Harvard Square
I meant to write this one a while ago, but kept getting delayed. I'll do a short entry, rather than indefinitely put off making a longer one.
I used to love to go to Harvard Square. It was my Mecca, and I'd go at least once a week, and more often if I could. It was about a twenty minute drive for me, perhaps twice that long if I took the T, so it wasn't an arduous trip. But even when I lived hundreds of miles away, Harvard Square was the place in the world that I loved best.
I won't bore you by talking about the stores, restaurants, and street scene. It was just so much fun to be there!
I preferred hanging out there with a friend if possible, of course, but even if I was alone I loved to be there.
Anyway, after I moved to Rhode Island I stopped going. It was too far, and I had family responsibilities. But recently I ended up on my own in Harvard Square again, in the process of heading towards a get-together with old friends. It had changed a lot, of course; I knew that a lot of the stores I loved were long gone, thanks to greedy developers. But I was surprised by the number of old favorites that were still there, and still more surprised that there were some new stores which weren't lame chain stores (how I loathe Abercrombie & Fitch) but interesting and fun-looking places. It all came back to me with a rush.
God, I missed it. I need to try to find a way to get back there, at least once in a while.
I used to love to go to Harvard Square. It was my Mecca, and I'd go at least once a week, and more often if I could. It was about a twenty minute drive for me, perhaps twice that long if I took the T, so it wasn't an arduous trip. But even when I lived hundreds of miles away, Harvard Square was the place in the world that I loved best.
I won't bore you by talking about the stores, restaurants, and street scene. It was just so much fun to be there!
I preferred hanging out there with a friend if possible, of course, but even if I was alone I loved to be there.
Anyway, after I moved to Rhode Island I stopped going. It was too far, and I had family responsibilities. But recently I ended up on my own in Harvard Square again, in the process of heading towards a get-together with old friends. It had changed a lot, of course; I knew that a lot of the stores I loved were long gone, thanks to greedy developers. But I was surprised by the number of old favorites that were still there, and still more surprised that there were some new stores which weren't lame chain stores (how I loathe Abercrombie & Fitch) but interesting and fun-looking places. It all came back to me with a rush.
God, I missed it. I need to try to find a way to get back there, at least once in a while.