
fun italian street signs in the north end on my way to work

that's where i work! a nice reminder each day that i live on the ocean.

small streets and churches of boston's north end

small plaza near my office that i am sure i will enjoy in the spring

new england's young bularzik club! cousins cousins and baby cousins!

the pretty lake view from the end of my street in woburn
Through the generosity of friends and the luck of sunny weather, I’ve made it through my first month in Boston! I thought I would share a few of the daily images I have right now. My life is pretty much just work, since I am living in a town north of Boston with my cousin until the end of the year and my commute is pretty brutal. But I am enjoying living with my cousin, getting a lot of reading done on the bus, and learning about a new part of the Boston area. On January 1, I will be the proud new tenant of a giant studio in a bustling area of Boston! The 25 minute commute won’t hurt, either.
I’m living in Woburn, which is not pronounced the way you think it is. Our street is right off the pretty lake you see above. I try to get out there and walk around the lake and the trails on the weekends, when I am actually home during daylight. Otherwise, my daylight life is in Boston’s North End, which is the Italian district.
The North End has really been a joyful place to work. The ten minute walk from the train station to my office takes me through shops, cafes, churches and homes all bursting with Italian things. Sometimes when it’s really nice out or I have gotten to work really early, I will take a wrong turn down a winding street just to see what else the North End has been hiding. Sometimes I hear people speaking Italian. Sometimes it is clear that I’ve run into a pack of tourists. But it is always interesting, which is more than I can say about any of my previous commutes in the good ol’ USA. Maybe that’s because I really feel like I work in a little slice of Italy.
My office itself is on the water, across the bay from Logan Airport. We have a balcony, and lots of rich people live around us. Sometimes I hear seagulls. We have a swimming pool available to us in the summer that we share with the other tenants. Lots of people have dogs, and I have started to recognize a lot of the dog walkers that show up midday. It’s a peaceful, beautiful place to work. I think we’re moving into a bigger space next year, but I’m hoping not before I get a chance to use that pool!
Other than work, I have gotten to spend a good amount of time with family. I am one of SIX cousins on my dad’s side that live in the Boston area! Since I did not grow up out here, I am really thrilled about the chance to get to know my New England family better. Cousins were probably my favorite thing in the world when I was little (because I have about a million of them), but they are a whole new kind of special now that we’re older.
So here’s to my second month in Boston! The month where I will move to my permanent home, where I will be joined by my Jon and my Marshall, and where I will finally get into my winter Bostonian groove.
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