Welcome to Bawstin (Boston)

This intro to Boston was so great I've decided to share it with you all a few segments at a time--starting with basic info surrounding this fantastic city! Enjoy!

For those of you who have never been to "Bawstin", this is a good guideline. I hope you will consider coming to "Beantown" in the near future. For those who call New England home, this is just plain great!

Information on Boston and the surrounding area: There's no school on School Street , no court on Court Street, no dock on Dock Square , no water on Water Street . Back Bay streets are in alphabetical "oddah": Arlington , Berkeley , Clarendon, Dartmouth , etc. So are South Boston streets: A, B, C, D, etc. If the streets are named after trees (e.g. Walnut, Chestnut, Cedar), you're on Beacon Hill . If they're named after poets, you're in Wellesley .
Massachusetts Avenue is Mass Ave ; Commonwealth Avenue is Comm Ave ;
South Boston is Southie. The South End is the South End.
East Boston is Eastie. The North End is east of the former West End . The West End and Scollay Square are no more; a guy named Rappaport got rid of them one night. Roxbury is The Burry, Jamaica Plain is J.P.

How to say these Massachusetts city names correctly:
**Say it wrong, be shunned**
Worcester: Wuhsta (or Wistah)
Gloucester : Glawsta
Leicester Lesta
Woburn : Wooban
Dedham : Dead-um
Revere : Re-vee-ah
Quincy : Quinzee
Tewksbury : Tooks berry
Leominster : Lemin-sta
Peabody : Pee-ba-dee
Waltham : Walth-ham
Chatham : Chaddum
Samoset: Sam-oh-set or Sum-aw-set but nevah Summerset!

Theh awh mowah great ways to get to know this place called Bawstin... so stayed tuned.

Iceskating at Frog Pond

There is a reason the classic thing to do around here is go iceskating at the Boston Common! We had a blast! My first skates were a little shaky--I think Corey was worried we'd only make it around the rink twice in the 3 hours we'd be there. I switched over to the hockey skates which brought a lot more hope to the picture. You can see the evidence from the twirling picture. :) Should you come to Boston during the winter, skating on Frog Pond is quite the delight!

busy, busy, busy

As the magician on Frosty the Snowman says, "busy, busy, busy"! It's no excuse, I know. It's amazing how quickly you feel so out of touch when you don't enter the blogging world for a month or so. I've got a lot of catching up to do so there's an update coming soon. Our computer's fan is sort of running out of steam, so I only have a few minutes to work on a few things. We're getting a new CPU here in the next couple of days--so stay tuned (I know you have for a while now).
Snowy in Boston,
Alisa

ALL for the LOVE...

Valentine's Day is such a great one! We are so grateful for our friends and families and love them very much! Corey and are forever blessed to have each other. Happy Valentine's to you!

Winter Dinner

The Winter Dinner with the HBS LDSSA was really nice. It is so wonderful to be surrounded by such great friends.

Happy 28th Birthday Corey!

Corey celebrated his 28th in Boston with a lobster meal and white cake with chocolate frosting both accompanied with lots of love and wishes from the family! Life couldn't get any better.

Welcome Home Derek

It was so lovely to be home to see Derek! We absolutely loved being all together.