February 2nd - Got married!
The following morning, we went to Morocco.... and Kenya..... and Egypt..... well... sort of... they are all different parts of Busch Gardens, a theme park in Tampa.
February 3rd - Watched the Giants beat the (cheating) Patriots on a 73inch TV.
Sandra and Crystal, fortunately were not doing karaoke during the game! Crystal was sleeping, but shhhh..... we won't embarrass her.
Speaking of which...
Second week of February... honeymoon in the biggest house we will ever live in!
After that, we flew home to Boston on JebBlue, our new favorite airline. Unfortunately we don't want to be sued for using copyrighted logos... so no cute pictures of JetBlue planes.
That brings us up to date! As of now, we are living in in East Boston. Our part of the city has history of having a lot of immigrants. In the earlier part of the twentieth century, they were mostly Italians. But recently the majority of people moving in are Latinos and a good number of people from the Middle East. What does this all mean? A large amount of hole in the wall Mexican and Italian food places! One of our favorite places to eat is a Pub 3 blocks away. Every Wednesday night, they offer cheap pizzas. It's a great date spot, though Crystal's taste for pizza is more refined than Aaron's is, so we may be in search of a new weekly hangout.
One of my (Aaron) favorite things about Boston thus far is the weekend Haymarket. On Friday and Saturdays every week, local produce vendors set up shop on a street downtown and sell produce for cheap! It feels like you're overseas a lot of times as you haggle with the vendors. We discovered a couple of Middle Eastern stores on one visit, and even befriended one seller who gave us free Felafil and validated our parking! (ooooh... ahhhh)
Another thing that I, Aaron, have enjoyed about living in Boston is that it actually snows here. Unfortunately, Crystal doesn't share that sentiment, because she has lived with snow for years, maybe I'll see the light someday and regret posting this...
Growing up in Waco, Tx I really was never sure what the point of winter was. I always figured that it was a break from being 100 degrees for 10 months out of the year! But dealing with snow has taught me a few lessons, including new ways to be chivilrous for my wife. Cleaning off a car covered in snow can be an adventure, so can shovelling snow, and even throwing it at each other. I am always tempted to initiate snow wars with random passers-by, but reason always gets the better of me! This is our car, "Tara", covered in snow and being very cold.
We have moved in with a married couple who have graciously allowed us to take up a room for the entire time we are here in the city. They have an eight month old son who likes to talk in unintelligible words and is learning to crawl around the house. He should be walking and terrorizing in no time flat! Read Matt and Pam's blog here.
Here are a few pictures of the house.
This is our street, it's not always covered in snow. Darn.
Our house, we've heard the bush and tree in front are alive most of the year. We are skeptical at best!
Here's a few of our room.
Standing in the door looking back, it's small but we like it.
There is the previously noted door. There are decorations on the wall to the left, but the picture turned out silly so I won't post it. Crystal is a great decorator, I am so blessed!
And finally, our view out the back window.
Many colors, many colors.
And one more pic for good measure, in case you forgot what we look like!
That's all for now! I won't promise another post anytime soon, but we'll see what the post fairy brings.
