Pika?? What was this? Does Pikachu live in Boston? Do they sell Pika-stew on the streets here??? For a while the arrows continued in the direction of Whole Foods, but eventually we had to choose a path: groceries, or pokemon. Of course you know which on we chose. The signs continued....
We continued to follow the trail, finding more and more clues along the streets of Cambridge.
And just when we thought there were no pokemon involved...
Finally, we discovered where all these signs were actually leading us:
You can't really see it in this picture, but under the street address sign (where it says 69) is the word "Pika." Later research (an ethnographic survey of native MITers) determined this "Pika" to be, not a pokemon, but rather a wacky and fun MIT independent living group, pronounced pike-uh, rather than peek-uh.
But random not-pokemon houses were not the only things we found on our journey, also of note were a really cool house with a spiral stair outside leading down into the garden, and also what is obviously the coolest street sign in Cambridge.
All this traipsing around the city and finding cool things was pretty tiring work, and, more to the point, we were pretty hungry by the time we were in the actual grocery store. On our way home, I was complaining to Matt about the food I was craving from back home that they just don't have here in Boston. Mostly moe's. Mmmmmm a Moe's burrito sounded really delicious right then--and frankly, it does right now! Then, all of a sudden, we spotted another relic that seemed to have appeared only to mock us....
Moe's cup! Where did you come from? How did you appear, battered and abandoned, so close to our home and yet so far from yours? More to the point, can you lead me back to where you and your delicious burrito kin live?
And so our next quest will be to see if we can find out from whence this wayward cup came. Also, Matt promised to post soon about our crazy move in experience, complete with awesome pictures. Stay tuned!
--Emily
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