A haphazard guide to Cambridge, Massachusetts
Over the summer we visited the Longfellow House in Cambridge, near Harvard Square. My boyfriend wanted to go, and kept mentioning it for months, so on a Sunday afternoon we finally walked over and caught the last tour of the day, at 4pm. The tour was free and excellent, and there was no cost for admission. I highly recommend it!
For the past several months I have been working for the City of Cambridge as a Career Advisor at the Community Learning Center. The CLC is a free public school for adults, where they can learn English, study for the high school equivalency test, and more. As a city employee, I hear about cool news and events that I probably would miss otherwise.
For example, every year during Ramadan, a holy month in the Islamic calendar when Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset, the City of Cambridge holds a community iftar at City Hall. I had never heard of iftar before, but apparently there would be dinner for Muslims to break their fast, and non-Muslims were invited, too. A free event where I could eat delicious food, learn about another culture, participate in my community, and meet new people? Count me in!
Boston is a major sports town. That may seem obvious, but it was news to me when I moved here. Then again, I’m not exactly informed about sports. I didn’t even know that the Superbowl was upon us – or that the New England Patriots were playing in it – until I heard about it on NPR the day before.
Thus it was unexpectedly that I found myself at TD Garden watching a Boston Celtics game in December.