Hello everyone and how are we all doing? Have we all come to grips with the new normal? This has just been a dress rehearsal for the new reality that is coming so just hold on to your seats. Today was an absolutely beautiful day here in Boston, and I took to my two wheels to see what life is like outside of my four walls. I felt like I was on furlough for a few hours as I cruised around the city and even crossed the bridge into Cambridge today. If you lived here you would get the gist of the two cities that are separated by a river. I know people who would say why on earth would I cross the river when I have everything I need right here, and that could be from a Bostonian or a Canterbridgian. Cambridge may be the PC capitol of the world so there is no confusion there as to which side of the river you find yourself. Picture Birkenstocks with socks, always have the reusable bag for trader Joes, latest talk at the Harvard book store, and wearing LL bean attire in a 5 star restaurant, Boston they upgrade to maybe Lulu lemon or Patagonia with a slight heel on the foot fashion but no Jimmy Choo’s here but we think we are fashion forward. So Cambridge definitely had all the Farm to Table places, before anyone knew what they were, and now Boston has them and they cost three times as much. But hey we are all in this together, as they say. I could really go on and on about the differences but I may have to save that for another time because it could really get heated. But I will just add one thing and then move on ,, best Cheeseburger? Bartley’s Burger Cottage, Harvard square or Bristol Lounge Boston a really tough call and I don’t want to be the judge, but if asked may have to have several vists to determine the winner.
One of the big differences from my old life in the suburbs and my city life has been the yardwork, and absence of my gas grille. Let me just say right up front there is nothing I miss about the yardwork, and if you have been paying attention and reading this blog you know my ideas on composting. My culinary skills would be greatly enhanced if I could just throw that nice piece of fish on the grille, but I can’t. There is no way I am grilling that fish inside this one room, I mean I would have to live with that smell for days on end, and then I might wish for the virus. We have no green space at our city place and there is no way I am cooking down in the courtyard with charcoal. I mean really I have my standards, and the fact that I am impatient has nothing to do with this offering. Speaking with some friends tonight they were sitting outside lighting the grille and getting dinner ready for a family of five. Well I think I have been doing pretty well since I only have to prepare for the two of us but it occurred to me if I was back in time and I had a house full that I was trapped within the same location, cooking all the meals things could go south real fast. I was remembering years ago when my son was a young teenager and really couldn’t understand why he couldn’t have a gun because he liked to target shoot. I came home one day after a particularly exhausting day and I was at the end of my patience, as I climbed the stairs to our back deck and heard the neighbors yippy yapping dog barking nonstop which was a new habit he had taken up. I walked in slammed the door and my son was sitting in the kitchen and I said this is why we don’t own any guns because if we had one your slightly deranged Momma would walk over to that closet grab it and shoot the dog. He looked up at me and said Mom you are just crazy and went back to what he was doing, obviously he didn’t believe me and I am sure I was joking , but …………..
So it occurred to me tonight that after all this quarantining and we really don’t know for how long, besides the run on hair and nail salons, the next run may be the Rehab places, and if you at all drinking at the levels that we are talking about you may want to reserve your space at Betty Ford or whatever place that will work for you. I would book it quick because I see it as another business that may benefit from all this craziness. Myself I don’t have to worry because I live with the most incredible guy and he gave me a gift certificate to a really nice spa for Christmas and I know where I am going when this is over and I am taking my daughter and daughter-in law with me.
Just sayin……………..
What do you think?