Diesel Love Stories

20 years of tales, triumphs, tidbits and tragedy, as shared by you.

Enjoying Life. My first memory of Diesel is carrying my newborn daughter in a baby bjorn, facing outwards, to see the new coffee shop that had opened days earlier. It was apparently on a tragic mission to survive across the street from Starbucks, and for that alone it had my respect. My daughter had been …

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Thanks a Latte In September 1999 one of my best friends (Mónica) and I moved to Somerville. We were fresh out of undergrad and trying to figure out our way in Boston. We were overwhelmed, optimistic, naive, excited, and felt the blessing and curse of new adulthood on our shoulders. We walked into Davis Square …

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Power Outage in the 90’s I have fond memories of Diesel being a haven when we used to live in Davis.  One night we lost power in our house, so we walked around the neighborhood and came upon Diesel open — we played pool and probably drank tea, and had a grand old time.Love Diesel …

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Magic happens at the Diesel, all the time. The book of love is long and boring And written very long ago It’s full of flowers and heart-shaped boxes And things we’re all too young to know” – “The Book of Love”, by The Magnetic Fields “I could write a whole book of love centered at …

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