To enjoy life in Boston!
Any season, actually.
In the five months I've been here I've experienced three of the four, and have yet to be disappointed with the fantastic activities (yes Mom, I still love them) this place has to offer . Here's what I've been doing with some of my East Coast days:
I moved just in time to enjoy the last weeks of Summer.
These two awesome people joined me from Utah for a week!
Our adventures can basically be summed up with this photo:
Alright, I suppose we also spent time exploring the Freedom Trail, eating many a cannoli from Mike's Pastry, screaming at Six Flags New England, discovering the Museum of Science, touring Fenway, and other such entertaining times. Thanks Sarah and Megan for making my transition across the country an exciting and hilarious one!
Another perfect summer afternoon was spent walking the harbor, riding a ferry, and relaxing on Spectacle Island with a view like this:
And enjoying it with cool people like this:
I look forward to more summer days for these...
...and the opportunity to run along the Charles again
with them as my backdrop.
Lots of Saturdays spent at one of my favorite places on Earth :-)
And wonderful times getting to know these lovely ladies!
Roommates at the Yellow House: McCall, me, Dema, Meg
Many new friends, cupcakes, and mistakes involving keys
have all been made since my arrival...
A little camping and canoeing in New Hampshire!
I drove to work during many sunrises like this:
And went on oh-so-many walks through the
peaceful Public Garden...
...where you will see these ducks,
and of course, these ducks!
I spent many mornings strolling along streets like this:
And visited another harbor island, this time for sunset :-)
About this time, all the green green green trees
began looking more like this:
And somehow over the following weeks turned to this:
And then this:
I will never, ever, EVER be able to say enough about
Boston in the Fall!!!
Ever.
Autumn adventures included
a visit to the Boston Public Library
Georgetown Cupcakes
Skywalk at the Prudential Center
A stroll along Memorial Drive
And a day in Concord, where I walked through a town like this:
Learned about and visited the homes of people like this:
Crossed the Old North Bridge at
Minute Man National Historical Park
and walked all the way around Walden Pond!
I also went "hiking" in Dover...obviously not my Utah mountains,
but there were actual inclines!
And it was gorgeous.
Then, a special visitor arrived in town!
I didn't meet Josh, but I did meet his incredible violinist.
Halloween included edible costume props...
And more cupcakes...
And wonderful people in fantastic attire.
Then suddenly, it was Winter time...
And Thanksgiving happened.
Good people, good food, good day.
And my 26th birthday!!!
For which I treated myself to this:
And celebrated with awesome friends
who threw me a party like this:
And gave me my favorite flowers that looked, in real life,
even better than this:
Thank you, Matt :-)
We bought ourselves a darling little tree...
and named her Carol.
Meg-dear and I had the perfect snowy evening at the movie Frozen!
I soaked up Christmas goodness singing and listening to the
Candlelight Carols at Trinity Church on Copley.
And had a fantastic morning playing in the snow :-)
Today we went to the Museum of Fine Arts...
And I was reminded, as I am every single day,
how blessed I am to live right here, right now.
And incredibly enough,
somewhere along this wonderful journey that is Boston,
I learned to parallel park.
Like this.
