Where's Edward?

Taken at the 2005 MCPHS White Coat ceremony:


Okay, that's a little difficult to see.. see a slightly better version here.

Boston: days 4.5 - 6.5

Past the halfway point already? Noooooooooooooooooo!! :(

Started Wednesday morning/afternoon with a healthy dose of shopping. I really think I should stop. I think I already maxed my exempted limit. Oops.

Then Edward met up with me downtown and we took a nice long walk along Newbury Street (think T.O's yorkville) to pick up something at a nearby post office. We were only able to go through the last section of the street since we were both quite tired and quickly walked home from there. On the way home we passed by the most insane traffic junction I've ever seen.. there were about 8 different paths all leading to or going from this junction. There were merges and weird traffic lights. We couldn't make any sense of it. So glad we don't drive here!

After a quick break at home, we decided to finally go to Union Oyster House for dinner. Man, were we disappointed. The oysters were horrible. Not good at all. There were no oyster juice in the oysters and they had no taste. There was sand in everything.. in the oysters.. in the scallops I ordered.. in the clams that came with Edward's feast, even in the corn that was Edward's side dish! Yuck. I thought it was horrible food for the price we paid. But oh well, the place is the oldest restaurant in the United States, I suppose that's their selling point? The clam chowder was really good though, I'll give it that.

Edward met up with me after class today again while I wandered around downtown. I had to pick up something for my sister near the wharf so we stopped by the No Name Restaurant for fresh seafood. The restaurant is located right at the pier where all the seafood exchange takes place. It was a bit of an out of the way place but I've read good things about it. As we were walking up to the door a bus full of seniors started to file into the resturant. I think it was a senior tour.. kinda "a show and seafood lunch" sorta deal?

Anyway, the food was really reasonably priced and really good. The menu was simple and the cooking methods were nothing fancy, but the ingredients were so fresh. As soon as we sat down, the waiter plunked down a plate of garlic bread, the kind that we make at home. (read: nothing fancy. Just butter and garlic salt on toasted baguette) Edward once again got the Lobster deal.. which came with coleslaw, fries and a side of fried shrimp and scallops. All for 17.95. That's a good deal!

I ordered a bowl of seafood chowder and was pleasantly surprised at what was brought to me. Instead of the rich, creamy soup that comes to mind when one thinks of chowder, their seafood chowder was a white, waterly soup that was filled to the brim with chunks of seafood. Fish, shrimp, scallops and clams filled most of the bowl. I think it was 2 parts seafood, 1 part liquid. Delicious. The meal costed us a third of what we spent the night before at the Union Oyster House, but I enjoyed it so much more. Oh, the place also had an awesome view of the Boston harbour too.

There were a couple of old ladies who sat at the next table and when they left, one of them said to us, "Now now, you two, behave yourselves! I know your mothers!" while the other complimented my purple streaks and told Edward to make me eat more. Hahah.. old ladies are so funny. I assured them that I ordered a slice of blueberry pie already and they chuckled and said, "good girl!"... hahah.

Have I made anyone hungry with this post so far?? Heehee.

Did some more window shopping after lunch on the whole stretch of Newbury street to walk off all the food. Then went home and picked up our jerseys and headed out to the TD Northbank Garden for the Leafs-Bruins game. We had pretty decent seats for 21 bucks, I must say. I think it's much smaller than the ACC though.

Notice the empty seats behind me? Those will later be filled with 4 obnoxious underage-drinking freshmen from Edward's school. They were funny in the beginning, but got downright rude during the game. One guy in front of us asked them to stop swearing since it's a family venue and there were kids everywhere. They then taunted the guy for the rest of the game. Of course, Edward and I got heckled since we are leafs fans. Didn't help that the Leafs lost 2-1. Ai ya. At one point, one of them said, "There are Asians up there?" (refering to Canada)... to which I said, with my eyebrow arched high, "What was that?".. to which he smartly muttered, "uhm, nothing..". Dumbass. Kids will be kids, no?

time for: sleep. Edward's already snoring.

Boston: Days 3.5 - 4.5

Had a super late start to the day due to the crappy weather. After Edward came back from class at 4pm, we fell asleep watching a chinese cartoon and didn't wake up until after 7... geebus. It was just so windy, wet and gloomy outside, wasn't in the mood to go out.

We finally decided to go out to this Mexican chain for a quick dinner. The portions were ginormous. My burrito was bigger than a brick. Wasn't even close to being able to finish it, especially since we ordered some chicken nachos to share. The nachos were different from the ones we usually order in T.O. The cheese wasn't melted, it was covered with pinto beans and it had corn chile salsa on it. Tasted good though. I would've taken a picture except that we forgot the camera. The burrito, however, was just completely overkill.

We were originally going to get some dessert at Finale right after dinner but we decided to stop by the apartment to pick up the camera instead. Took some pics of us while we were there.

<-- Edward thought he looked weird with the scraf.. something about being fobby?? I just thought he was missing his neck.

In this one he thought he looked -->
too much like this bro... so one more time.

<-- 3rd time's the charm. Done and done. Time for some yummy dessert.

A quick few stops on the T took us to Arlington station. Then we walked for a few minutes to our destination. Again, I marvel at the compactness of this city.

We ordered the Fantasia for two at Finale. It was basically a sampler of five different desserts. Their desserts are supposed to be really good and usually come in pretty small portions, due to the richness of it, I suppose. The size of each variety in the sampler was miniature, but it was quite enough. I was stuffed after trying 3 out of 5 of the them.

Clockwise from bottom right corner:
Cinnamon rice pudding topped with mango sorbet;
Orange creme caramel;
Peach almond torte with apricot sauce;
White chocolate flower petals filled with butter crumb cake, lemon Bavarian cream and topped with sliced blueberries;
Fresh strawberry tart with vanilla gelato;
Chocolate basket filled with mixed berry sauce and miniature sugar cakes.

They were all very yummy. The textures varied with each dessert which I liked. There were lots of different sauces which got a little messy after a while, but they pretty much went with every variety. Delicious. My favourite was the orange creme caramel. Nice and light.

Okay, I've updated enough.

time for: wash up and go sleep. or at least try.

Boston: Days 2.5 - 3.5

While Edward was in class like a good boy yesterday, I went downtown to shop and wander around all the stores that are unavailable in T.O.

Bought a couple of things, but was so happy to find these:

Lovely lime tic tacs!! They don't sell these in Canada, only yucky mint flavours and whatnot. My parents used to get my sisters and I these citrus mix tic tacs whenever we hopped on the ferry in HK. Now that I think about it, I'm sure it wasn't only when we went on the ferries, but that's the memory that sticks out the most in my mind. I bought 30 packs. Uhm. They were on sale. Might as well.

Also found these. Another candy from my childhood. (D, do these look familiar? They are from the same company as the chewy bears.) Chewy cola bottles and chewy gummy bears, so much better than the soft, oily gummy bears and coke bottles usually available. I only bought a few bags of these, I'm thinking I should buy some more. I'm picky with candy. These rock.

Also took the bus to the UPS pick up place in Watertown. It was in the outskirts of Boston, kinda like what North York is to downtown t.o, but we got there really quickly. Everything is in a smaller scale in this city. Their "Ride Guide" uses a scale of 1 inch : 1/3 mile... that's 1 inch : 530m. Hmm.. TTC's scale must be like 1 inch : 1200m or something. No wonder they call this a walking city.

Edward's in class for another hour or so, I don't think I want to go outside today. Wilma is passing by the Atlantic near Boston so it's windy and rainy outside.

Hopefully the rain will die down tonite.. we are supposed to go to Union Oyster House for dinner tonite, and possibly stop by Quincy Market for some more fresh, fresh oysters. But it's raining so hard.... does that affect the quality of the oysters? Maybe something about the rain moving the water and sand around too much in the wharf and thereby pushing sand into the oysters??

I think I'm rambling. Time to stop.

time for: make lunch. hungry.

Boston: day 1-2.5

I've been MIA from my blog for a couple of weeks since I was busy running around trying to get things done. Had a list of tasks I had to complete and clear from my mind before coming to Boston.

So glad that I cleared that list. Well, except for rust-proofing my car. Am I ever gonna get that done?

Edward picked me up from the airport at 5 on Friday so I didn't have to lug 90 pounds of suitcases through the city by myself. While I was waiting for him, this Porsche drove up to the curb and a woman near me practically jumped the driver. They then proceeded to take PDA to a very awkward level for bystanders. Eww. Good god, woman, he needs his face! Let it go! I sorta just rolled my eyes and went back to my book. But man, when Edward showed up... too happy for words. And no, I didn't jump him.

We were supposed to go to his school's Harvest Ball that night, but what with the traffic and lugging suitcases up 4 flights of stairs and just general indifference towards the whole thing, we didn't wind up going. Instead, we picked up some yummy mexican food and settled in front of the computer like we always did. Perfect.

I finally fell asleep at around 4 in the morning only to be woken up by a scream at 8:30. From Edward. It took me a few seconds to figure out why he was screaming in pain. Then I realized he was gripping his left calf.... ah, a muscle cramp.

Ed:"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!! Why won't it sttttttttttttttoooooooopppppppp??"
Eve: (bewildered) Maybe you need some bananas. *muffled giggles*

Poor thing, not only did he have to endure a long and painful cramp, he has had to endure all my bursts of laughter since then. I can't help but laugh every time I think about the "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!". Hahahaha.

Finally got up at around noon, stopped by vegetarian fair and then on to shopping at Galleria Mall in Cambridge near MIT. The mall was opened 'til 9:30 on a Saturday! How nice. Couldn't get through the whole mall but managed to get some shopping done. I was all shopped out by 8 and practically collapsed on the T. (That's the train/subway system Bostonians get around on.)

This city is so compact and convinenent. It's a bit dirty since it's so old, but there's a lot of character in it. I wouldn't want to wander around at night by myself, but other than that, it seems relatively safe.

I met a few of Edward's friends tonite at dinner. We dined at a a chinese place called Peach Farm in Chinatown. The food wasn't so great, but it was nice to actually meet some of the people Edward has mentioned numerous times over the past few months. They seem like cool people. They are all Americans and it's obvious that they don't know much about Canadians at all. That was rather surprising.

I suppose we only know so much about American culture due to the fact that most facets of media stem from the States. TV, movies, books and magazines are mostly centered around our not-so-friendly neighbour. Where would Americans get any exposure of their Northern ally except from all the cliches that have been passed around for ages? But to not know where Toronto is? That's rather... odd, don't you think?

This semi-ignorance and the fact that they made comments on Edward's choice of words for the terms "Restroom", "grades" and "12th Grade" made me quite excited that the Fleet Center in Boston (ACC equivalent) was recently renamed TD Bank North Center. I shall make a note to refer to it as TORONTO Dominion Bank North Center 5 times when we head over there for a TORONTO Leafs-Bruins game in a few days. I just hope the leafs win. Either way, we'll wear those jerseys proud.

Tomorrow will be a day of shopping while Edward's in class all day. And then perhaps over to the wharf from some fresh, fresh seafood or over to the famous Union Oyster house for some chowda and oyster.

I'm so happy to be here. I've missed my Edward more than I've let on. (Mine!)

time for: some more research... such as what route I should take in Downtown Crossing to maximize my shopping potential?

hump day tomolo!

It'll be Wedneeeeesdaaaaaay tomorrow!! Then the week will just zoom by to the long weeeeeekeeeeeendddddd. *Evie jumps for a joy.*

*jump for joy a couple more times for good measure*

Why the happy mood? Ed finally got his laptop!! He has internet! He's got bit torrents! His webcam works! Oh happy day! Glad to report that he doesn't look any different since I saw him in the flesh 7 weeks ago. Doesn't look like he lost weight, doesn't look like he lost any hair. Heehee. And I'll see him in 17 days. *insert high pitched squealing* 17 days!!! That's like 2.5 weeks. Yay!!!!!

What, do I seem excited?

Alright, I'll calm down before I hurt myself.

There's been a bit of a change of pace at work lately. Haven't been back to that client in Brampton for a week. Did go to another client in Brampton today though. But still, it's been nice being in the office for a few days. Met a new coworker (again. I've lost count. I think that's 7 now.), getting ready to say bye-bye to another one.

The girl with the incessant questions is leaving at the end of the week. She half quit/got fired. We all saw it coming. She asked the senior and I a week ago whether she'd have been fired if she didn't rashly declare that she wanted to quit, we didn't know what to say. We did refrain from saying the following though: duh, of course, hellya, yuppers, for sure, definitely, nudoubtabutit. I thought that showed maturity on our part.

New co-worker is a fellow Laurier alumni. She's comfy with computers (Wheeeee!) and seemed to be less nervous. She did admit to getting nervous and completely shut her mind when someone was explaining something to her in a less than kind tone. But she was smart enough to ask me to explain again after said someone had left for the day.

It's gonna be an awesome second half of the week, methinks.

Who wants to see Wallace & Gromit this weekend?? Come on, you know you waaaaannnna'. Stop-motion claymation, everybody!

Okay, one more time.. 17 days!!! Lemme do my happy dance.

time for: shower. (being hyper takes energy, yo.) and then sleep?