Boston & Providence (1)

Abbie IV had five days of homelessness -- in between getting kicked out of the dorm and before the start of her sublet -- so we headed to New England to help with moving things into and out of storage and to provide housing. We spent Sunday (May 27) on the road and stayed the night in Waterbury Connecticut. We ate supper at Spartan's (moussaka for me, something with seafood for Frank), a great local restaurant that was recommended by the desk clerk.

Waterbury is just two and half hours from Providence, so we got an early start Monday morning and rolled up to Ab's dorm at around 10 am. The building she will be living in has secure storage and she had her belongings packed and ready to move to the basement. She was in charge of moving the possessions of her roommates and several friends, too. And there was another friend in a different building who was also using the storage. So we spent a couple of hours loading and unloading the Hyundai. All told, we moved the belongings of five students; including at least two computer monitors.

We re-loaded our stuff into the car then walked to Sawaddee Thai Restaurant for a late lunch. My crab fried rice was excellent. Boston is only about an hour from Providence, so we headed north, checked into our hotel in Cambridge, settled in, then walked around the neighborhood. Eventually, we started looking around for a place to eat dinner. Inspection of the menu at Helmand, an Afghan cuisine restaurant that we happened upon, showed an acceptable selection. The place was very nice and even though it was a little early for eating out, was somewhat busy. We were taken to a smaller back room (we weren't the only ones dressed casually, but maybe we were the only ones casually dressed without a reservation) where we ordered sea bass (shared by me and Frank) and something vegetarian for Ab. Everything was delicious. When we left, the place was packed.

Back to the hotel for web-surfing, relaxing and planning for Tuesday's activities.