Wake up!

I’m currently reading a book that I bought in high school (when I pulled it off the shelf, it even had the original bookmark in it) and never finished. This is pretty rare for me, but the book isn’t a typical novel, it’s a Western take on Buddhism called “Awakening the Buddha Within” by Lama [...]

Low-key fall weekend

My weekend began with a marathon of the show “Say Yes to the Dress” (don’t ask, I was in a weird mood on Friday). The show was like seeing a car accident, I just couldn’t turn away. After prying myself off the couch, Mike and I headed to Eric’s new apartment for a little cookout. [...]

Must Watch: John Adams

Mike and I finished watching the “John Adams” HBO series last night and I highly recommend it. Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney were fantastic as John and Abigail Adams–they were truly the best actors that could have been chosen to play these parts. They really made the scenes come alive and carried the story through [...]

Brief foray into the life of Oscar Wao

I finished reading a book yesterday that’s very different from the type I would normally choose. It’s called “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” by Junot Diaz. You might be wondering how I picked it, well, the truth is, I needed a book and the library was closed so I selected it from Mike’s [...]

It’s official: fall has arrived

Today is the first official day of fall–one of my very favorite times of the year. The leaves are starting to change here, making my drive to work much more beautiful. I’m eager to do some leaf-peeping in the next few weeks and I cannot wait for the Sandwich Fair on Columbus Day weekend. (No, [...]

Beautiful fall weekend

It was a beautiful fall weekend here in Massachusetts, my second one in a row here in about forever. I love traveling, but I’m also definitely a homebody and it felt good to be in Boston for two weekends in a row. On Friday night, Mike and I went on a double dinner date with [...]

Never stop learning

Yesterday I received my very first text messages ever from my parents. First I got one from my dad around lunch time, which resulted in a very nice conversation (on the phone, not over text). And then muzzy sent me one later in the evening. I don’t know whether they’ll ever become very frequent texters, [...]

The Adams family

I mentioned before that I recently joined Netflix and I have to say, it’s awesome so far! I can’t believe I’ve never used it before and feel silly for waiting this long to realize how fantastic it is. Yesterday I received the much-anticipated first two parts of the “John Adams” series that was originally shown [...]

Battle of the Bean

Last Friday, Mike and I conducted a very scientific experiment: determine whether B&M or Bush’s makes the best baked beans. While grocery shopping, we couldn’t decide which brand to buy, so we decided to pick one of each, B&M Original and Bush’s Boston Recipe, to see which one was better. Here’s how they stacked up:
Bush’s [...]

To be young again

As I mentioned yesterday, I finished re-reading “The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger this weekend. I read the book when I was in high school about a million years ago and have been wanting to read it again for some time. I was curious whether I would still like it as much and [...]

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