I don't pronounce my R's. I call a liquor store a packie, and a garbarge can a barrel. I call a water fountain a bubblah. Sprinkles are jimmies, a basement is a cellah, and a living room is a pahlah. A dresser is a bureau, a milkshake is a frappe, and dinner is suppah. I remember when Harry The Greek was thriving on the corner of East Berkeley and Washington. I would often have breakfast at The Premier and lunch sitting at the countah at Liggett's with my Dad. I often rode the EL as a kid, Boston's first elevated heavy rail metro line. I remember Dover Station. Any place west of Route 128 is the boonies, and although I prefer the ocean of the Maine Coastline, they say that Cape Cod is a piece of heaven right here on earth. I ride the T. I love that dirty wahtah of the Charles, but I know bettah than to swim in it. I love the amazing history and culture of the City of Boston, and the spirit of it's people. I met my amazing wife of 36 years at UMASS. Both my son and daughter also graduated from UMASS. I'm a Bostonian and I'm wicked proud of it. |