Beantown is My Kinda Town: Cambridge, Harvard University, Henrietta's Table

Dear Fellow Travelers,

Beantown is a great town. Boston reminds me more of New York City than any other place in the continental US.
Boston has horrible drivers, a brusque attitude toward strangers, more universities per square foot than I have ever seen, more great museums, especially around Harvard University, high cost of living, and great food. The only caveat is, skip visiting in the winter, unless you are from Canada, as you will suffer the icy winds.

Fall color popped here and there, much to my delight.

Here the celebrities include not just the Kennedys,  Boston Bruins and Red Sox, but also the brainiacs and the highly accomplished. Hooray for brain power! It abounds here.

Your imaginary friend,
Patsie

Views of Boston from our Marriott Hotel in Cambridge

The Charles River in Boston

Boston's downtown skyline

Doris Kearns Goodwin dines en famille at Henrietta's Table, a great restaurant in the Charles Hotel in Cambridge, Massachusetts

We Like Mike!

Dear People,

Our family is very proud of Mike, my big bro-in-law. He is currently a Fellow of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and specifically the Shorenstein Center for Press,  Politics and Public Policy. He and my lovely --as well as smart -- sister Beth are happy to be spending a semester at Harvard, living two blocks from Mike's office on campus this fall. My husband and I had the  pleasure of visiting them this weekend. 

What a rarefied atmosphere they are experiencing! Most college students would give their eye teeth to attend Harvard. (As would I). Lucky Beth is taking a graduate class in Religion and Politics. 

Some may think the two are at variance, because our nation was founded on the separation of church and state, but the United States government -- founded by Puritans-- is very much a Protestant country. But I digress.

Below: Michael J. Copps. He is equal parts husband, father, grandfather and defender of democracy of speech, with fair access to press, airwaves and internet. 

And he's my big bro. 

Yours very truly,

Patsie