Welcome

Hi, and welcome to our blog! We recently relocated to Brookline Mass from far, far away (not Mars, if that’s what you had in mind...) and we’re here to share with you our experiences out and about on the town. So, we’ll start at the beginning.

Somehow (poor planning, maybe?) it ended up that only the two of us were left to unpack the contents of our 14-foot U-Haul into our 2^nd-floor apartment. As you can imagine, we were thrilled, but we were even more thrilled when, about halfway in (to the truck, that is), a group of kind-hearted strangers agreed to help us carry our gigantic (and rather heavy) dresser upstairs. We were even more thrilled when two of them decided to stick around and help us unload the rest of the truck, even though all we could offer them in return was some water and double-stuffed Oreos (not too bad, right?). That was most definitely a very warm welcome into our new town.

Our apartment is on Beacon Street in Brookline, which is the town’s (or city’s?) main road upon which are situated various ‘centers’ – large intersections with cafes and shops, and the essentials like CVS and supermarkets. We’re a 15-minute walk from what we think is the nicest of these centers – Coolidge Corner. Coolidge Corner is the intersection of Harvard Street and Beacon, and Harvard street is home to many a’fine places, like Peet’s Coffee, CVS (and Walgreens), the synagogue we joined, Starbucks (of course), Dunkin Donuts (of course), even Rami’s Falafel. There are a bunch of other nice things there, like the Coolidge cinema, and we’re thrilled that it’s so close to where we live. (We’ll see how often we take the walk or even the T ride once winter sets in, though!)

A 15-min walk in the other direction gets you into the city of Boston, right by Fenway Park (How cool?). While we haven’t yet been to a baseball game, we have explored the area a bit and we’re excited about how close we are to all the city has to offer, yet still far enough away that we don’t live within the city's noise and pollution, and general lack of green (although some areas of Boston are quite green and beautiful).

So there you have the general overview of the area in which we live. More to come later on some interesting explorations...