I know, I know -- we're slackin' hard core with this blog thing! Well, to be fair, we are not slacking in other areas. We are working our butts off unpacking, having finished the actual moving of the things. Soon we will have technology properly set up in the new house, and then we can show exciting things like photographs and ... well yeah that's about it.
Anyway, I figured an update was in order, and since I'm at work and only have access to non-Cole-related things, I will talk to you about something I'm SURE you've been dying to read about: my commute!
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My cycling commute has gone from 3.6 miles to just about 9 miles. It may be longer, but it's much more pleasant. I am no longer going down the bike lane on Mass Ave and turning onto Comm Ave, jostling for space on the asphalt with cars the whole way (the bike lane on Mass Ave is notorious for being ignored by motorists). The commute is a bike path that follows the southern bank of the Charles River pretty much the whole way. Sections of it are essentially a sidewalk to Storrow Drive / Soldier's Field Road, but then there are good chunks of it which are wonderful pathways through lush greenery or quiet runs right next to the water. It's pretty awesome.
I wonder if I'm going to at some point eschew beauty for efficiency by cutting off a huge stroke of the charles by taking Western or Brighton Ave... but so far I am enjoying it. Pictures to come!
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Hang on a minute. I looked at the map of where the new house is. Am I wrong or will Cole be going to Newton SOUTH. Traitor.
Hahaha, hell no Bridget -- he's going to North. He's right down the street from North! That was totally one of the criterion during our house hunting: No crack houses, no phone booths, and no houses in the Newton South district. haha
Dude, you live in the same zip code as my folks. Wacked.
That is nuts. I think I live just over the hill from them.
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