So you’ve got your shower caddy and your stick-on hooks all sitting and ready to go. Now it’s time to go out and get what you really need.
Museum of Useful Things
49 Brattle Street
(617 )576-3322
Aluminum 3-ring binder, $29.50. Take notes, then chuck it at the kid talking on his cell phone during lecture.
Colonial Drug
49 Brattle Street
(617) 864-2222
Swissco Natural Badger
Bristle Toothbrush, $6.
You’ll never mix up toothbrushes in the bathroom.
Calliope
33 Brattle Street
(617) 876-4149
Abacus, $12.50. Cheaper than a TI-83.
Brattle Street Florist
31 Brattle Street
(617) 547-7089
Peace Lily, $12-$35. Feng Shui says this plant purifies the air. Or you could just stop pooping on the floor.
Mystic Rosa
99 Mt. Auburn St.
(617) 868-3063
Palm Reading, $25 TAROT CARD READING $35. You already know you’ll get a B+ in Lit B. But that whole grandmother dying thing? Who knew?
Hempest
36 JFK Street
(617) 868-HEMP
“Hempy’s” Woven Hemp Mini-Backpack in Tan, $44. Stick that in your pipe and smoke it.
Leavitt & Peirce
1316 Massachusetts Avenue
(617) 547-0576
Wooden Chinese checker set, $59.95. An expensive way to while away the hours with new friends (who also enjoy Chinese checkers).
Berks
50 JFK Street
(617) 492-9511
Sheepskin Ugg Insoles $15. Be elitist on the inside, too.
Chameleon
36 JFK Street
(617) 876-0412
Harvard “Veritas” tattoo- $175- 225. It hurts...like privilege!
The Games People Play
1100 Mass. Avenue
(617) 492-0711
Twister, $22. Get tangled up with the hotties that live across the hall with the help of this classic.
