1/17/2024 0 Comments Parkers maple barn wooden swings![]() Today, with Lesley College taking the place of the Porter Exchange, it’s still–and especially–a young person’s place. Thirty years ago, when I visited frequently, Christopher’s was the place for the young, casual, and hip, and I was two of those things–guess which two (lol). But I have found that the city mouse in me still wants to scurry in the flurry of city energy once in a while, and so, the Gertz Girlz indulged me on a birthday trip down memory lane. It’s nice to be a country mouse when you’ve had your fill of city life. I had so many dining experiences in so many of Cambridge’s Squares, and way too many to mention here.īut oh, the memories of Christopher’s… Located at the corner of Mass Ave and Porter Rd, we can’t guarantee a day as gorgeous. ![]() I ate hot dogs at The Tasty in Harvard Square, which is gone now, but immortalized in Good Will Hunting (as an aside, I find it irritating that the characters ate hamburgers…really?…the hot dogs were amazing!). ![]() I knew every square inch of every Square (except Kendall, which in the 1980s wasn’t all that interesting I understand it’s more interesting now). While my home was in Belmont, my life was in Cambridge. It’s an extraordinary place, filled with gorgeous landscaping, walking paths, horticulture, architecture, history and in the spring, lush lawns abut a pond filled with gorgeous waterfowl. If you’ve never been, don’t let the idea of graves keep you away. Back then, I lived in Belmont, within walking distance to the Mount Auburn Cemetery. You were there for me at just the right time: when I was young and everything was possible, and you were right at my door (or just a few miles away). Oh Cambridge, My Cambridge! How I’ve loved and missed you so. It was an uncommonly warm–and impossibly sunny–day for early March in fact, it was a perfect day to visit Cambridge MA and be a part of the bustling life of city dwellers and college students the frenetic bus, car, cab, and foot traffic and the sense of belonging that occurs in one of Dee’s favorite cities. For her birthday celebration, we traveled to one of her favorite past haunts. Hard to believe, but Dee is now another year older since we started the Gertz Girlz blog (funny how that works).
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