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[f4f3]

I am in Boston. 
It seems to be made mostly from very pretty bricks. I suspect there was some sort of pro to-LEGO movement going on here. 
Harvard is interesting, and very proud of being 350. Bless.
The city itself really appeals to me. Despite the rain and cloud, it seems to be a cheerful city, plentifully supplied with river, and parks. I wonder if the Scots/Irish have anything to do with that.
In case you're wondering, I'm in an Apple Store, resurrecting my flat-lining iPhone by taking some charge from them, and their wifi too. 
And I don't feel guilty, because Apple don't mind...

In other news, my dad is still recovering according to plan. He's back in a normal ward now, I hear, but not ready to go home yet.

In other, other news, I'm going to be doing a 90 minute commute next Mon-Thursday, which is less than ideal, but better than staying in Glastonbury. No, not that Glastonbury, the one in America.

And in other, other, other news, I'm not too fond of this apple keyboard. It seems smaller than the one on the MacBook Air, and a bit flimsy. 

I do like the 21.5 inch iMac it's connected to, though.

TTFN.

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[nicnac.livejournal.com]

Boo for long commutes :(

[f4f3.livejournal.com]

It#s 78 miles, and takes 98 minutes. When I was small, I thought American roads must be the most exciting in the world.
I was wrong.

[amelia-eve.livejournal.com]

Boston is America's biggest college town. I don't even know how many colleges and universities there are there. It's a fun place to be a student because there are so many students there. It's also kind of immune to the NY-LA axis of international glamor. Much like San Francisco, Boston is happy with its own definitions of what is important.

I assume the Glastonbury you refer to is the one in Connecticut? Not a very clear route, is it? I suggest you avoid 95 as much as possible - it's the freight route and filled with huge lorries driving faster than you'd like them to.

[made-of-paradox.livejournal.com]

I second the recommendation for avoiding 95.

Then again, the last time I was in New England, we left New Hampshire to the west and crossed the Hudson well upstream of NYC, because my mother doesn't want to drive within 30 miles of Boston or NYC.  I've done OK with it, myself, in a car with a powerful engine and a good predictor of New England driver behavior in my head.  (And I drive in Austin now, which is its own special brand of driver-crazy.)

[f4f3.livejournal.com]

I think I came back across from Glastonbury in the dark through the middle of a thunderstorm along 95. It was not a good drive.

Thanks for the tip - I'll take an alternative tomorrow.

[f4f3.livejournal.com]

So what makes up New England? I passed signs for New London yesterday, and there's lots of Thames Streets, and Windsors around here.

[made-of-paradox.livejournal.com]

New England is 6 states - Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut.

The first 3 states I was ever in, and 2 of the 3 states I have lived in, were New England states.

[f4f3.livejournal.com]

I think most of the students were leaving/had left, and there was a sporty crowd around for the NBA play offs. I think I'd like to come back here sometime, though.

My route of choice is Highway 6, Interstate 395 and Highway 2 - it's a funny mixture of empty, two lane highways, as good as dual carriageways back home, and rural routes with traffic lights and guns and ammo shops...

[mhaithaca.livejournal.com]

As others have said, Boston is a neat city. It's very heavily Irish Catholic, historically, which is especially evident south of the city and in fire departments and police stations. Lots of colleges and universities, yes, but also lots of business and seafood and brewing. Samuel Adams and Harpoon are both based in Boston, and I try to get to one or the other brewery on each visit. (Lately, it's mostly been Harpoon.)

You may already have figured it out, but Apple are quite happy to have you in their shop using their Wi-Fi. I suspect that's become a boon for travelers in many cities. And, the oddly teeny-looking keyboard is pretty much exactly the same size and layout as the MacBook keyboards, but it looks teeny next to a much-larger iMac. Ithaca College have just bought me an Apple Wireless Keyboard to use with the laptop I was issued, and it's very cute. It's even dwarfed by the laptop.