Randy’s fall down the stairs aside, I don’t think I could be much happier with our new townhouse. I’m reminded of that at times like this weekend, where we had a friend from Portland visiting and we were able to walk within a few minutes to a decent restaurant for dinner. Better yet, we had options for dinner.<\/p>\n
Although a town and not a city, Arlington has a surprisingly diverse collection of restaurants in the town center (where we live). Within a few minute walk we can choose between Thai, Chinese, Japanese\/sushi, Italian, Indian, Turkish, Middle-Eastern, pizza, bagels\/breakfast, sub shops, standard American, high end “European (whatever that is)…even Argentinian, which is what we opted for last night.<\/p>\n
Plus we’ve got various coffee shops, banks, stores, and even government services (post office, town hall, library) all nearby. And a 20+ mile bike path practically across from our front door. I’d hate for Randy to hear me say this, but I probably have more restaurants within closer proximity to me now than I did living in the North End (since my place in the North End was quite a few blocks from Salem Street or Hanover Street). Plus, there’s more diversity in dining options in Arlington (not just Italian).<\/p>\n
Anwyay, once the weather actually improves I hope\u00a0we’re ambitious enough to take advantage of our location.<\/p>\n
Oh, and speaking of good weather, it looks like we’re in for some good weather in Mexico this week. The 10-day forecast for Playa del carmen shows sunny or\u00a0mostly sunny\u00a0days\u00a0with highs in the upper 70’s\/low 80’s…with no rain!… for our entire trip. YAY!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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