I wonder if there's a Cam-bridge where they are from? I always get Reading and Read-ing mixed up because it's pronounced one way where I grew up and another way here and I can never keep track of which is which anymore.

Where are they from? What is their accent?

I mixed the traditional and cornbread versions of Olivia's Stuffing Mix from Whole Foods at Fresh Pond this year and it was the best stuffing I've ever had. I was hesitant because it's expensive but I think it was worth it for a special occasion.

Ah yes, if you can still use the degree in Switzerland, then go for it! It's certainly great to come here for school if you can afford it. And you won't mind our winters at all : )

In the past (not recently), New Zealand, Australia, Scotland. Super easy to get the student visa and initial work visas, but much harder to get it extended past a certain point and to immigrate permanently.

Right now I imagine it's much simpler if you are already here and have finished your program. Nurses are in high demand. As long as there's a shortage you will get the work visa, but citizenship can be tricky and really unfair.

Depending on where you are coming from, it may be easy to get a student visa but difficult to get a work visa, let alone one that leads to permanent residence status, even with a job secured. While there is a nursing shortage at the moment which would be in your favor, by the time you finish school that may no longer be the case.

Find out what it takes to immigrate to the US from your country before committing to an expensive education only to risk being sent back home when you graduate. Some countries are more favored than others in this process. I certainly wouldn't turn down any opportunities until you've done deep research about the actual immigration process.

Cash

I think of this scene every time I go through a yellow!

I hope it's not that guy that's been missing for a week. He was last seen in Peabody though, so it's probably not him.

I kid you not my neighbor has been using a visitors pass for his work truck for at least 4 years. I've only ever seen him get a ticket once.

If you are near a shopping or holiday activity hub they are more likely to get tickets than in the middle of a residential neighborhood.

How often do you see tickets on your street? I have lived in the same apartment for almost 20 years and i have so rarely seen them patrol the residential parking here that I would just risk it and offer to pay if my guests got a ticket. Move the car every day, and if they get a ticket then find an alternative for the rest of the visit.

Edit: if you can't find anyone to move it for those 7 days you should park in a garage. Construction is unlikely as are moving vans this time of year, but a snow emergency isn't out of the question. You can't leave a car unattended for 7 days, permit or not.

Make sure your socks, shoes, and gloves aren't too tight. You may need to get a size up in your winter boots to allow for the thickness of your socks and to let a little air circulate between the layers. Same for the gloves.

The building was on fire and unsafe thanks to the slumlord who owned it. They were seconds from being rescued when the fire escape collapsed.

>The tillerman of the first fire engine to arrive at the scene, Robert O'Neill, asked 19-year-old Bryant to lift her two-year-old goddaughter Jones to him on the roof, but Bryant was unable to do so and O'Neill jumped down to help before the ladder could reach them. O'Neill had one arm around Bryant and one hand on a rung of the ladder when the fire escape collapsed. O'Neil managed to hang by one hand and was rescued, but Bryant and Jones fell approximately 50 feet (15 meters). Bryant sustained multiple head and body injuries and died hours later. Jones survived the fall as she had landed on Bryant, softening the impact.[2] A helicopter pilot, Joe Green, who provided traffic reports and landed on a nearby roof, reportedly offered to pick up Bryant and Jones, but got no response from the firefighter.[4]

>Police obtained an arrest warrant for the building's owner, Fred Durham, for trash fires behind the building.[4] A police complaint charged Durham with keeping an unlicensed lodging house.[4] Three trash fires behind the building were reported in the weeks preceding the accident.[4]

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High Lawn Farm is in the Berkshires but Whole Foods carries their products. Excellent organic milk and the best cream around, and their eggnog is really good too.

Longy/Bard would be closest. It's on Follen Street. They used to have an extension division (this is what you want if you wish to take lessons from the professors but don't want to enroll in the degree program) but I don't know if they still do since Bard took over. It's a conservatory so if you don't want to pay the big bucks for a prof there's lots of grad students happy to make some extra cash by giving lessons.

There's also The New School of Music on Lowell Street nearby which is a community music school with private or group lessons for all ages.

Where are you going to school? Many have music departments and you can sign up for lessons outside of the program or find a grad student in the music pedagogy department who offers them for less.

It was for a company that does scavenger hunts called Cashunt Boston. Fixed link

Maybe part of a scavenger hunt?

Zoo Lights at Stone Zoo, and Boston Lights at Franklin Park Zoo.

Rats? Or mice?

If you have actual rats inside your apartment call ISD.

For the rest of it, learn about your rights as a tenant here.

https://www.ccab.org/refugee-immigrant-services/refugee-resettlement/

https://www.ukrainetakeshelter.com/

There is a school in Boston just for traditional Irish music.

Sometimes they have the big blocks in a display basket in the cheese or deli section rather than in the baking aisle. It's just big chunks of unbranded baking chocolate wrapped in plastic wrap with a deli sticker slapped on it.

Trader Joes chocolate uses too much coconut oil. It really ruins it for me. But it is easy on your budget, and they always have plenty in stock.

Whole Foods at Fresh Pond and River St. usually has some this time of year. Lately I've been using the Guittard chocolate for all my seasonal candy. It's expensive, but darker than most and better than Ghirardelli to my taste. They sell their chocolate chips and baking chocolate at WFM. They also used to carry Valrhona but I am not sure if they still do.

Me too. My husband got me some sheepskin slippers and they have changed my winter experience completely! I used to just wear wool socks but it wasn't even close to keeping me warm. The slippers (without socks) do the trick.