China Town is like the curious Buddhist store you see every other Tuesday on your way to Karate: You know its there, you’re intrigued by it, yet you can never manage to find the time to venture into it. The BoMa bloggers, however, decided to finally take the plunge into China Town Boston.
We were initially overwhelmed by the Chinese writing on every storefront. Were we exploring a simple mom and pop convenient store or an upscale restaurant that just so happened to be the secret meeting location for the Chinese mafia? We decided to brave it, and upon entering exhaled a sigh of relief when we realized we had arrived at a friendly neighborhood dollar store, where one can purchase live turtles (just 18 dollars!) if they so wish.
After we finished our successful business excursion, we exited into the unpleasant weather that is Hashem’s way of dishing out His leftover winter weather. In order to escape the harsh wind and rain, we dashed toward the closest building for shelter. Upon reaching the entrance, we realized the mysterious building was a rare bookstore. Against our better judgment, we decided to enter the shadowy store. What we thought would appear like the forbidden books section at Hogwarts, turned out to be an exciting bookstore that contained anything from a 1922 history text book to literature about the apocalypse to the original copy of The Cat in the Hat. While we did not purchase any books, the starting cost of many being 12,500 dollars, we learned that books tores are more than just an escape from the cold and can lead to an exciting adventure.
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