{"id":245,"date":"2006-01-25T10:52:35","date_gmt":"2006-01-25T14:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/snarl\/2006\/01\/25\/lunch-is-on-the-house\/"},"modified":"2006-01-25T10:52:35","modified_gmt":"2006-01-25T14:52:35","slug":"lunch-is-on-the-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/snarl\/2006\/01\/25\/lunch-is-on-the-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Lunch is on the House"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Not really. But that was the main subject at lunch yesterday. You see, I found out a few weeks ago who Veselka Slut is (the new commenter on my blog). He is actually a co-worker name Mark who, coincidentally, is on the same floor of the same building as me at work (I still don’t know how he found out about my website). I think i’ve blogged before about how my office is in the middle of nowhere – at the end of a long hall next to an emergency stairwell and a conference room. Well, his office is on the other side of the conference room (though, entered at the elevator lobby versus my long deserted hallway). And, after being in this building for a nearly a month, I’ve discovered that this floor is gay central at Harvard. Without naming names, there are 4 openly gay men that I know of (and there can’t be more than 15-20 people on the whole floor to begin with). 10% my ass!<\/P>
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Anyway, I’m sidetracked…back to lunch. Ever since selling the condo after breaking up with Matt last year, I’ve been keeping my eye on the real estate market because my goal is to eventually buy again. I’ve focused my search on the more central locations of the city such as the North End, Back Bay, Beacon Hill, South End and Cambridge (also not coincidentally the priciest areas). In time I added Somerville and Fenway to the mix to see if prices were any better.<\/P>
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Over the past few months, I’ve been able to explore parts of Dorchester with Mike – an area I never would have even considered before. But Mike lives in the Savin Hill neighborhood on top of Jones Hill which has an amazing collection of old wooden homes lovingly restored by the gays (many with views of the skyline or harbor). So, I’ve added to add that to the list of neighborhoods in my searches on-line. And what did I find out? <\/P>
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Well, for starters, I can get a completely gutted and remodeled 1,000+ square foot condo in a triple-decker for same price as a 400 square foot walk-up studio in the North End that was last remodeled in the 1960’s.<\/P>
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Enter Mark. Knowing that he, too, lives in Dorchester, I emailed him a smorgasbord of questions about his experiences in Dorchester. In an attempt to avoid carpal tunnel syndrome from kicking in, we opted to go out for lunch to discuss real estate. We ended up at Grendel’s Den which, despite working at Harvard for nearly 5 1\/2 years, I’d never been to. What a deal! For $3.95 I had a pork chop, mashed potatoes and sauerkraut. We also splurged on their spinach, artichoke and crab dip. MMMMM<\/P>
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Long story short, he raved about DOT (Dorchester’s affectionate nickname). Now I’ve got more to think about: convenience versus space, own versus rent, boxers versus briefs.<\/P>
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Life is too complicated.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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