{"id":102,"date":"2011-07-12T16:36:46","date_gmt":"2011-07-12T20:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/?p=102"},"modified":"2012-01-20T18:08:38","modified_gmt":"2012-01-20T22:08:38","slug":"tom-first-summer-in-boston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/2011\/07\/12\/tom-first-summer-in-boston\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom: First Summer in Boston"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tom Schrank<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hey all! Hopefully your summers are turning out for the best and you are getting excited for your first semester at Boston University in the fall. I remember last summer I was both excited and a little bit scared for my first college semester. But now, looking back, I can\u2019t understand why I was ever nervous as my first year exceeded all of my expectations.<\/p>\n

Now for the summer after my first year of college, I made the decision to spend most of it in the city of Boston, working in the COM Student Services office. I went back to Long Island for a month and a half to meet up with my friends from back home, but after that time I was ready to come back to Boston. However, summer on Long Island turned out to be better than I expected. I made an eight day trip with my three best friends to the sunny state of Florida and got to relive my childhood in Disney World. In addition to that, I spent much of my time (maybe a little too much of my time) on the Long Island beaches. Now after a month and a half, I\u2019ve been told I look like Snooki\u2019s cousin. Not sure if I should take that as an insult, but hey, at least my tan is natural\u2026 and thankfully not orange.<\/p>\n

Now that I\u2019m back in Boston, I\u2019m excited to try out some of Boston\u2019s summer events that you can\u2019t normally experience during the fall and spring semester here. I spend a lot of my time taking walks exploring Boston, although sometimes the heat makes this a little overbearing. Students also have FitRec access during the summer, so I\u2019ve been going to the gym throughout the summer as well. Boston is also in the vicinity of Revere Beach, so I can even get my beachtime while here in Boston. Most of the time, I\u2019ve spent checking out some of Boston\u2019s restaurants, especially in Coolidge Corner, which is right near my apartment. Some of my personal favorites are U-Grill (located right on campus), Angora Caf\u00e9 (great frozen yogurt and wraps), Zaftigs (for the best omelets), and Fugakyu (for some authentic Japanese cuisine).<\/p>\n

Summer in Boston is definitely new for me, but I would definitely recommend trying it out over the next few years you\u2019ll be spending in Boston. Take some classes, get an internship or a job, or just come by the city for a weekend if you can\u2019t manage to stay. Boston is a great city and most students miss out on the opportunities located outside the classroom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hey all! Hopefully your summers are turning out for the best and you are getting excited for your first semester at Boston University in the fall. I remember last summer I was both excited and a little bit scared for my first college semester. But now, looking back, I can\u2019t understand why I was ever … Continue reading Tom: First Summer in Boston<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2018,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[257,2379],"tags":[7323,3870,6527,1216,7321,638,7322,7324],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2018"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":199,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102\/revisions\/199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}