Half-way through summer and I’ve already done so much:

1) Trip to San Diego/LA. Short but excellent adventure where I got to:

A) see the first screening of the found footage film 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift at the Silent Cinema (if you click on the link you will see my friends and husband shade tipping in the front row!).

B) Eat at Scoops a few times (where the flavors are wild and the portions/sizes are reasonable).

2) Had 8 family members visit me all during 4th of July weekend where I got to:

A) See a handful of people bring fireworks to the beach and launch them all simultaneously

B) Try not to get sun burnt

C) Finally found the Swan boats at Boston’s Public Garden. What a cute, romantic park if only I didn’t feel like my skin was baking that day.

3) Went on a day-trip to Providence, RI where I got to:

A) Enjoy some Nice Slice pizza. The vegan slices are hands-down the best I’ve ever tasted.

B) Discovered that downtown Providence actually has some great independent stores you can visit: Craftland is a shop that sells handmade goods (many local) and offers classes/workshops. Etsy.com is great to find crafts but it’s so much better to be able to look, smell (i.e. soaps) and touch them (strange sentence, i know). Also found some great comix, music books, etc at Symposium Books (which was on the other side of the street from Craftland). They have high quality remainder books (prices slashed in half or more) that you wouldn’t ever be able to find in a bookstore in Cambridge, MA.

—->But the next few weeks will be just as eventful:

1) Trip to NYC by train to visit my best-est pal Shaun, and an old, long lost friend from Japan.

2) Trip back to Montreal (after a 4 1/2 month hiatus) to attend Otakuthon with my brother and much more.