Nicole's Notes

Unfortunately, we failed to pace ourselves, and after doing a bit less than half the circuit, we had to take a break and slow down. And boy, were we wired! There were some pretty strange combinations there too. White chocolate lavendar ice cream, spicy chocolate pudding and black rice krispie pops were only a few of the weird (and sometimes wonderful) goodies.

Neither of us had spent much time in the South End before. It really reminded me of the area I used to call home in Toronto, and not just because it seems to be Boston's gay district. It has a lot of neat shops and gourmet restaurants, and a certain antique style that's edgy at the same time, if that makes any sense? I like it a lot!

The area in Toronto was just starting to get gentrified when I left, and the South End has definitely gone that path as well. The homes seem to retail in the six figures, and that's not for an end unit!

We also discovered a few gated alleyways (obviously the back alleys for these homes), that were beautiful vignettes of twisty paths through gardens. My favourite were the dungeon-esque entrances to the basement units, however. Wish I'd had my camera.

I felt very old and suburban visiting there, though. Like I've lost my "urban" identity. It's been ages since I went downtown in Toronto or Boston as anything but a tourist. :( Sometimes I think I should try to convince Jason to move downtown (although it's way out of our price range!), but that would mean giving up our house, which I love, so I always change my mind. Can't have everything, I guess.

On the home front, Jason's documentary has pretty much wrapped up. We're just waiting for the disks to come from the factory so we can box 'em up and send 'em out. Not sure where we'll put 5000 disks, however. Er, hope no one wanted to stay in our guest room...

Since he's had more time on his hands, Jason's been doing some yard work. We bought some neat Jack Daniels half-barrels at the grocery store, which we're going to make into planters. Vida from work gave me some onion seedlings and Jason's Mom gave us some other plants, so all we need is to drill a drainage hole and some dirt to go in them.

Lots of plans for the yard this year, and I'll try to post some pictures of what we've done.