Wine, Bubbles and Beer on the Charles

I'm going backwards a bit, but I couldn't leave graduation week behind without a mention to 'Wine, Beer and Bubbles on the Charles'. Much to the disgust of several friends and I, prior to "WBB" there was to be no graduation party prior to commencement. Used to a much more celebratory mood in Australia and Europe we set about organising our own event. Thankfully the Boston weather prevailed and with some last minute catering help from our parents we entertained 80 graduating students, their families and friends on the banks of the Charles River. The wine flowed, the tunes hummed on the ipod and the weather behaved remarkably. A beautiful sunset and some Salsa dancing at the end of the night and all declared the night a success!

Tuesday Travel Tips... Cambridge to Longwood

Having settled in Boston I'm struggling a little to come up with Tuesday Travel Tips.  I'm in the hunt for a new regular weekly post.  Any suggestions?

Anyway, this week I thought I'd wax lyrical about my route to school.  I live in Cambridge, the main hub of Harvard.  It's where most of the schools are situated, the undergrad campus is here and not surprisingly, it has quite a good buzz to it.  Unfortunately the Public Health School isn't here.  It's over in the Longwood Medical Area, a 20 minute bus ride across town.  Every morning I get the M2 Shuttle, a great free service the university offers to get people quickly and easily between Longwood and Cambridge.  Like the tube in London, people LOVE to complain about the service - "it's too slow", "it gets stuck in traffic", "the drivers are terrible".  But I love it.  I love the 40 minutes each day I get to read.  I love eves-dropping and looking at what other people are reading and I love creating stories about who they are and what they do.  Mostly I love the fact that it's someone else and not me driving in Boston!