerville, but we can SEE Cambridge from here.
(Laughs) That counts! That counts. Now Jack, today we gotta talk about the elephant in the room.
Harvard Square.
Harvard Square! The place where dreams go to... get a parking ticket.
(Laughs) Oh, don't even get me started. So I'm drivin' through there last Tuesday, right? I see a spot. A SPOT, Mack! In Harvard Square!
No way.
Yes way! I'm like, this is my lucky day. I pull up, I'm doin' the parallel pahk...
The parallel pahk. Classic.
And I see the sign. It says... 'No Pahking, 7 AM to 7 PM, except Tuesdays after a full moon, unless it's a leap year...'
(Laughs) You need a law degree just to pahk there!
I'm tellin' ya! And then some kid on a bicycle gives me the stink eye like I'M the problem!
That's Harvard Square for ya. You know what I love though? The street performers. You got the guy with the... what's he play, the saw?
The musical saw! That guy's been there since we were kids!
He's a Cambridge institution. Like Toscanini's. Speaking of which...
Oh, here we go.
Best ice cream in the world. The New York Times said so!
You mention Toscanini's every single episode, Mack.
Because it's TRUE! You get yourself a B3 - that's brown butter, brown sugar, brownie - and tell me I'm wrong.
(Laughs) I can't, because you're not wrong. Alright folks, if you're gonna brave Harvard Square, here's the deal: take the T, grab some ice cream, and for the love of all that is holy, do NOT try to pahk your cah.
Words to live by. This is Cambridge Connections - we'll see ya next time!