It's 2.3 miles from my house to my school. Usually, I ride the 69 bus
for 2/3 of this, right on down Cambridge St.I don't love this bus. This bus has ignored me and annoyed me.
I've recorded my experiences from four days and averaged them. Results are as follows.
While walking this distance, I usually see:
fifteen bikers
five hotties
hear three horns honk
hear one siren
hear two conversations in another language
see two seemingly homeless people
I also would say I see two lessssbians holding hands at least once a week.
There are generally two neighborhoods and two squares that I walk through on my way.
I start by walking through this fairly affluent and nice neighborhood that I live in. Most houses are extremely large and have a sneeze of grass for a lawn. (Look to Favorite House photo below) The houses are often split into two or three families. THEN I walk past Harvard University. The Museum of Comparative Biology, the Science Center and Arts Building are my favorite. I also pass by Harvard Square. For those unfamiliar, Squares here are a mix of shopping centers and clusterfks. Harvard Square has lots of restaurants, coffeeshops, some grocers, clothing stores and bars. Most squares also have T-stops (subway) and bus connections. I also walk through Inman Square on my trek. Then near K-Lo (the host school of our program) the second neighbor hood is. It is a mostly Porteguese area, but there is a great diversity. Most of these doors are huddled close together and make the block seem a long dash of front doors. No lawns. ACs humming through windows and sneakers from the electric cords.
I snapped this picture of a young girl that was both wearing a crown and talking on a cell phone. There is a great deal of wealth in Cambridge and it seems a great aware of social justice, but there still remains a great gap in class. Click for larger image!
I mentioned earlier that there are a great number of Portuguese-American families in Cambridge. Here's a graph that's in a window on the way to work.
Here's a picture of one of the inside of one of the Porteguese shops on the way to work.
Here's an example of how visibly diverse the neighborhoods I venture through are.
AND NOW FOR ACCOLADES!
Favorite mailbox:
Favorite Labeling/Instillation art piece?
Favorite Restaurant (Punjabi Dhaba on left) (this is Inman Square)
Favorite House (to live in)
Favorite Architecture (Memorial Hall at Havard University)
