Beat LA!

We went out with my Uncle Jon and Aunt Kap to this wonderful Indian restaurant called Tamarind Bay. I'm fantasizing about digging into our leftovers as I write, but Dan refuses to let me serve it up until I can find some naan to go along with it. But on top of being yummy food, it was nice to get to see them again. They recently moved to Massachusetts because my uncle got a new job, but previously they lived in Michigan meaning that we still rarely saw them. It is nice to have some family in town.

I also had a job interview this past Friday. Well, to call it an interview might be overstating it a bit. Basically, I just dressed up to go meet with a lady at a temp agency. I want to work full time hours this summer but obviously once classes start I won't be able to do that. Most positions were looking for a permanent employee, not a newbie who just wanted to work for the summer. So a temp agency seemed the simpliest way to go about getting a job like that in a new city. Starting Monday she'll call me if they have any positions open up and I'll rush off to fill the place of secretaries on maternity leave, receptionists with the flu, and to do mind numbing tasks no one regularly employed at the office will stoop to complete. Fun times!

On a completely different note, I got bored and looked up the history of our building. Meaning I put "98 Strathmore" into Google and browsed what came up. I did manage to find out that our building was originally owned by Abraham Kaplan (who also owned the buildings next door) and that it was built from 1916-1925 in Georgian Revival architecture. I found this cool site with a 1925 map of all the structures in Brighton and Allston (a nearby neighborhood.) You can check it out yourself at this website.
But to save you the time I'll post the section with our building. It is to the far right, pointed out by the lime green arrow.

P.S. There is the possibility that the building was owned by this particular Abraham Kaplan who lived in MA around the right time.