Beantown, here I come!! I'm so excited!!


We won't be living there until mid-July, but my husband and I are going to visit May 2-5 to look for a place to live. He'll be teaching at U Mass Lowell, which is why we're moving. If you're in the area I'd love to meet you May 4th for brunch, let me know if you're interested! If you can't make it, I'd still love to see who from OSP is in the area, so please say HI!!!!

Woo hoo! Congrats to you and the hubby!

I hope you'll find a reason to come visit!!!! I'll still be back in Michigan during the holidays.... and for my sister's wedding this fall!

cool! i'm jealous, considering i spent the first 24 years of my life living in the state. be prepared for tons of horrendous accents!!

I'm jealous too! The Boston area was probably my favorite place that I've lived!!

Ksenia

Coooooooooool Beans Anne!

Don't fohget to leave all youh "R"s here in Indiana... you won't need them in bean town. Everyone thehe drives theih cahs to the bahs!

BTW: NEIPP and PPANE are great organizations. Be sure to check them out!

Just wanted to say good luck!
That kind of thing would scare me to death. I have lived in the same place my entire life. (I live one mile from the house I grew up in).

You seem to have an awesome personality and I am sure will do great!!

How awesome! I used to live in the Boston area.....when I was like 5. Good luck with the move!!

Congratulations! Very exciting news!

Awesome Anne!!! Congratulations, seems like you're excited!! You're gonna rock wherever you go Anne.

ahhh!! my indy crew is being broken up!!! congrats though to you on this big move!!

CONGRATULATIONS ANNE!!!

How fantastic, Anne! Please send our congrats to Alex! You will prosper and thrive! Though we will miss you here in the midwest!!!

So is Boston much nicer than Indiana?!! Sorry, I'm pretty geographically ignorant when it comes to most of the USA!!! Wishing you all the best for a smooth move

ooooo! Can I come visit Anne? Pretty please?

I love Boston. We honeymooned in Marblehead and took the train into Boston. Man, I'd love to live there. Lucky, lucky....

Well, in my opinion, yes, but Ive never been to Indiana lol

But Boston is on the ocean and Indiana is somewhere in the middle with a bunch of farmland; not that New England beaches are all that nice (they aren't) but it's nice to be by the ocean. Boston is one of our nation's oldest cities and has a ton of universities, so it has a lot of charm and energy to it.

Congrats Anne! I remember when you were moving to Indy. You'll love Boston.

Ahhhhh...to be young again & childless .

Well, at least the Colts beat up on the Patriots the last time they played in the playoffs cuz we are losing one this one

face it nate, Boston is way better than Indy, in all regards!! lol

At least the Sox are reigning champs, that helps me sleep better at night.

Anne!! I am so excited for you!! A new adventure is at hand... I love adventures! Boston is such a fun place and you will totally rock them!! Can't wait to come visit!!

I can't wait! I love accents!! It's like learning another language. ;-)I've never even been there yet! I'm really looking forward to a great public transportation system. I'm so sick of driving all the time!!Awww, thanks for looking out for me Troy... I bet you're so sad to see me leave... HA! Yeah, I've moved an average of every two years since I was born. I can't really imagine living in one place for more than 5 years!!! Pretty crazy, huh? People are the same everywhere, they all just want to be loved. I'm starting to catch on that a lot of people USED to live there... but who lives there now?!?! Why'd you all leave?! HA!

Cool Anne! I just came back last night from a trip to Boston. You are a lucky girl...there are tons and tons of cool places for pictures!! I'm jealous. Hope that the move goes well. Oh, and I'm from Portland, Maine, not too far away.

If you just substitute "wicked" for "really" you'll be in with the locals. Honestly, I've never heard anyone say "wicked pissah" in my life, though it's supposedly the signature regional expression.

I think this will mean more visits to North Carolina for vacationing!!!Thanks Shawn... I sure hope so!Now you'll have some love and a place to stay in Boston too!! I hear that there's amazing Cambodian food in Boston!!Thanks Bobbaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy... I perfected my response... It's a little Whitney Houston, but I think you'd dig it. ;)Don't miss me, come visit me!!!

Too expensive lol

My house here is $150k, so I'd definitely still be renting if I lived in MA. I actually don't like living in the midwest all that much, I miss home, but my quality of life here is definitely better at this point. I'd move back home if I got a great job in my current career, or if I started booking weddings left and right back home.

Anne,

I'll miss you!

But, I'll probably see you next year at NEIPP!

It's pretty much where the United States started. With a tea partay...

Patriots Day (and the Boston Marathon) is April 21st, I miss having that holiday! lol

Absolutely!!!! You're always welcome. I've always wanted to explore New England, and now I get a chance to live there... I'm stoked!

I know of a few ways you can be childless pretty quickly... KIDDING!!!!It must not be that hard to do with kids, since my brother and I moved around for most of our childhood with my single mom. I did ask her to let me go to one high school for all four years, but everything else was kind of a blur.So, yeah... this will be the second time I've moved my business in just three years. It's not as hard as it might seem. You just go, and figure it out once you get there. ;-)I've been told that I WILL be a "BoSox" fan whether I want to or not!! Not sure how that's going to jive with my love of Deeeeetroit.... hmmmmYou must visit... I'll bake you cookies for another killer elbow massage. Yay!!!!! Someone who's actually near by!!! Hi!!! I can't wait to visit Portland when it's ridiculously hot.

We're looking to live in Lowell, near the University for my husband. The cost of living there isn't too shabby.... although I doubt you'd get a great home for $150k... but even when I lived in Michigan, it was hard to get a great home for that. Now that I've lived in a few places that are a "little out of the way"... I kinda like it. Especially when there's a great university community to be involved in.

yaaaaaaaaaay

Awesome... you'll be able to get better clam chowder & corn bread than you could in Indy. Which, in my book, is worth the move in itself.

Anne,

congrats!!!

i used to live in the Boston area and loved it there.

we'll definitely have to GTG when you're up in Boston--it's a lot closer than Indiana.

have a great week!

bill

I'll have something a little more comfortable than a bunk bed for you when you visit. I can't wait to try the chowda'!! I bet there's good sushi out there too!!Bill!!!!!!! I can't wait to hang out with you!! You rock the fisheye like no other!!

Congratulations!! I've lived a lot of places too. But I moved from MA to IN a while ago. (You asked why "we" USED to live there? Like others, cost of living. And, um, here in Indiana....I have a free house. A beautiful old house. So it made sense in order to do what I want to do. The plan was NEVER to stay here. It's been fun being a Patriots fan here though. HA!)

I'm with Phil on his comparison of IN and MA.
I LOVED Massachusetts. It's got all the culture and history and sports (and shopping!) and everything you could possibly want in a city, but each area has a "neighborhood" feel.

And you've got to go to the Cape and visit Mahoney's in Orleans, all the art galleries in P'town, and the 'Coma in Wellfleet.
;-)

When I'm ready to move again, Boston will most definitely be up for serious consideration. (I've got to get back near an ocean. Seriously. I have to visit the ocean regularly even now!)

Congratulations again and please keep us posted as you discover everything wonderful about MA!
All the best!
Deb

Hey Anne, Congrats on the move. I'm up in Maine but we go down to Boston al the time...only about 1-2 hours away from us. It's a great place to visit so I'm sure it would be fun to live there.

we're officially trading places! so sad that I've only just now met you. the midwest will certainly miss you, but you'll take boston by storm. some of the venues out there are fanTAStic.

I mean look at this:

crane estate

this + anne will be too much to handle. I hope you love your new home!


-lisa

Wow - a free house is an amazing deal! I'd jump on that too - especially because the cost of living is lower here!Mmmm... I love smaller neighborhoods... that's one of the things I absolutely love about Washington, DC... all the cool little neighborhoods with their own vibes and themes!!!! Looooooooove it!!!!Thanks for the suggestions on where to visit!! I'm so ridiculously excited about exploring the area and discovering all of these cool little things!!!I can't wait to visit Maine!! I've never been to Maine before!!! Hmmm..... we need more East Coast people on this board!!!Lisa!!! Will you be back to visit? Do you have family in MA? I seriously cannot wait for all of the amazing New England architecture!!! Yummmmmmaayyyyyyyy

Anne, You are just the gypsy woman! What a fun an interesting life you are leading. You'll be wonderful in Boston...

as you are everywhere you go. Miss you!