zodiacmg and I have now successfully made it to and from Brookline/dancing by car without getting terribly lost (we got a little lost twice, he'd say once- one really wrong turn where we had to turn around and come back, and another where he got us there with a couple of different turns from the one we had planned), and we took no wrong turns on the way back. It turns out that's the same way we took, pretty much, with our ride the year before last, which helps- familiar landmarks are a very good thing.
I'm still trying to decide on my precise course schedule, but I'll figure it out eventually. And I'm still waiting for the apartmentmate responsible for dealing with internet setup to get working on that- hence the sparceness of posts of late. Also waiting for the previous occupants of my apartment to clear out or sell their stuff.