Boston

Some small news - Alexi got a residency interview from the University of Colorado at Denver today. This was a surprise because they rarely take east coast students and it's a VERY good program. Some of our friends in years past haven't gotten interviews there. Exciting!

We're in Boston (Sammy & I) visiting Alexi for the week and it's been awesome. I was able to meet with Dr. Lemere, a member of my thesis committee. She's a researcher in the building right next to the hospital Alexi is working at this month so I was able to go through her lab and she took Sammy and I out to lunch. I'm so glad I asked her to sit on my committee - she has offered great advice and will be an excellent person to work for if we move here. So as an update - Alexi is LOVING his rotation in the surgical ICU (intensive care unit). He says everyone is nice and he's learning a lot.

We have some great friends here and have been able to spend time with some of them so far and will see more of them this weekend. Alexi's best friend from high school and his wife are residents at Mass General so we've had dinner with them twice. Our friends in the Longwood Christian Community here at Harvard Med are living in the house next door so we've been able to hang out with them. My good friend from undergrad is a postdoc in Cambridge so we'll see him and his wife tomorrow. And another good friend is a resident at UMass in Worscester so we'll see him tomorrow as well. Lots of great people here - we wouldn't be lonely if we end up here. EXPENSIVE though - 2.79 for a half gallon of milk. Nasty. But we wouldn't need a car because the train is a stone's throw from the area and the hospital is just across the street. We like Boston but we also LOVE Rochester - and are interested in other cities too so we'll see!

A part of the Brigham & Women's Hopital (one of several in the area)

Alexi playing with Sammy on our walk through the park

Our family in the park

Sammy hanging out in our room

The street the house is on (Wigglesworth Street - seriously). Three of these houses are owned by the Longwood Christian community - rooms are rented by students, residents, doctors, etc at subsidized rates - but still expensive. Each house has a big kitchen/living room in the basement that everyone shares.