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bobquasit ([personal profile] bobquasit) wrote2008-04-05 09:55 pm
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Harvard Square

I meant to write this one a while ago, but kept getting delayed. I'll do a short entry, rather than indefinitely put off making a longer one.

I used to love to go to Harvard Square. It was my Mecca, and I'd go at least once a week, and more often if I could. It was about a twenty minute drive for me, perhaps twice that long if I took the T, so it wasn't an arduous trip. But even when I lived hundreds of miles away, Harvard Square was the place in the world that I loved best.

I won't bore you by talking about the stores, restaurants, and street scene. It was just so much fun to be there!

I preferred hanging out there with a friend if possible, of course, but even if I was alone I loved to be there.

Anyway, after I moved to Rhode Island I stopped going. It was too far, and I had family responsibilities. But recently I ended up on my own in Harvard Square again, in the process of heading towards a get-together with old friends. It had changed a lot, of course; I knew that a lot of the stores I loved were long gone, thanks to greedy developers. But I was surprised by the number of old favorites that were still there, and still more surprised that there were some new stores which weren't lame chain stores (how I loathe Abercrombie & Fitch) but interesting and fun-looking places. It all came back to me with a rush.

God, I missed it. I need to try to find a way to get back there, at least once in a while.

[identity profile] goddessgrrrrl.livejournal.com 2008-04-06 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
Psst- A lot of the more funky stuff has migrated to Central Square- There's also a lot of fresh stuff in Davis Square, too.

[identity profile] oldwolf.livejournal.com 2008-04-06 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
I'll be coming out there to meetup with Graceysbane this summer. AS she was out here last summer and is returning the favor.

HSq is one of the places I wanna visit as I'm a fan of Cartalk(.com) on NPR.

Maybe we could all do dinner when I'm there???

[identity profile] oldwolf.livejournal.com 2008-04-07 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Cool! She says AUG/Sept would be a good time for me to come visit.

[identity profile] klyfix.livejournal.com 2008-04-06 07:29 am (UTC)(link)
I've been feeling that Harvard Square just isn't as trashed as we're supposed to believe it is, even with some old favorites gone and chain stores having moved in. I know that Central Square is supposed to be the up and coming place and there are a whole lot of food places and bar places (I don't drink, but I notice these things) but it still doesn't do that much for me. Davis Square I'd like to get to a bit more due to overall coolness, although to be sure the one game store I've gone to there (Your Move Games) now (well, last few times I was there) has such a cramped location with such a limited selection that it's not as much of a draw to me as it could be or once was.

Mind you, if I actually lived in Cambridge or was more comfortable traveling I might have different feelings.