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  Living in the Past The one where people drive up just to visit me.

  

  that moment, but in two hours I was able to finish up my research and head down to the North End, where I met them at Mike's Pastry. Probably the most famous bakery in Boston, if not the entire world, Mike's Pastry

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Lots of questions today! Lots of answers, too.

  

  everyone says that you can buy anything in the convenience store, but how do ... dancing." Adam's line of reasoning is that once you're in a relationship, you have no need to hump somebody on the dance floor, because [fill in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  This blog post was written by a winner my entry for #BlogstonCommons

  

  ;   Did you know that there was a great molasses flood in boston?? Absolutely nuts! It was somewhere in North End where [annotation note ... Author's note: I wrote this for a challenge that I participated in

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 9, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Antietam? I hardly knew him. A Fourth of July fable, while I'm stuck in Germany.

  

  up in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, about 38 miles north of Gettysburg. Now ... have crippled the North. Needless to say, I didn't buy that at all. As ... having a little bit of down time in your typical day. Especially if years

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 4, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  1 of the 101 Quincy Market, Mike's Pastries, Giacomo's, yummm

  

  In my last entry, I mentioned that I had a bunch of things I wanted ... at Mike's Pastry. Mike's Pastry is one of many bakeries and cafes in Boston's North End and is well-known for its delicious cannolis. Over the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I AM SO BUSY

  

  But I still went downtown to fetch a fresh fruit eclair. (Sorry for shouting.) Someone asked what I'm doing for spring break. I'm going to Iceland, Sweden, and Denmark with three friends. We're going way north in

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Mathematics of People Guest post on Economics

  

  no costs in using your credit card to buy that Arizona tea, why that ... “The people in the North are very rigid, strict, and precise while the ... spirtuality, and lives in his head. My mom is a former bartender and studied at

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 28, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels More on the evolution of the MIT class ring.

  

  , for the unveiling of the class ring. The design process begins in ... lucrative ring contract: 90% of all students will purchase the ring in a ... each year of prime MIT ring-buying. Using imagery representing events

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Years of the Rat More about MIT's famous class ring: the "Brass Rat."

  

  the unveiling of the class ring. The design process begins in freshman ... contract: 90% of all students will purchase the ring in a typical year; one ... prime MIT ring-buying. Using imagery representing events from their first

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 21, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  North to Peru Not too far from Norway, just south of Mexico.

  

  sleeping marathons. Per tradition, I partook in the first of the three, as The Tech hosted its annual retreat in Maine. Maine seems to have a lot ... , Mexico, Naples, Vienna, Belfast, and Lisbon are all names of towns in the

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 12, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summary of the Semester I'm a senior and it's super weird.

  

  an eight minute bike ride north of MIT. Well, a little longer than that ... Hamster Her name is Princess Leia!! She's a princess. She lives in a castle I plan on expanding. I want to buy her a crown. Making Time for

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 9, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  World Cup Final in Boston An MIT- and Boston-centric look at the Italian victory.

  

  was huge here in Boston, home to a large Italian-American population ... : Bostonist fx3000 But probably the place to be was the North End, Boston ... Street, the North End's main drag, had to be closed to traffic. You can see

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Day 1: Going North Leaving the light pollution bubble to go to class?

  

  , though I could write an entire post in Japanese if I wanted to. Maybe I ... picture. For a person who grew up in very arid parts of the west coast, I ... when you have so much fun with the people in your family and feel

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 31, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Conner 2 Trip to the North End Bother bother bother bother

  

  A bunch of people from my floor decided to go to the North End to get pizza and pastries the other night. I didn't feel like writing about it so ... look like if you were an MIT student and went to the North End. Enjoy!

  • by Snively '11
  • February 1, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Least Responsible Purchase I'm an impulse buyer but THIS was a bit much

  

  I saw my first Tesla in July, 2009. I knew what Teslas were but it ... awed by its 0-60 in 3.9 seconds and it being all-electric. 2 years later ... house in 2013.  $11k down gets you a $205k house.  As my house was nearing

  • by Snively '11
  • July 17, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ISEF Lunch

  

  family. Majerle's is located at 24 North 2nd Street in Phoenix, just one ... . Majerle's has been named the "best lunch spot" in downtown Phoenix, and we ... Lunch Thursday, May 12, 2004 2:30-4pm Majerle's Grill 24 North 2nd Street

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Essay-M A representative collection of an MIT student's best writing samples.

  

  applying to MIT this year. In this vein, I thought I'd post some of my old ... adequately. They filed all of them in one big blue folder, with no indication ... rediscovered all of them in my closet. So, here goes. I wrote this first one in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Historic Boston This entry may be a little long . . .

  

  About a month ago I got a comment in one of my entries that read ... in the morning is amazing. Then go to Bunker Hill and climb the stairs ... along with it. That's right, your comments actually affect what happens in

  • by Snively '11
  • July 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Merritt ‘13, Carlos ‘13, Edward ‘13, and John ‘13 The final edition of a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  fashion conventions in Las Vegas to buy the season's latest looks. When he ... 't real words. They are clues to solving problems in the North American ... and Taylor '13 Jonte '13 Sean '13 Terence '13 Christy '13 North

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Spotlight: MIT stands with the people of all nations we are one MIT

  

  the introduction: MIT accepted its first international student in 1866, only one year after its first classes were held in a storage warehouse ... times more students came from Turkey than from Texas.   In 1909

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 13, 2018