Bunker Hill

Check out this blog post for what has been going on in my neck of the woods! 

Bunker Hill Pilot

It was of course all the buzz while I was getting my hair done tonight. Staring in the new Pilot is Donnie Wahlberg, Brian Dennehy and Bridget Moynihan. My stylist wants to break into Hollywood doing hair and makeup so she strutted her stuff over to meet the on site makeup person and was able to get his # and has already shown him her work and they have a meeting set up for her to help him when he's in town. She's a total rockstar so I'm not surprised she was able to wow him! She also was on set with them while they were shooting in East Boston and "Southie" South Boston. 

Well speaking of my neck of the woods, we're supposed to get a mighty snow storm tomorrow afternoon that will be similar to Dec13 2007 snow storm.

You can read my post from last year here. Good luck my Boston friends, I don't want to read any stories of any of you sitting in your car for 8 hours trying to get home!

Let it snow!!!

Hair on the dog?

The lovely view I had while on the bus heading to work this morning!

Now I see people drinking on the street all the time but doing on a packed city bus...Really? Normally they're sitting in the Commons on a park bench or on the sidewalk on Arch Street. For some reason this threw me for a loop this morning.

Dear Premier Jeep Cape Cod,

I just wanted to say THANK YOU very much for our wonderful 4 wheel drive Jeep.

xo,

Kimba

Reason 983748762 why I am a very big fan of living and working in the city. We had our holiday party yesterday afternoon at the 21st Amendment in Beacon Hill (or as we like to call it 21A, pronounced two one A or 21A). When I plan things it has to be something I like so going to one of my all time favorite places is what I did! Chalk that up to the name of my blog, ATK! Ok sorry back to my point...I left the office around 1:45 and walked to Haymarket took the Orange Line to Community College a 10 minute walk and I was home. I'd say it took me around 25 minutes. The second shortest commute was 3 and a half hours. Needless to say when emails here flying around this morning about the crappy commute I kept to myself. My poor boss sat inside the 93 tunnle for and hour and a half. I would go nuts.

Nothing too big planned for tomorrow!!!!!!! I can't wait! No really...I can't!
Suz, keep your phone near!

I will post a few pictures from our snow piled deck for all of you wishing you had snow.

F'in Yankees

Hope you guys had a great weekend! We did indeed, too short and did not get much done but hey that's what Monday evenings are for with no Jack Bauer to watch!

Friday was a crazy day at work, but like a good girl I was able to squeeze the gym in there and also walked home. It started to rain on my walk home so I looked/smelled like a wet dog when I got home!
We stayed in Friday evening the couple downstairs from us (Zak and Sara) came up and we had some decktails and got to know each other better. Our buddy Hick came by and with him around it's always a party!

Saturday was J's shower, A from Fave couple and I drove out together which was nice. The shower was so wonderful, they have a great group of friends! It was really really hot and like an idiot I wore a black sweater and sat in the sun. Nice job!
The rest of the evening was low key Music Guy was tried so we just stayed home. But we did hang out with Zak and Sarah for a little while. And watch the Pistons lose, :(!

Sunday we did somethings for J's wedding present and I was able to make a Target run, oh how I love that place!

Tonight i'm getting my hair done, I haven't gotten it done in over a month and good god I need it! I'm going to hit the gym before and only do weights not run so I'm not all yucky sitting there for 3 hours. No joke, my hair takes a good 2 and a half hours just to foil it let alone wait for it to turn. She must LOVE me!

I have plans tomorrow evening after work to meet up with the very lovely CBM of "All That's Pink and Green and Inbetween" for a cocktail. Hoping the weather isn't too crappy, good drinks and great company I think the weather won't be an issue!

I've lost 10 pounds since i've started to kick my butt at the gym. So I am now the exact same weight as I was last year at this time. Still more to go but seeing it pay off is pretty nice!

Nothing was classier than my look coming to work this morning. Reef Flip flops, black skirt suit, red foul weather jacket and my pink and green tote gym bag. Really classy Kimba!

Someone we know has a date!!!

May + skirt = i'm freezing.

Thanks for all your fun comments you are truly the best!

I am doing my best to stay healthily. Music Guy is sick and everyone at work is hacking and thank god calling in sick. I am popping zinc like it is going out of style.

Not happy with the Sox game last night, hopefully tomorrow's game is better for our gal Libby.

In other commuting news: the bus was packed this morning and a lady was sitting on the outer seat so I asked if I could move in and she glared at me and said "I'm saving it for a friend". I was too shocked to even snip back with the really good come backs I thought of, while finding the only other seat between a guy who was on his cell phone talking really loud and a guy who was reading the paper and had both arms extended as if he was sitting at his kitchen table on Sunday morning.

I had a broccoli pasta Smart One in the fridge at work yesterday and when I went to get it at lunch it was of course missing. Stealing someones home made lunch or yogurt* is one thing but stealing a frozen Weight Watcher meal is a whole other. I have a tip for the frozen dinner stealer's. Go to Target and pick up your own they are a bargain at $1.77.

Now I know how E felt when her Slim Fast was taken, it's like for the love of god steal something worth it.

*no one better take my yogurt either

Its karma Earl

I had planned on walking to work this morning but decided against it and well I stepped on the bus and took a seat next to a guy to only realize that he smelled like mothballs. Serves me right for taking public trans on a sunny April morn. Moving right along!

Thanks to my gal CMB I found a great birthday gift for J (Music Guy's sister). Yep it's the lobster makeup bag. Her fiance's family has a place in Maine and it would be a perfect addition when they weekend up there.

Thank you for all your kind comments, I'm very much looking forward to Saturday. One of my fab bridesmaids Sara will be accompanying me. And you can be sure she will pick out the not so Kimba dress have me try it on and convince the sales woman it's the one and we'll be back with a check. Oh and have pictures from every angle just as my blogging ladies would hope for! She's a gem! :)

One Lucky Commuter

I use to think that my commute from Beacon Hill to Post Office Square was the best going. And now that spring time is upon us that could still hold true.

I am becoming very happy with my commute from Charlestown to Post Office Square. But I am becoming extremely happy with my commute from Post Office Square to Charlestown.
Almost my whole walk when I leave work is on the Freedom Trail. As soon as the Trail hits the North End I go left and pick it up on the Charlestown Bridge. It’s a nice walk!

When I leave work I am only about a block from The Old State house.

As I walk down Congress Street I cut through the Union Oyster House which is the oldest restaurant in Boston and the oldest restaurant in continuous service in the U.S. I went here on my 18th birthday and had lobster for the first time. That's a lot for a gal from Wisconsin.

From there I walk down a street that borders the North End and onto the Charlestown Bridge, this is such a pretty view of the Bunker Hill Monument.

This is my least favorite part, the grates always make me freaked as if they'll open. I will have to take a picture when I walk across to prove it is a bit nerve racking. It really gets me when big trucks and buses cross while i'm on it!

After you cross the bridge you enter the City Square Park, first site of the Massachusetts Bay Colony government.

After I go over a few streets I'm home and very thankful of the wonderful historical city I live in!