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l33tminion) wrote2005-08-09 03:02 am
l33tminion) wrote2005-08-09 03:02 am
"You Patriots, Always Causing Trouble..."
This weekend was pretty cool. I spent a lot of time in Boston.
I saw Stealth, which was better than I expected. (On the other hand, I don't think I've ever failed to enjoy a movie that has both AI and stuff blowing up...)
I ran around the Common and the Boston Public Gardens. I managed to trip over one of the chains lining the paths. (I'm incredibly clumsy, so I considered going around, decided to just be careful, and winded up getting my back foot caught in the chain anyways. Landed hard on a knee and a camera, and greatly alarmed the crowd I fell into the middle of. (Fortunately, my knee was just bruised, and my camera just had its case scratched up a bit.))
I also followed a tour guide in a tricorner hat along the freedom trail (probably something you're technically supposed to pay admission for, but whatever...). The guy gave quite an interesting tour, and the walk was nice, too.
A few pictures to share:
From the subway. This is clearly the best advertising campaign ever.
It's always a bit carnival-like at the Common.
A view of the Capitol Building through the trees.
One of the pedal powered swan boats in the Gardens. I remember those from when I was a kid...
The scientologists hawk their religion.
A hippie. Not a very good musician, but, then again, that would sort of decrease the hippie-ness of it all...
This dude looks sketchier than the hippie IMO, but he was a much better musician. (His friend (who had departed by the time I took this picture) totally beat him at sketchiness, though, making less than tactful remarks about passerby and offering me a shot of vodka from a bottle in his pocket. (I politely declined.))
This drummer was by far the best of the musicians I saw. ("All donation go to my manager, Frank, the guy in the yellow tuxedo." Frank is standing stage right.)
This week has been going all right so far. I head home on Wednesday afternoon, and I'll be there until Sunday.
I saw Stealth, which was better than I expected. (On the other hand, I don't think I've ever failed to enjoy a movie that has both AI and stuff blowing up...)
I ran around the Common and the Boston Public Gardens. I managed to trip over one of the chains lining the paths. (I'm incredibly clumsy, so I considered going around, decided to just be careful, and winded up getting my back foot caught in the chain anyways. Landed hard on a knee and a camera, and greatly alarmed the crowd I fell into the middle of. (Fortunately, my knee was just bruised, and my camera just had its case scratched up a bit.))
I also followed a tour guide in a tricorner hat along the freedom trail (probably something you're technically supposed to pay admission for, but whatever...). The guy gave quite an interesting tour, and the walk was nice, too.
A few pictures to share:
From the subway. This is clearly the best advertising campaign ever.
It's always a bit carnival-like at the Common.
A view of the Capitol Building through the trees.
One of the pedal powered swan boats in the Gardens. I remember those from when I was a kid...
The scientologists hawk their religion.
A hippie. Not a very good musician, but, then again, that would sort of decrease the hippie-ness of it all...
This dude looks sketchier than the hippie IMO, but he was a much better musician. (His friend (who had departed by the time I took this picture) totally beat him at sketchiness, though, making less than tactful remarks about passerby and offering me a shot of vodka from a bottle in his pocket. (I politely declined.))
This drummer was by far the best of the musicians I saw. ("All donation go to my manager, Frank, the guy in the yellow tuxedo." Frank is standing stage right.)
This week has been going all right so far. I head home on Wednesday afternoon, and I'll be there until Sunday.
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OH OH OH! There is this great Japanese place down Newbury Street. Past Newbury Comics for like a block or two and then it's off to the right on one of the little side streets. It was pretty cheap and pretty good.
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And I'll have to check that out...
City Hall you say?
(Anonymous) 2005-08-09 08:42 pm (UTC)(link)no subject
Corrected...