During one of my random web pursuits today, I stumbled upon Lora Brueck’s 1984 history of WPI’s Higgins House. It made for some interesting reading and even had some nice pictures of how the house used to look on the inside.

A handful of Filene’s stores around here are closing because they are in close proximity to a Macy’s store (Macy’s parent company bought Filene’s parent company). So, the stores that are closing are having clearance sales. One would think there would be some good deals.

Think again.

Most items are 60% off, but they are 60% their “regular” price, which seems a lot like a jacked up price.

Also, the stores that are closing no longer deal with wedding registries at all. In fact, the entire registry computer and anything associated with gift registries has been removed. There is a small sign instructing people to call a Filene’s that isn’t closing. The annoying part is we opened our registry at Filene’s a few weeks ago and the lady said nothing would change until the end of May, when they would automatically transfer the registry data over to Macy’s. Aparently she left out the part about how our guests wouldn’t be able to shop at their local Filene’s if it was closing. Grrr…