This is really the kind of blog post that should have pictures, but I never got around to taking any, and it's raining today, so I don't particularly want to go outside right now to take some. I'll use plenty of descriptive imagery, though.
I live in Medford right now. It's a lovely little town, despite being almost-inconveniently far away from things. I moved into a house with two other ladies from church, who are fantastic and good at appreciating British comedy and Joss Whedon things. Our house is old, but very spacious and fairly well-kept up (just try to name one old house in the Boston area with perfectly functional electricity). My room is large and the walls are purple. The floors are half wood, half linoleum, and all squeaky.
I've been running in the mornings to get in shape (and also because I have nothing much to do these days), so I've had a decent chance to explore the surrounding neighborhoods. Boston Avenue seems to be one of the main streets in the town (city?). There are lots of little businesses, restaurants, and even a convent!* There's also this Danish pastry shop that I've been to once before I knew the area but will probably patronize more now that I know where it is. Medford is bordered by the Mystic River, and along the river there are little parks with trails. The river is lovely! There are lily-pads and today I saw a family of swans floating along. I think it would be quite nice to live along the river one day and have a rowboat to get around.
High Street is another main street and it leads to the Commuter Rail, which I rode for the first time yesterday. It was fun, sitting on a train while a man in a hat walked through and collected my fare. There is also a cute place called the Magnificent Muffin and Bagel Shoppe that I visited primarily to break a twenty-dollar bill. It's run by adorable old ladies who sell muffins the size of a premature infant. I had a cranberry scone that was quite tasty. There is also a bank, a post office, and a drug store close by.
My house is also only two miles from Davis Square, a pretty happening area in Somerville. There's a bus that goes straight there, but I walked it the other day without getting lost once. The only downside to my location is that the closest (i.e., only walkable) grocery store is a Whole Foods, and I am slightly morally opposed to Whole Foods because they bought out all the Foodmasters and now Bostonians who aren't pretentious organic millionaires have to find new places to shop. They do have a good bakery section though, and that might placate me enough to do some shopping there.
So that's my initial impression of West Medford (oh yes, I live in West Medford, which doesn't mean much, I don't think) in a nutshell. Perhaps at a later point I'll be motivated to take pictures. Or people could just come visit and I'll show them around, maybe buy them a Danish.
*This will be a good thing to know in a few years if I ever decide to formally abstain from the company of men. The vow of poverty shouldn't be an issue (grad school...sigh), and I'm sure they won't care too much about my not being Catholic, right?
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