You Might be From Cambridge if...

You might be from Cambridge if you are a man and refer to your wife as your “life partner.”
You might be from Cambridge if you have two or more tattoos AND two or more PhD’s.
You might be from Cambridge if have a rainbow bumper sticker but are not gay.
You might be from Cambridge if you have had the same hair length since 1969.
You might be from Cambridge if you feel strangely at home in Berkeley, California.
You might be from Cambridge if you are a man and you carry your baby in a homemade hemp papoose.
You might be from Cambridge if your “sensible” next door neighbor has grey dreadlocks.
You might be from Cambridge if you wear Birkenstocks in 50 degree weather.
You might be from Cambridge if you refer to Back Bay as the “south shore.”
You might be from Cambridge if you think Boston Metro does not include Cambridge.
You might be from Cambridge if you are over 50 and considering your third piercing.
You might be from Cambridge if you’ve ever coveted someone else’s Prius.
You might be from Cambridge if you frequently forget that marijuana is not legal.
You might be from Cambridge if you have fond personal memories of Timothy Leary.
You might be from Cambridge if you’ve ever “chosen sides” between Harvard and MIT.
You might be from Cambridge if incense is the only air freshener in your home.
You might be from Cambridge if two or more of your neighbors are lesbian but you do not live in JP.
You might be from Cambridge if you wear Navajo-print polartec socks with your Birkenstocks instead of winter boots.
You might be from Cambridge if you have three or more friends who live in artist lofts and are actually artists.
You might be from Cambridge if your car is a 28 year old Volvo you've owned since undergrad and you're proud of it.
You might be from Cambridge if your bumper sticker says “My other car is a unicycle.”
You might be from Cambridge if your fresh vegetables come from a farm share delivered to your door, not from the supermarket.
You might be from Cambridge if you only buy only “organic” alcoholic beverages.
You might be from Cambridge if you don't drink coffee, because you don't trust the Fair Trade labels at local coffee shops.
You might be from Cambridge if you eagerly anticipate showing your crystal jewelry at the upcoming artists open studios event.
You might be from Cambridge if you have a strong, well articulated preference for either white tea or green tea.
You might be from Cambridge if you own a home composting kit, but do not own your own home or have your own garden.
You might be from Cambridge if you own a car that you drive less than 1000 miles on a year.
You might be from Cambridge if you subscribe to any magazine with “eco” in the title.
You might be from Cambridge if your favorite stores are Ten Thousand Villages and Whole Foods.
You might be from Cambridge if you proudly refer to your city as “The People's Republic of Cambridge.”
You might be from Cambridge if you were personally instrumental in extending the bicycle path into Somerville.


OJL, AGB 6/2005