Repping Beantown

Boston residents and visitors alike often affectionately refer to the city by its most common nickname “Beantown,” but many Boston patrons still do not know where this quirky moniker comes from. The phrase actually stems from the once popular dish “Boston baked beans,” a local former favorite that has now fallen out of favor, with no companies in the city currently making it and very few restaurants featuring the item on the menu. Ramble On

The hometown Celtics, one of the NBA’s most historic franchises, came up short in a bid for what would have been a league record 18^th championship as they lost a hotly contested game 7 to the arch rival Los Angeles Lakers. Still, with the Lakers hoisting only their 16^th NBA title, the Celtics remain the league’s “winning-est” team for at least one more season. Ramble On