The week in pictures...
Got to Boston, hung out at Boston Common waiting for friends/co-workers to arrive. WAY less crowded than it was earlier in the morning.... (where you catch the bus to go to the Boston Marathon start line at 5am - it's pandemonium!)
The view of Faneuil Hall, a shopping/restaurant area.
Met up with co-workers and realized none of them had been to Boston before. Walked them around Faneuil Hall for a minute and then headed to Legal near the aquarium. Horrible service... we were there for 2.5 hours and I think our server was drunk. In addition to that, while sitting outside, rats would scurry around our legs every few minutes as it got dark. Gross? yes.
You can't miss the cannoli from Mike's Pastry. The guys weren't really "dessert people," but after they ate this, they admitted it was life-changing. Bring cash.
During the week - Training at the Research Institute in Hopkinton, Mass. It involved driving trucks around.
Fenway Park - Red Sox vs. Rangers. They lost.
We took the T in from Newton Center.
This is the SECOND time I've gotten free tickets while standing outside of a ballpark (first time - Rockies game). Totally free! A couple just gave them to us... beats the standing-room-only "seats" we were about to buy. (Me & Laura left the boys high and dry in thatbreezy cold area). Four seats from the field - you could see the creases in the players' pants!
Got to Boston, hung out at Boston Common waiting for friends/co-workers to arrive. WAY less crowded than it was earlier in the morning.... (where you catch the bus to go to the Boston Marathon start line at 5am - it's pandemonium!)
Lots of people wearing their finisher medals around. Way more than last year - probably because it was such a big deal to have finished. Props. Tons of runners everywhere still in running gear... slightly jealous of them, but mostly not. It was a super-nice day, so I loitered around Boston Common on a park bench people-watching.
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| Marathoners - they're everywhere! |
The view of Faneuil Hall, a shopping/restaurant area.
Met up with co-workers and realized none of them had been to Boston before. Walked them around Faneuil Hall for a minute and then headed to Legal near the aquarium. Horrible service... we were there for 2.5 hours and I think our server was drunk. In addition to that, while sitting outside, rats would scurry around our legs every few minutes as it got dark. Gross? yes.
You can't miss the cannoli from Mike's Pastry. The guys weren't really "dessert people," but after they ate this, they admitted it was life-changing. Bring cash.
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| I ate them way too fast and forgot to snap a picture. |
Fenway Park - Red Sox vs. Rangers. They lost.
We took the T in from Newton Center.
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| My first time at Fenway - love the character of the ballpark. Stairs: a parade of insurance company employee awesomeness! |
This is the SECOND time I've gotten free tickets while standing outside of a ballpark (first time - Rockies game). Totally free! A couple just gave them to us... beats the standing-room-only "seats" we were about to buy. (Me & Laura left the boys high and dry in that
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| LOVE the old-school scoreboard. There's a guy changing out the numbers at right. |
Heading out, had time to kill and hit up a Travel Channel favorite, a hole-in-the-wall seafood place EAST of the airport. Yes, east.
Belle Isle Seafood - fresh and cooked seafood. Bring cash.
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| the chow-dah was amazing. I can die happy. |
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| Crab salad on toast - SO fresh. |
This is the place - bars on doors/windows and all!
Next door to Belle Isle - a good place to dump a body. This is Boston! ;)
There's more trip to talk about!
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