Blogs from Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, North America - page 2

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

Robyn and I toured around Copley Square where there was a farmers market going on. We bought a genuine American apple pie to take to dinner tonight. Then we walked down Newbury Street and window-shopped for a while. I persuaded Robyn to go with me to see the spot where the Boston Tea Party took place. We went down to the river but had a hard time finding it. Finally, after much searching online on my phone I realized that the museum that commemorated the event had burned up and was still under construction for another year. We saw where the burned up building was, so I guess that’s where all the tea took a swim too. However, it was just our luck that a art project was going on right there, so our trip hadn’t ... read more

Hi - I woke up this morning very excited - my bags are all packed, and there's not much left to attend to. Since I'm going to be exhausted when I arrive in Rome, I figure I may as well send the first leg of my trip. But since I won't be able to fill you in on the specifics of the first leg, I'll just have to make them up: Logan was a mess - one of those elder-cart drivers plowed into one of the de-icing trucks on the runway (don't ask me what it was doing there), and my flight was delayed by 4 hours. When I finally got in the air the two five-year-old twins behind me fought the entire way. Thankfully, one of the flight attendants slipped some vodka into their milk ... read more

url='/Videos/3733.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/3733.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;'Harvard Sq at night The weekend saw us moving from our hotel in Waltham to our new home in Cambridge. I think we’ve set a new record of sorts in shifting residences. Consider this - In the last 3 yrs - I’ve lived in 11 different apartments !!!! So I guess I’m a veteran now. Living in Cambridge though is entirely different from any other place. Let me backup and tell you something about the history and geography of Cambridge. Cambridge is a town adjacent to the city of Boston. The city of Boston itself is very compact( only 232 sq. km) and the surrounding areas( treated as separate cities with mayors) comprise the Greater Boston area. The Charles river separates Boston from Cambridge. Cambridge was established as the town of “Newtowne” in 1630. ... read more

Today really fell into place. Batteries were converted into USD. USD were converted into corrugated boxes. Boxes were filled. I have a better 3pt shot than most NBAers. So says my audience. ... read more