Super Tuesday - Our Endorsement!

The Presidential Primary in Massachusetts (and many other states) is tomorrow, March 1, 2016!

Where is YOUR voting precinct? Right here at the link below!

http://wheredoivotema.com/bal/MyElectionInfo.aspx

Next decide if you'll walk or drive to your voting precinct. Once you think about how you'll get to your precinct you're far more likely to actually vote. Our HOTT Crew is very adept at maximizing voter turnout!

And now, we proudly present our HOTT Crew's endorsements for President of the United States!

If you're registered as a Democrat we endorse...
   
The Democratic candidates! Vote for one of the above. You'll be happy campers!


If you're registered as Un-enrolled or Republican why not prevent the current Republican front runner from getting more votes! Therefore we endorse..

Ben Carson!

See you at the polls. And wear that I VOTED sticker with pride like the hottie below!

And the Winner Is...

Our handsome fellow is the winner for today's Motivational Monday award! Supreme confidence, a winning smile, and he can multitask! Notice how he lights up everything around him. Simply superb!

Location: Red Line at JFK/UMass
Imagined Profession: Manager of Fiscal Services
Photographer: FTH

Oh Oscar!

Our hottie is so handsome he should win an Academy Award! Everything about him is perfection. Certainly an award winner in our books. We'll be hosting a grand Oscar Gala at HOTT Headquarters this evening, but that hasn't gotten in the way of our preparations for our biggest gala... the final episode of Downton Abbey next Sunday!

We'll be recreating each meal at Downton Abbey in real time as it's served on TV. This morning we worked on what we call "Upstairs Breakfast", i.e. soft cooked eggs with toast soldiers. Above is our Roesle Egg Topper and two soft boiled eggs in their Le Creuset egg cups. All very upper class. And below...

...is the finished product. Soft boiled eggs cooked to perfection and perfectly sliced for dipping of toast soldiers or scooping out with a teaspoon. If doing this at home please don't forget to garnish the finished product with Maldon Sea Salt (a favorite of HM Queen Elizabeth II !). We've got breakfast down, now all that's left for practice is Elevenses, Luncheon, Afternoon Tea, and Dinner.

Location: Green Line at Copley

Imagined Profession: Sales Director

Photographer: FT

Yellowbird

A brilliantly attractive man wearing a brilliant yellow backpack. He's superb! And what a delightful grin he displays as he checks his iPhone!

Location: Red Line at Central
Imagined Profession: Innovation Coordinator
Photographer: GB

Fabulous Friday - Tall, Dark & Handsome

Like a much needed venti dark roast from Starbucks our hottie breathes new life into the day with his stunningly tall and trim physique, astute use of the color black in his attire, and a voluptuous head of hair and beard. And he's reading a hardcover book! This is a man we'd definitely like to know better. Much better!

Location: Green Line at Prudential
Imagined Profession: Adjunct Professor of Literature
Photographer: FT

Bolt of Lightning

Our muscular hottie is like a bolt of lightning on our train. Waking everyone up with his cool, calm masculinity our hottie wears his double breasted coat and Under Armour workout bag with aplomb. What a handsome man!

Location: Red Line at Porter
Imagined Profession: Advertising Coordinator
Photographer: GB

Peek A Boo!

We see you! Such soulful eyes he has, and handsome facial hair, too! We had to twist and bend in order to get a picture, but it was worth the effort. We're so glad to play Peek a Boo with this fine looking gentleman.

Location: Red Line at Charles/MGH
Imagined Profession: Financial Analyst
Photographer: FT

Double Tuesday - Golly Gumdrops!

There's an excitement we get when we capture two hotties in one pic. It's the kind of excitement the Earl of Grantham expressed when he learned his daughter Lady Edith was about to marry a Marquess (a higher rank than an Earl!) and let loose with "Golly Gumdrops!".  These 2 gentlemen above were most delightful, had smiles a mile wide, and were Spanish! How exotic! Golly Gumdrops we got a double!

Meanwhile, speaking of Marquesses, our HOTT Crew is quite put out with Bertie Pelham (oh, excuse us, the newly elevated 7th Marquess of Brancaster). It's well known now that Bertie withdrew his proposal as Lady Edith didn't trust him with the secret of her daughter Marigold, and therefore couldn't trust her. But that's not how it played out! Please note, Bertie is now Lord Hexham.

Lord Hexham: So, do you have an answer for me [a yes or no to his proposal of marriage]?
Lady Edith: Well, I have a past. You see, I've not led a simple life.
Lord Hexham: I'll take that as a yes! [Plants big kiss on Lady Edith, thus preventing her from finishing telling him that she has a daughter out of wedlock]

So It's Bertie's fault, not Lady Edith! She tried to tell him but he interrupted her! How dare he blame her now for not telling him about the love child! If Lord Hexham wants to be invited to our HOTT Crew's Boxing Day gala next December he's going to have to make amends, and fast!

Location: Red Line at Charles/MGH
Imagined Professions: Left, Professor of Spanish Literature; Right, Researcher
Photographer: GB

The Eyes Have It

Our hottie is packing a glasses.com box as well as a winning stance, making for a motivational start to the beginning of the week.

And our HOTT Crew had a lovely ending of the week by extending our weekly Downton Abbey party to include a preshow: Disneyland 60! Idina Menzel movingly sang Let It Go, but the real humdinger of the evening was delivered by Lady Edith who movingly called her sister (Lady Mary) a bitch. Not once, but twice! Go Edith! And now it's time for us to tell our HOTT Crew friend Dodie to avert her eyes.

Although we adore Bertie Pelham we have a fondness for naked pics of Mary's beau Henry Talbot (above left). And what looks better in front of a magnificent manor home than bare aristocratic butt! Meanwhile our HOTT Crew is busy planning our Downton Abbey Finale Gala. Will Bertie come to his senses? Will Tom recall he has a sex drive of his on? Will Larry Grey grovel at Isobel's feet? Will Mary finally do right by her sister - even to the point of sharing Henry? Will the adulterous Mr. McKidd and Mrs. Dorrit produce a little Dorrit? Will Barrow really not care if you threw coconuts at him. The suspense is killing us!

Location: Red Line at Central
Imagined Profession: Software Coder
Photographer: GB

Betwixt Warm and Cold

What a wild swing in weather we've had in the past week, and what a wildly hot looking gent in front of us on the T! Our attractive fellow shows how to dress for that in-between weather we're having where it's not bitter cold, but it's not warm enough to go without a jacket. He has that off to the skate park look about him. Perhaps he's going to the Lynch Family Skatepark near Kendall Square!

Speaking of sports, our HOTT Crew was stunned to learn that our friends Dodie and Lola are spending the day at the Daytona 500. They certainly have a wide variety of interests!

Location: Red Line at Central

Imagined Profession: Youth Sports Counselor

Photographer: GB

Lemon Squeezy

Men in lemon yellow always standout, and this standout hottie ascending a T escalator looks ever so delicious in his creamy lemon pullover Polo sweater. He's so adorable we just want to give him a big squeeze! Speaking of squeeze...

We recently discovered these incredibly hot, lithe and handsome Swedish fellows (yes, they're Swedish!) and thought we'd share them with you. They're a group called Lemon Squeezy. It's not a musical style we really listen to but one can't help but become entranced with these devilishly delightful men! And because we always like to imagine the professions of our hotties let's take a look at what our HOTT Crew comes up for these Swedish delights:

From left to right: Diplomat, Marketing Director, Accountant, Doctor.

Fabulous Friday - The Survivor

Incredibly handsome and bedecked in hues of charcoal and navy, our hottie shows supreme calmness amidst a hellish commute. He is a survivor of yesterday's T nightmare. Things seem to be working fine this morning, perhaps due to the Governor threatening to hang the nearest T executive. A blunt thing to say, but it worked! And worked far better than Bev's backtracking and scapegoating last year.

Location: Red Line at Charles/MGH

Imagined Profession: Sports Therapist

Photographer: GB

Important Commuter Rail Update

Apparently the T fixed the problem this morning, but here's the planned outage schedule just in case.

Commuter Rail Schedule For Friday, February 19, 2016


Below, the Commuter Rail Schedule for Thursday Evening, February 18, 2016


If traveling out of South Station on Commuter Rail please heed the MBTA's advice above.

And if traveling Red or Orange Line Trains please note there will be extra trains BUT a lot of extra traffic!

A Good Read

Our very handsome man enjoys a good read on his commute, while our HOTT Crew wanted to slide in next to him to see which book he's reading. And to partake in the warmth of his shawl-collared wool sweater which so marvelously compliments his blonde hair. He's adorable!

Location: Red Line at Park
Imagined Profession: University Assistant Professor
Photographer: FT

Quintessentially Cambwidge

We like men who know how to dress for the wet weather. And yesterday was a whopper of a wet day! Snow! Freezing Rain! Torrents of warm rain! We had it all! And this Cantabridgian gentleman above knows how to turn wet weather gear into a jodhpurs-inspired look. Well-prepared and well-done!

Location: Red Line at Harvard
Imagined Profession: Director of HR
Photographer: GB

Double Tuesday - Feels Like Monday

Thick ice from the overnight ice storm made walking outside almost impossible. And our 2 handsome hotties show well the weariness one feels after making it onto a train where it's safe and warm. Hottie on the left is gorgeous in his North Face jacket and closed, contemplative eyes. Hottie on the right make his outfit pop with a lime green toboggan and athletic bag (he works out!).

Location: Red Line at Kendall/MIT
Imagined Professions: Left, Technology Consultant; Right, Business Development Manager
Photographer: FTH

Warm and Casual

We got this handsome fellow on our blog before we even got off the train! The LL Bean Duck Boots are handsomely holding the cuffs of his jeans. The fur lined hooded parka ready to keep our man warm as soon as he ventures out of the T. The woman gazing upon his handsomeness conveniently blurred out by our HOTT Crew... because it's all about him!

Location: Green Line at Arlington

Imagined Profession: Sales Manager

Photographer: FT

Group Hug

Because a group hug is the only thing that will keep us warm today! Our hottie is as bundled up on the T as he can be. We think his scarf is quite attractive. And his coat looks warm, too. Which is a really good thing because...

The official low temperature at HOTT Headquarters was -12F this morning! That's -11C! Forget the roses, forget going out to brunch. It's stay inside in your 2(x)ist long underwear and make brunch indoors. We hope you were as prescient as our HOTT Crew and went out to stock up on food yesterday when it was a balmy 15F.

Happy Frigid Valentines Day!

Location: Red Line at Central

Imagined Profession: Meteorologist

Photographer: GB

Brrrrrr!

Our hottie can warm you up on even the coldest day! Fortunately we were on his train, and his handsome smile definitely warmed our hearts.

And if you want a helpful tip on how to stay warm, do what Olympic Gymnast Louis Smith (below) does... he throws his clothes into the dryer just before getting dressed!

Tomorrow morning's temps will be -5F to -10F, so make sure your face, neck and hands are all covered as the windchill factor will be around -35F! Or if you're indoors with Louis Smith just dress as he's dressed above ;-)

Stay warm!

Location: Red Line at Central
Imagined Profession: Technology Adjunct Professor
Photographer: FT

Fabulous Friday - Arctic Blast

Our cute as all get out hottie knows how to keep warm as the arctic blast muscles its way into Boston. And his hybrid Michelen Man/Quilted jacket keeps him toasty warm on this frigid morning.

It was 5F (-15C for those of you in our Dominions Beyond the Seas) as our HOTT Crew awoke so we all lounged about at HOTT Headquarters wearing our seriously warm and comfortable 2(x)ist long johns and sipping coffee. Talk about feeling confident and comfy! And last, but not least...

Wind chill factors in Boston on Saturday and Sunday (especially Sunday) will be as low as -40F! Cover up any exposed skin (except when indoors, of course)!

Location: Red Line at Kendall

Imagined Profession: Research Associate

Photographer: FTH

Let's Make a Revolution

We love the juxtaposition of our hottie from Eton University (notice the Eton cap in traditional school colors) beneath a sign for the New England Revolution soccer team. There's a revolution in the air these days, that's for sure. And our hottie looks as if he's ready to take part.

Meanwhile...

Valentine's Day is Sunday and you should order your roses by 1pm today for delivery on Friday. Use this link by 1pm today and you'll help support Public Broadcasting at WBUR while also showing your love for that special someone.

http://www.wbur.org/support/valentines-day-roses?gclid=CMDS8YeB8MoCFUIfhgodPsEM1Q

You want them for Friday delivery because:

1). It'll be bitter cold this weekend. Wind chills down to -30F!

2). Roses delivered to a loved one's office on a Friday make a huge impression ;-)

And when they do arrive mix 6 teaspoons of sugar with 1 quart of water (or 25 grams of sugar to 1 litre of water) and put the cut roses in that mixture. The blooms will last an extra 2 1/2 days!

Trust us, we know of what we speak. We're scientists!

Location: Red Line at Porter
Imagined Profession: British Soccer Coach
Photographer: FT

At All Times Be Prepared

Our handsome fellow has the perfect New England look for winter. Protective, stylish, sensible. Of course he's probably trailing trailing a sea of rock salt wherever he walks, just as we all are, and accumulating quite the mess indoors no matter how fastidious we are about removing our shoes. And as we deal with that mess you'll also notice a sea of people with black smudges on their foreheads today.

Do not tell them to wipe the dirt off their faces! It's Ash Wednesday!

And those smudges are dust to remind us of our immortality.

Just a public service announcement on our part so that you don't whip out a kleenex and wipe someone's forehead clean!

Oh... don't forget to get out your massively warm wardrobe for this weekend. Temperatures should be as low as -5F to -10F!!!!!

Location: Red Line at Central
Imagined Profession: Newspaper Photographer
Photographer: GB

Double Tuesday - Of Deer and Geese

Stunningly handsome in his white faux fur Deer Stalker hat, our hottie left us breathless with his good looks and adorably well-groomed facial hair. This is a man who knows how to pick just the right clothing elements, selecting them on their high standard of both form and function. But what, you may be asking, does this have to do with Geese?

As we maneuvered around our Deer Stalker hottie to get photos from different angles we also managed to get this fur-bound gentleman behind him in a Canada Goose arctic jacket! It's as if Downtown meets the New Hampshire woods, all in one picture!

Location: Red Line at Central

Imagined Professions: Left, Manager for City of Boston; Right, Cytotechnologist

Photographer: FT

Good Will Hunting

It was a good day for hunting hotties on the T, and we couldn't help but think this handsome fellow's name ought to be Will. Let's get some more angles to this hottie!

It's nice to see his face. What an attractive fellow! But wait, there's more!

Simply sublime. Our Magnificent Monday Man. Our Motivational Hottie.

Happy Snowy Monday!

Location: Central/Kendall/Charles MGH

Imagined Profession: Mathematical Researcher

Photographer: GB

French Toast Alert - HIGH!

Run to the store! We're getting a wicked bad stawm! Our Snow Bunny Hottie above shows how to dress when we get a foot or more of snow. Be like Snow Bunny!

And race now to get bread, milk and eggs. You'll need it tomorrow morning as you probably won't make it to work! Here's our recipe for French Toast Provencal:

12" cast iron skillet . The French DO NOT use teflon skillets!
5 large egs
2 cups whole milk
1 tablespoon granulated cane suger
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
5 1/2 cups lightly packed sourdough bread cubed into 3/4 inch pieces.
5 slices thickly cut bacon, sliced into 1/2 pieces
3 large Granny Smith apples
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 tablespoons light brown sugar mixed with 1 tablespoon maple syrup

Preheat oven to 375F

Mix first 6 ingredients in a bowl. Then add bread cubes and stir thoroughly until mixed.

Peel, core and then slice apples into 10 sections each.

Cook bacon on medium heat, stirring occasionally until browned. Scoop out bacon and put in a bowl by itself. Pour out all but 1 tablespoon of bacon fat from skillet. Add butter (skillet still on medium heat) and then stir in light brown sugar and maple syrup.

Add sliced apples evenly on skillet and let caramelize for 10 mins.

Sprinkle half of the bacon on top of apples. Pour on bread mixture evenly across apples. Sprinkle remaining bacon on top.

For the Love of Trees

Standing as tall as a magnificent Maple Tree our handsome fellow shows how easy it is to put together an attractive and purposeful look. It's all eyes right as our man provides a welcome view on the T! Speaking of Maple Trees...

our HOTT Crew congratulates the Cambridge Parks Department for their creative methods of maintaining a healthy urban forest while also preserving the necessary elements for the protection of urban wildlife.

The Red Maple pictured above at Arsenal Square was in need of serious trimming, and in Boston the entire tree would have been cut down and removed. But not in Cambridge! In this particular tree our HOTT Crew delights in watching a nesting pair of Downy Woodpeckers raise a family every summer, and in Winter the nesting holes are used as roosting places for the Downy Woodpeckers so they can survive the winter and escape predators such as Coopers Hawks. And Downy Woodpeckers eat pest insects such as beetles and bark borers that damage trees, so they're a great species to have and maintain in our urban environment. So Cambridge Parks Department left the trunk standing tall, rather than removing it, and preserved the nesting and roosting places for the woodpeckers. Aren't they adorable!

So keep your eyes on the trees and see if you can find these delightful and very helpful Downy Woodpeckers!

Location: Red Line at Harvard

Imagined Profession: Director of Urban Parks Operations

Photographer: GB

Fabulous Friday - Country Trad

Our hottie magnificently displays a version of Trad style that's very American and very suitable for those messy, icy, sloshy winter days. And look how his eyes resemble those of Colin Firth! Let's explore his style further...

Blue jeans with a cuff suitably high enough to stay out of the frigid water yet still cover the tops of his boots. A simple, always in style wool sweater in a delightful maroon/brown/charcoal color (our poor GB is colorblind and doesn't really know the true color of the sweater). A white buttoned-down Oxford shirt, beige baseball cap and a paperback book (Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch by Henry Miller) make our hottie's look complete. And what a handsome fellow he is! We rather think he's a recent graduate of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, more interested in community engagement than high finance, and is definitely well-read. He's our Fabulous Friday Hottie!

Location: Red Line at Harvard

Imagined Profession: Executive Director for Youth Outreach Non-profit

Photographer: GB

French Toast Alert - Elevated!

The French Toast Alert is now at ELEVATED, meaning we interrupt our regular programming to bring you three things:  1). Our Snow Bunny (above),

2). Our HOTT Crew friend Lola Matisse's still-life painting titled "Approaching Storm" (and now hanging in the lobby of the Eastern Point Yacht Club on Cape Ann) showing what you need to buy,

and 3). Our HOTT Crew's favorite French Toast recipe!  Ingredients needed are:

12" cast iron skillet . The French DO NOT use teflon skillets!
5 large egs
2 cups whole milk
1 tablespoon granulated cane suger
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
5 1/2 cups lightly packed sourdough bread cubed into 3/4 inch pieces.
5 slices thickly cut bacon, sliced into 1/2 pieces
3 large Granny Smith apples
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 tablespoons light brown sugar mixed with 1 tablespoon maple syrup

Preheat oven to 375F

Mix first 6 ingredients in a bowl. Then add bread cubes and stir thoroughly until mixed.

Peel, core and then slice apples into 10 sections each.

Cook bacon on medium heat, stirring occasionally until browned. Scoop out bacon and put in a bowl by itself. Pour out all but 1 tablespoon of bacon fat from skillet. Add butter (skillet still on medium heat) and then stir in light brown sugar and maple syrup.

Add sliced apples evenly on skillet and let caramelize for 10 mins.

Sprinkle half of the bacon on top of apples. Pour on bread mixture evenly across apples. Sprinkle remaining bacon on top.

Place skillet in oven for 30 mins. Remove, flip onto serving dish immediately and then let sit for 5 minutes to firm up.

Slice and serve warm with maple syrup or save for later and reheat in microwave.

Serves 6 to 8 people!