I’ve been taking the same route to work every single day for just over a year now. It’s crazy to think that I’ve been living lululemon for that long already. It’s also crazy to think that so little has changed in my life, but so much has changed in the city’s landscape.Every single day we notice that something about our morning horizon is different. New buildings go up before we even realized the old ones had been torn down. Car dealerships and jiffy lube lots become condos. Even the Maynards building is turning condo.

My commute used to take me through a somewhat sketchy romp of industrial lands. It’s getting scarily concrete and glassy. Once the Olympic village takes shape I’m sure I won’t recognize the place.

Some great things still remain the same. In the last few months Ella and I have managed to eat our own body weight in cream cheese laden bagels from Solly’s. Places like Solly’s, that used to feel like they were in the middle of nowhere, are now in the midst of new action.