So I am very interested in the bells things, but oh jeez I Do Not Have Time for another hobby, I am already neglecting too many things in favor of the new shiny...but maybe sometime!

And you are 100% percent correct on the power of the Charles. I cross it on the regular (previously, this was "live in Boston & do literally everything else north of the river"; now it's "live in Medford & work in Boston"), and fully seriously do I say that a decent chunk of the reason I'm looking for a new job is so I can live in Cambervilleford and not have to cross the river anymore.