It was only two weeks ago that the weather turned cold, we turned our heater on, and I had my bags half packed to run to a safe haven from the New England winter. However, this weekend appears to be summer's last hurrah. The temperature jumped back up to 80 degrees, with a humidity that no Southern Californian could understand. The sky was overcast ( Read more... )

I went to the coolest place last week with my cousin. Boston's North End has a TON of Italian people. Actually, some one told us that it's the largest Italian community in the country, although he was a Bostonian Italian, so be skeptical. It was certainly dense, tens of great little store-front restaurants, all on one street. Some of the best ( Read more... )

Well, I'm getting ready to spend my last night in CA. Tomorrow, I blaze intrepidly into the world of adulthood, and Graduate School. My sister just asked me an interesting question. "So, what do I call you after your Masters, Bo or Doctor Bo?" The reply ( Read more... )

Well, I'm headed to the other side of the country. Boston, the land of freezing winters, humid summers, rabid baseball fans, and me. As an inauguration to that event, I'm starting my connection to the rest of the world, here on Livejournal.  I'm going to be starting graduate school at the University of Boston, and hoo-boy, is it exciting.  A whole ( Read more... )