09/01/2025
Happy Anniversary! Today marks 20 years in Boston for me. I didn't have this on my bucket list. 20!! Pretty amazing.
A few things I've learned since 2005:
1. If you stay here long enough and hang with the right (or wrong) people, there's a very high likelihood that you'll end up in a PhD program.
2. A spa is a place to get pizza not a massage.
3. This city won't want to admit it but it thrives on schadenfreude. These people are obsessed with others getting Storrowed.
4. Most people don't have the accent from the movies. But if they do, Google translate will work fine.
6. A lot of people say they live in Boston. But they actually mean Cambridge, Somerville, Brookline and surrounding areas.
7. The people are lovely! Grounded, smart, thoughtful. The kind that makes the world a better place. Unless you move their parking space saver in a snowstorm.
8. My mom thinks Newbury fashion is LLBean. She might be right.
It's a beautiful city that can be enjoyed by foot or by bike. I can't imagine living anywhere else.
Boston you're my home!
