Welcome to "Meet the Mayor," a segment in which we interview local Foursquare Mayors in their natural habitats.

Charlie's Kitchen
Joshua DeCosta

Tell us a tragic tale.
I'm a rapper, and I've been trying to get an interview or one of my albums reviewed in the Phoenix forever. Now, I've gotten an interview, because I'm the Foursquare mayor of Charlie's.

HOLLY FAIR | Saturday + Sunday, December 11 + 12 | 9am-9pm | 44 and 52 Brattle Street, Cambridge | //www.ccae.org/hollyfair

For the 57th year in a row, over 70 vendors will transform Harvard Square into holiday craft central. "It's definitely an institution in Cambridge," says Jerome Berkeley. Berkeley, who works for sponsor Cambridge College of Adult Education, gets to helm the vendor selection jury.

More craft fairs, you ask? Yes, we say!

CULTURAL SURVIVAL BAZAAR | //www.culturalsurvival.org/bazaar

Saturday + Sunday, December 11 + 12 | 10am-6pm | Harvard University Center for Government and International Students, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge

Friday-Sunday, December 17-19 | 10am-9pm Fri-Sat; 11am-6pm Sun | The Shops At Prudential Center, Belvidere Arcade, 800 Boylston St Boston

Are your friends sick of getting Christmas-themed scratchoffs? Is the Whitman's Sampler just not cutting it this year? Fear not! There are scads of craft fairs coming up in the next week to keep your list in handmade bounty from now unto death. We know that rows of one-of-a-kind artisinal artifacts can feel overwhelming. and so we asked the organizers of each fair for their favorite vendors.

Welcome to "Meet the Mayor," a segment in which we interview local Foursquare Mayors in their natural habitats.

Silhouette Lounge
Mercer Smith

How long have you been coming to the Sil?
Four months. I had just moved here, and I didn't know anybody. Someone told me this was a good place to meet people.

Welcome to "Meet the Mayor," a segment in which we interview local Foursquare Mayors in their natural habitats.

T.T. the Bear's Place
Emma Welles

I see you've got a few mayorships in "AK." Is that Arkansas?
Alaska. My boyfriend is from Alaska. We visited over the summer and procured many mayorships on our trip.

Welcome to "Meet the Mayor," a segment in which we interview local Foursquare Mayors in their natural habitats.

The Beehive
Audrey Evans

I've never actually been to the Beehive before. What's it like?
Man, I can't believe you haven't been here. It's been here for three years. It's the who's who of the what's what of the South End, and everywhere else.

Welcome to "Meet the Mayor," a segment in which we interview local Foursquare Mayors in their natural habitats.

JP Comics & Games
David Levy

So your mayorship is basically up for grabs?
I took a new job this year, so I have less disposable income than I used to. About two months ago, I stopped buying comics.

Watching Law & Order UK is like walking into a hole-in-the-wall restaurant that you heartily praise before realizing that it's part of a chain. But that doesn't undermine its quality (completely), right? Anyway, Law & Order UK is already in its 3rd season across the pond, and even though it started airing on BBC America only a few weeks ago, a review is a bit tardy, no? Here instead are a few reasons why the Brit show manages to be more successful (you know, in terms of content, not longevity, money earned, or other series spawned, like the one here) than the one we stuck with for 18 seasons (though seriously, cancellation? Fo' real NBC, girl still had a few more gos in her, at least).

As our city girds itself for the tsunami of book boosterism that's about to sweep Copley Square this weekend (to refresh your memory on just how incredible last year's Boston Book Fest was, check out our 2009 podcast archives), it seems like this is the perfect opportunity to wax introspective on one of the greatest novels of all time.

We regret to inform you of the loss of this week's Mad Men chatjam. We did everything we could to save it -- we even pretended to fly to North Carolina, but to no avail. But we will return next week, make no mistake. We're going to push ourselves, and it will be exhilarating. (Only two episodes left, folks!)

See you all next Monday.

Subcultures spawn defining rituals: fans of Insane Clown Posse have the Gathering of the Juggalos; practitioners of radical self-realization congregate at Burning Man; and for the national journo-politico elite and its legion of camp followers there are the publication of Bob Woodward's inside-the-Beltway, memo-and-tell, docudramas.

Step right up, folks, and get in on our live discussion of recent developments in the world of television! With the fall season premiering this week, we thought we'd try something a bit different - instead of limiting our discussion exclusively to Mad Men, we're opening it up to happenings on any show. Stop by and let us know your thoughts on the premiere of Boardwalk Empire, or last week's It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, or this week's debuts (including Lone Star, Running Wilde, S#*! My Dad Says, Hawaii Five-0, Detroit 1-8-7) and returns (such as Community, How I Met Your Mother, Glee, Modern Family, House, The Office, and 30 Rock.)

Or, we'll just talk about old episodes of The West Wing. We're easygoing.