settling in

the last few days have been really hectic.. packing up and moving, travelling to come here, and then getting here, running around to find an apartment during the day, and then pub hopping at night.. it's been a whirl of food and drink, places and people.

the place i will be working and staying at is a little suburban town, outside Boston proper. it's one of those little towns, with Main Street being two blocks long, and no chain stores, all being the mom n' pop kind of stores. i got me a pretty nice one-bedroom apartment, and have been busy trying to furnish it. it's such a quiet and peaceful little town that when i take the train into Boston and am back in this maelstrom of noise and chaos, it's momentarily disorienting.

the one thing that i have done is really seen the Boston party life.. clubs, pubs, restaurants and cafes.. and there's still so much more to see. but i need to start working for that, cos my pockets are not cavernous by any stretch of the imagination!! and when i have to start paying $9 for a jack n' coke then somehow even the eye-candy available in plenty does not redeem the place. i would recommend the Middlesex Lounge cos it's pretty cool, and the waitresses are hot.. the Joshua Tree Bar is kinda too much hype, doesn't have the irish pub feel for me, the service was pretty poor too, definitely not worth a second visit.. Caprice has potential to be a really good nightclub and lounge, attracts a pretty young and hot crowd, we didn't head into Underbar, which is the afterhours section of the club, but the Moroccan-themed lounge upstairs was pretty cool.

all in all it's been a great weekend, but now it's time toset up house, and get ready for monday morning.. cos here comes work!