BU, Emerson College, and the Boys
Much like Alex, I need to vent about the LACK OF POTENTIAL in this city. Well, I guess our issues are quite different. And I mean, damn....I thought Berkeley had problems. If you haven't figured it out already, I'm talking about the guys of boston. I guess I'm partially biased because white dudes just don't do it for me...but I can still appreciate an attractive white male. What I can't handle is a WASP, or "white bread" as I like to refer to them as. I don't wanna just knock these guys down....believe me, I really don't...but Boston University gave me nothing to work with. However, I must admit that I found some more attractive guys around the Emerson College area. Emerson is a theatre arts and communications school--a strange mix of "dirty" indie pot-smokers and twittering pre-professionals--a combination I would have never thought of. Nonetheless, they are all private school kids and almost certainly have their family's bank account behind their every endeavor, whether it's next startup or the next broadway play. Don't get me wrong, I really liked the feel of Emerson and loved the fact that my friend was living in the Doubletree Hotel because they couldn't offer her a dorm room--free Doubletree cookies were the best! And I can't believe I saw the set of Will & Grace at Emerson College! Apparently, the guy that wrote the show went to school there, so it's now displayed in the school's library. Loves it.



Dunkin' Donuts, Starbucks, and ATMs
This place is on every other corner in Beantown. I wanna say it's almost glamorized here...like Starbucks (obviously another company on EVERY block in Boston) because I did see long lines in a few of the stores. To tell you the truth, I haven't seen a DD in CA in the longest time...I think the one we had in the desert was run down, and then finally closed down. There's also an incredibly high density of Bank of America ATMs in Boston--plus they are all indoor ATMs (kind of a new concept for me...).

One last note.......toilet seat covers are a luxury here.