It must be spring

There are Way Too Many things going on this weekend:

• Harvard's ArtsFirst (through Sunday)
  
• Harvard Square's Mayfair (Sunday)(Read: don't even try to go to/through Harvard with a car that day.)
  
• Cambridge's Science Festival (through Sunday)
  
• Somerville Open Studios (12-6 Saturday and Sunday)
  
• Taza Chocolate open house (1-6 Saturday)
  
• Jamaica Plain's Wake Up the Earth Festival (Saturday)
  
• Walk for Hunger (Sunday)(Though I think it should be against hunger, myself.)
  
• free comic book day (Saturday)

And more.

PS. Signal boosting PSA for locals: NStar is now offering a program for wind-generated electricity, starting in July. The Globe describes it; there's an additional charge of $4-$7/month (depending on whether you chose 50% or 100% wind). Advance sign-up is available.
And many thanks to Hammercock for the information.

Shabbat menu, vegan edition

• grape liquid, schlissel challah (part whole wheat, with flaxseed meal and multigrain flakes)
  
• Morroccan chickpea stew
  
• sauteed mushrooms, leeks, and ramps (Russo's had ramps! I've never tried them before.)
  
• roasted onion, zucchini, potato, and fennel
  
• spicy almond noodles
  
• slices of baked sweet potato
  
• green salad with arugula, hearts of palm, mesclun, etc
  
• rhubarb-citrus compote
  
• pineapple roasted with vanilla and rum (note to self: now out of rum)
  
• chickpea cookies (from Tabrizi's)
  
• pistachios, dried fruit

What's left to do: make the chickpea stew, the noodles, and the salad.