Day-to-Day

I go to Walgreens about once a day. An excuse to get out of the apartment and off my new iPod touch, i guess. Not that I can afford it. (The iPod touch was free, a present from Nick. He got it with his new Macbook Pro.) But, I need to get out of the apartment.

Sometimes, if I'm daring, I go to CVS instead. It's closer, but usually more expensive. Not that I can afford anything, anyway. I usually end up getting a 99 cent Arizona Iced Tea (original Lemon, of course). What I have yet to realize is that, if I got one of those for every day that I spend in Boston for the rest of the time I'm here, I would be spending upwards of $70. Overprocessed tea really does add up.

My favorite street to walk down is Harvard Street, two blocks away. It has J.P. Lick's ice-cream ($3.67/scoop; 'still haven't dished out the cash for one), a nameless hippie store that sells overpriced tie-dyed dresses and smells second-hand, the Symphony dry cleaners (ten bucks for not getting the orchid stain out of my graduation dress; lame), the awesome Brookline Booksmith bookstore (used books downstairs), a CVS, and a Walgreens, among other Boston-like stores, such as the GAP and Panera Bread.

I was stoked about the Trader Joe's directly across the street from the apartment until I realized that the only produce I could get there was packaged in styrofoam, plastic wrap, AND paper, and it cost at least $4 a pound. Then Nick & I discovered the Stop & Shop about two blocks further. It was like heaven on earth. Aisles of apples, oranges, and potatoes as far as the eye can see...

Speaking of seeing, I can see the Great Cuts hair salon, Curry food restaurant, and Great Nails nail salon (best pedicure of my life) from the apartment window. The T (Boston lingo for metro/subway/train) runs right in front of the apartment, and if you get a Charlie Card (Boston accent mandatory for use: Ch-ah-lie C-ah-d), it's 30 cents cheaper per ride (woo!).

A freelance article I weasled my way into somehow worked out to get me an afternoon at the Boston Globe, where I observed the WriteBoston program and managed to meet the travel editor of the globe all in a day's work. Savvy.

My plan is to see more of Boston than the fireworks show (see below). Now that the weird rain showers have ceased, we may be able to do just that.