So, Amy, I think technically before you take that exit onto Cambridge Street and drive over the river to Cambridge, you are in Boston City lines (I remember reading that sign just this past weekend, following the same path into Cmabridge/Boston). However, you won't be winding through Boston proper, or see any landmarks or anything. It's a highway drive through Boston City Limits for a few miles, between Newton (to the west) and Cambridge (to the east). So there you are.

Thanks, guys. I should have just looked at a map, but my brain is on overload this morning.

And thanks for the note about not going through Boston proper, Nora, because I said something about them fighting traffic, which I'll take out.

Feel better Hec. (and don't think about my long thin tresses)

Awww, you're always hot, Laura. You just exude a sort of cheerful carnality.

And thanks for the note about not going through Boston proper, Nora, because I said something about them fighting traffic, which I'll take out.

Well, it's the part of the Pike which does get extraordinarily traffic-y (tolls, many junctions, etc.) so getting to Cambridge that way would most likely (during rush hour) have horrible traffic.

You just exude a sort of cheerful carnality.

Hec-liments always cheer me up even when they aren't for me. YAY! Love this one.

I don't know which is making me smile and chuckle more: the term "Hec-liments" or the Hec-liment itself.

Yay for Erin’s library. It is wonderful to hear so many people came through for you. I didn’t contribute only because we have really needy schools close to home. My boys’ beloved books went to them. Right in Palm Beach County we have schools out west in everglades type areas that have migrant children. Their schools are horrible when compared to my area. Stunning how the Boca Raton schools gets so much money and in the same county other schools are totally neglected. You don’t want to get me started on the financial incentives for schools that do well on the FCAT scores. Heaven forbid we send money to schools where the kids can’t read the tests

Oh, hell, yeah.

Um, lost my train of thought. Students conference. All I can think now, is even though my Spanish really sucks, I could be dropped in Mexico and make my way around and be understood.

Hec-liments always cheer me up even when they aren't for me.

So true. It really is a special talent.

Hec-liments always cheer me up even when they aren't for me. YAY! Love this one.

I was just thinking that! He's got a talent.

There's actually another box of books going to Erin's library, if someone ever gets around to sealing it up and putting it in the mail. Right now, it's a decorative accessory on the dining room table.