I assume you're here for work reasons. At least it isn't yesterday, when it was so raw, rainy/snowy, and nasty. (Though I think you had that weather in NYC too, so small comfort.) I hope it was just a tiny section of Boston that hated you.
Yup. I'll be up here for work a lot (a couple of times a month for a a day or two each time). I've never really gotten this city, and that never seems to change. The 10 degrees colder than NY is just SHOCKING to my system right now and my main complaint.
I don't get the city either. They can't use numbers on their streets to make life easier, but they can number the public alleys. I've lived here for over two years and I still can't figure it out.
For serious? I totally only brought a light coat under the theory of "how bad can it be?" At least there's a mall across from the office. *hugs Lechmere*
Oh, hey, you're not too far from my office (in Kendall). If you want to do lunch coffee (edited because I forgot that eating out is often difficult for you, and eatery choices in the area are kind of limited) or something whenever you're up, let me know. It would be cool to meet you in person. :)
Weather: looks right now like it will be a cold rain tomorrow (possibly snow out in central MA, where I live), though they're unsure whether the system will break up before getting to us or not. Today is supposed to be partly sunny.
I'm working in the Kendall Square area, nowadays. If you're interesting in getting coffee or somesuch, ping me (this trip or some other), and we'll figure something out.
Pardon me while I enjoy continuing to be amused about the fact that it took someone in VA to introduce us when our social and professional circles overlap in so damn many way.
Well he was on the periphery of it, and I was in the middle of it, but freakishly, one of the saner people involved, and we knew each other in passing in the midst of some stuff that was very "what the shit is this?" and involved an international incident with the Netherlands and some US hookers.
Wait, are you in Cambridge near the Galleria? I'm on the other side of Kendall near MIT. If you end up needing anything, let me know. PM for my mobile if anything comes up.
My mother grew up in the Boston area, so whenever we visited while I was growing up, my dad would try to get her to give him driving directions and she had no idea, having always taken public transportation.
I lived in Cambridge for eight years and never learned how to drive there; just took the T everywhere. But my theory is that Boston is full of inhospitable New Englanders who don't want to give anyone who hasn't lived there all their lives a break.
Really? Manhattan is a numbered grid until you get to Greenwich Village and below. Even in Queens many of the streets are numbered. What confuses you, if I may ask? I might be able to help.
It's partly navigational and partly just "feel", for lack of a better word. My lizard brain tends to be really judgmental about certain pieces of geography, like cities: it doesn't grok NYC or Baltimore or DC, but does fine (and has always done fine) with much of Philly, all of Richmond, and most of Boston. There's something about certain cities that throws off my (usually excellent) sense of direction. Plus, these are just places that I can't "get" on a level of "why would I want to live here?"
Parts of Boston throw off my sense of direction and I hate driving there (JP/Roxbury/Dorchester in particular), but I still love the idea of those neighborhoods as much as I love Camberville and environs.
(I also have an inherent loathing for certain states: Connecticut, Maryland, and Illinois are the top three that I can't wait to escape once I'm in them. It has nothing to do with history or anything else, because if that was the case, Virginia would be top of the list. I think it's just, as I said, my lizard brain being judgmental.)
Oh cool! If you'd like to get coffee sometime I'd love to meet you. I also live really close to the Isabella Gardner Museum which is well worth a visit if you haven't been.
Totally, not this visit which is packed, but I'll probably be here about 4 days a month on an ongoing basis and Patty will be coming with sometimes to tack on weekends and stuff to the work, so you'll be seeing one or both of us.
I moved here from Washington Heights in Manhattan for grad school.
My first year here I lived in Waltham and my roommate said every time I left the house I had this look about me like I was expecting to be carried away by vultures.
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I don't get the city either. They can't use numbers on their streets to make life easier, but they can number the public alleys. I've lived here for over two years and I still can't figure it out.
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lunchcoffee (edited because I forgot that eating out is often difficult for you, and eatery choices in the area are kind of limited) or something whenever you're up, let me know. It would be cool to meet you in person. :)Weather: looks right now like it will be a cold rain tomorrow (possibly snow out in central MA, where I live), though they're unsure whether the system will break up before getting to us or not. Today is supposed to be partly sunny.
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Pardon me while I enjoy continuing to be amused about the fact that it took someone in VA to introduce us when our social and professional circles overlap in so damn many way.
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I AM NOT JOKING.
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Thank you for sharing such stories, by the way.
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Wait, are you in Cambridge near the Galleria? I'm on the other side of Kendall near MIT. If you end up needing anything, let me know. PM for my mobile if anything comes up.
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Me: "These fuckin' Boston streets -- even if I use GPS I always get turned around."
Beantown Native: "The streets were originally --"
Me: "YES I KNOW ABOUT THE FUCKIN' COWPATHS. PUT FUCKIN' SIGNS ON THE FUCKIN' COWPATHS!"
Also all of the streets are one way in the wrong direction!
I lived in Cambridge for eight years and never learned how to drive there; just took the T everywhere. But my theory is that Boston is full of inhospitable New Englanders who don't want to give anyone who hasn't lived there all their lives a break.
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Today is supposed to be the warmest day of the week, alas.
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Parts of Boston throw off my sense of direction and I hate driving there (JP/Roxbury/Dorchester in particular), but I still love the idea of those neighborhoods as much as I love Camberville and environs.
(I also have an inherent loathing for certain states: Connecticut, Maryland, and Illinois are the top three that I can't wait to escape once I'm in them. It has nothing to do with history or anything else, because if that was the case, Virginia would be top of the list. I think it's just, as I said, my lizard brain being judgmental.)
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Also the train was colder than outside.
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... that sounded far less dirty in my brain. LOL BUT STILL TRUE.
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I've been here since 2007 and I will NEVER get this place. If we get together, trust me, I'll whine about how much I miss NYC.
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::waves at Boston people::
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My first year here I lived in Waltham and my roommate said every time I left the house I had this look about me like I was expecting to be carried away by vultures.
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