Lists . . . and Boston

So we came to the realization awhile ago that we are leaving Boston in a matter of months--- months! We got slightly tipsy and, in our stupor, made a list of things to do (and do again) before we leave the city.

I went to college here (like lots and lots of other people), moved away for grad school, returned, and have had a love-hate relationship with the city for twelve years now. As much as I feel ready to leave, I'll also be sad to go. I was walking the dogs this morning along the Charles River, and the sunrise, the scullers moving across the water, the ducks and geese along the banks and the daffodils in bloom--- all of it made me rather sentimental.

Here's some of our list for the next few weeks:

• take in one final Red Sox game at Fenway Park
• dinner or breakfast at the Rosebud Diner (the site of our first date)
• walk the grounds of Codman House, where we were married last August
  
• act like tourists and go on a Duck Tour
• view the art at the Gardener Museum
  
• stroll around on Boston Common
• take the dogs to our favorite off-leash park
• savor the awesome bread at Clear Flour
• have a pint at Matt Murphy's pub

If you are not a local and are visiting any time soon, I highly recommend doing all of the above, and then some.