Going Native: VII

In the last couple of months, I’ve felt like I’ve become more…embedded into Boston than I have been in the past.

Part of that is the baseball experiment. If you can converse with people about the local sports team, that goes a long way to making you feel like you belong. Several times, I’ve had an actual conversation about the state of the Red Sox. Granted, that’s mostly consisted of a conversation laced with expletives and head shaking, but still, it counts.

I’m starting to feel like I’m a par...