Blogs from Massachusetts, United States, North America - page 112

Here are some photos of my stay in Boston which will tell you what I've been up to in the last few days. What you won't see is the theater performance Pam and I are going to see tonight: It's called "Bread and Puppet" and is done by seven puppeteers from Vermont who'll be accompanied by a local Boston brass band. And yesterday afternoon I saw a movie: "In Bruges", a rather violent thriller but with excellent acting and beautiful shots of the Belgian city. I also had a lovely dinner the other night in Brookline with my friend Mia, whom I met in Maine last summer, and today it's lunch with my dear friend Maura. As you can tell, I'm very lucky to have some great friends here, and I love Boston. It's a university ... read more

Geo: 42.3586, -71.0567So, slight detour/delay in my trip. My Grandmother fell and broke her leg over the holidays; she's been healing well, but slowly and is graduating from Physical Rehab Thursday. She couldn't manage the stairs at the old house, so my grandparents will be moving into a new condo with an elevator on Wednesday. Needless to say it'll be a pretty busy week for them with the move, and getting Mimi reacquainted back into normal life after three months in recovery. So, I'm going back east for a week to stay with them, help unpack, and help in general with the million of little things that'll inevitably need doing in getting settled.I'll just delay my departure for my trip by a week or so, and as a side bonus, I'll get my Visa application/passport into ... read more

Dear Friends, Just 17 more days before we leave for China on January 30! Seven wonderful students, another teacher and I will be part of a 25 year old exchange between the Newton Public Schools and the Jingshan School in Beijing. We had a "Lucky Pot" party/meeting last night with all the visiting Chinese and their American host families, our China Bound group and their parents. Lots of excitement! I'm attaching a photo of our group, myself in my library, and another one with my family. I'm pretty busy getting ready to go so I probably won't create another entry until I arrive in China, but return to this space in February if you want to follow my adventures. Cheers! Diane... read more

Wednesday 2nd Jan - Well happy new year and welcome to blog two of 2008. Hope you all had a good one. I stayed in for the first time in probably 12 or so years, but it was enjoyable all the same. As U2 say, nothing changes on New Year’s Day. Well except the date and the year, but we’ll forgive them that small error. Today I got a lift with laura to her work in Sheila’s car, whose TomTom has John Cleese’ voice - scary! - as I needed to return some thermal bottoms and an adidas (oops, it was a Laura xmas prezzie!) Top at Marshall’s which believe it or not is more of a bargain than TK Maxx. Have to go back in there sometime - king of the bargain hunters that I ... read more

Geo: 42.3586, -71.0567Hey so the movers came on Wednesday (Dec 26) and took away everything in apartment. It's all packed and in storage, awaiting my arrival date in San Francisco for shipping. The cats are safely settling in at Mom's house, and I embark for the first stop on my trip (San Francisco) on Sunday. I'll be in Boston for Christmas with the family this weekend. And one last good home cooked meal at Uncle Bob's before I head off to who knows what the hell I'll be eating =). Merry Christmas everyone!... read more