tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56267829332621260232024-02-07T20:28:06.962-08:00Tea Parties and Massacres<i>"Massachusetts," which is Algonquin for "big hill place."</i><br><br>
We are spending the winter up north! Just outside of Boston, we are house sitting and taking care of two greyhounds, three cats, two doves, and four fish. Lots of snow and lots of history. And maybe some clam chowder?Jillerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03905235294727879277noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5626782933262126023.post-63957455028776294042009-06-18T15:29:00.001-07:002009-06-18T16:22:06.535-07:00Farewell, Boston! Thanks for the times.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitYaiV2lrndbwcgaIwePQn9ni3c9mk0htMHXLcXSb2BeZzChVIDSvp5oYvgEwpcnMhPgy-uFcp8F5d76txsYuydGLHN4OrhNMpCEYM1vwPMb9lmswT7F1HFpFyMECetmXL8N9-u7Vy4_o/s1600-h/charlemerlin.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 142px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitYaiV2lrndbwcgaIwePQn9ni3c9mk0htMHXLcXSb2BeZzChVIDSvp5oYvgEwpcnMhPgy-uFcp8F5d76txsYuydGLHN4OrhNMpCEYM1vwPMb9lmswT7F1HFpFyMECetmXL8N9-u7Vy4_o/s200/charlemerlin.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348798655210557458" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuA2pycF1kLKXpPt7n7s-GP2Vu4SlWUjRFA7yuCEkNZyA6lf1S3HREKEo_4-VRIHQZG4Lmuulvm2-W4S0JmAlolhZe_TC_QSJRq4WoGxyPCURyGez6gX9EJ5R5UTpb9SXNthjM_xg07nY/s1600-h/jillerwalkingdogs.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuA2pycF1kLKXpPt7n7s-GP2Vu4SlWUjRFA7yuCEkNZyA6lf1S3HREKEo_4-VRIHQZG4Lmuulvm2-W4S0JmAlolhZe_TC_QSJRq4WoGxyPCURyGez6gX9EJ5R5UTpb9SXNthjM_xg07nY/s200/jillerwalkingdogs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348798657933205666" border="0" /></a><br />Goodbye, Merlin and Charlemagne. Goodbye, daily dog walks.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2egYtS1t-gQpR1WfPqxXGqpuL6gv9ma73PcLnYfZTbvVpGK5nSvD1B6wIB37PWQw_-b6rqE8jIfXWCj9x1tmQi1y8tI1V-BH4dd2IrQQ62gE3F-qYgODnxS3H45a7S31NoiPlLvW4JLQ/s1600-h/garishsink.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 128px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2egYtS1t-gQpR1WfPqxXGqpuL6gv9ma73PcLnYfZTbvVpGK5nSvD1B6wIB37PWQw_-b6rqE8jIfXWCj9x1tmQi1y8tI1V-BH4dd2IrQQ62gE3F-qYgODnxS3H45a7S31NoiPlLvW4JLQ/s200/garishsink.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348798656802680626" border="0" /></a><br />Goodbye, dolphin sink.<br /><br />It's been swell, New England. I love your history and your cemeteries, your snows and your brews, your cobblestone streets and your way too expensive, yet undeniably awesome, historic houses. Call me sometime.<br /><br />On our drive back we stayed in <span style="font-weight: bold;">Philadelphia</span>, one of Michael's favorite cities. There we walked through Franklin Court, where we viewed the structure of Benjamin Franklin's house, the Franklin Print Shop, and Franklin's privy pit (below), which is a nice name for an outdoor crapper.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ZkmmmYWzdqQLfz83XBTN7Ns-a0azL5w7MzykSKoV-cpDjey0m5_biN9m-o43LBV85qwL5aS96L0qLhVNQNUePV37un3-PlG8-Ro7J2IitxPGrmRB4qppx_C2OPD9_CjhPXp3Z4QVXIw/s1600-h/franklinshitter.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ZkmmmYWzdqQLfz83XBTN7Ns-a0azL5w7MzykSKoV-cpDjey0m5_biN9m-o43LBV85qwL5aS96L0qLhVNQNUePV37un3-PlG8-Ro7J2IitxPGrmRB4qppx_C2OPD9_CjhPXp3Z4QVXIw/s200/franklinshitter.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348801012152809346" border="0" /></a><br /><br />After an unsuccesssful attempt to view the Liberty Bell, we decided to conduct a taste test to see who really has the best Philly Cheesesteak. The two rivals, Geno's and Pat's both claim to have invented the cheesesteak. Pat's has a historical marker. They are right across the street from each other, and you order at a window outside. We got both steaks with Cheese Whiz, and each had their good points. I went back and forth a few times, but after they were both sitting in our stomachs, we agreed that Pat's is the winner.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLjGFf1sLo29LiKvmoA4wBNBG99qMR1okkB5WEqgVf0_3_EA8ML4iN8uxprSKm9SDrzGueMbk6eK1J1JVzQXg_NTg5noS8j2dVx0XLgdbLFlmIoXRGjBaJxLtkrCz2FMpwUpKbA3IE1D4/s1600-h/pats.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLjGFf1sLo29LiKvmoA4wBNBG99qMR1okkB5WEqgVf0_3_EA8ML4iN8uxprSKm9SDrzGueMbk6eK1J1JVzQXg_NTg5noS8j2dVx0XLgdbLFlmIoXRGjBaJxLtkrCz2FMpwUpKbA3IE1D4/s200/pats.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348800720510642162" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvEg_j_VbxquWdYwRNiLiM70WeYTvwpRJSiUFhpVt3So44MEnilIjzRdb74vB9KEq5eUCZPB38sxt_W33i1d4yx5e673eP5PmqHfHd0pd0G9rihiC0cK7xh8LlOCA6hyQbkHfXLBwcGc8/s1600-h/jillcheesesteak.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvEg_j_VbxquWdYwRNiLiM70WeYTvwpRJSiUFhpVt3So44MEnilIjzRdb74vB9KEq5eUCZPB38sxt_W33i1d4yx5e673eP5PmqHfHd0pd0G9rihiC0cK7xh8LlOCA6hyQbkHfXLBwcGc8/s200/jillcheesesteak.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348800718545214098" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW3lids6bR2r6vaJOpMSBf96nYsFvHMWiqpjlJGpCeuMOSnBiysi56ZbcIt7l8tFYRXN8BounTCad02xh8Qr58ZeBD9jIwrMb2AOCtRx5_CXHEQCExmqFaMXXJFT3hwrTedyA242KOoUY/s1600-h/genos.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW3lids6bR2r6vaJOpMSBf96nYsFvHMWiqpjlJGpCeuMOSnBiysi56ZbcIt7l8tFYRXN8BounTCad02xh8Qr58ZeBD9jIwrMb2AOCtRx5_CXHEQCExmqFaMXXJFT3hwrTedyA242KOoUY/s200/genos.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348800718010689682" border="0" /></a><br /><br />After leaving Philly, we drove to <span style="font-weight: bold;">Point Pleasant, WV</span>, to stay the night. Why stay in West Virginia, you ask? Duh, because it is the site of the Mothman sightings. Point Pleasant, a very small and creepy town right on the Ohio River, has a bizarre history. In the 1960s, a moth-like man was spotted flying all over the town, along with other strange occurences like UFOs and men in black encounters, right before the collapse of the Silver Bridge that killed 46 people.<br />You've probably seen that Richard Gere movie.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSkNSsRgrwgVuTGjC0ahiTWw0XpqTzQFvG75Puq5dgyp8pUGt92AJ6A3aVt2dCJEcnOwrvtK53jrwj6lztdnWz8hAQKUv6u9rYQJ8VPf51OOGUh1Z2d9ZjYj_2X-do_BZJZwlZqQRBmfI/s1600-h/silverbridge.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSkNSsRgrwgVuTGjC0ahiTWw0XpqTzQFvG75Puq5dgyp8pUGt92AJ6A3aVt2dCJEcnOwrvtK53jrwj6lztdnWz8hAQKUv6u9rYQJ8VPf51OOGUh1Z2d9ZjYj_2X-do_BZJZwlZqQRBmfI/s200/silverbridge.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348804920624258386" border="0" /> </a><br /><br />We stayed at the historic Lowe Hotel, built in 1901. Right across the street, is a monument of the mothman. The hotel is the coolest one I've ever stayed in. It's huge! And supposedly haunted. There were hardly any guests. They have a grand ballroom, an old-timey elevator, and one little man at the desk who watches TV in the back and locks the door to the hotel after midnight. Something right out of a horror movie.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVcjEVzNDxLkqrKgcjpyhvD-ccaLb8Z2M207XM0kdT3jxJoKjdjWM94UtBViDtoOXjyWFyb1_ADHC85FG5ZxMS7pJoVSSvzHtTv0QTDw-e2xar4iP4Vz1CvAcBZuwcICSClaYibpZRs9E/s1600-h/mothmanstatue.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVcjEVzNDxLkqrKgcjpyhvD-ccaLb8Z2M207XM0kdT3jxJoKjdjWM94UtBViDtoOXjyWFyb1_ADHC85FG5ZxMS7pJoVSSvzHtTv0QTDw-e2xar4iP4Vz1CvAcBZuwcICSClaYibpZRs9E/s200/mothmanstatue.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348805073828777874" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilVQ_efTq_Y_rN6HlvVuwx2SJzKJJJSkW_ZN5sRh79DV3UKWt0Uq9-fAyqBB5lJ7Leq1PP4MNcQRKPIGTq1eptHavnMLuj-s-rtLqcFU9diXa6WCFJz_aiHD-OXT2I3q8FjzjsMIuoWtI/s1600-h/lowehotel.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilVQ_efTq_Y_rN6HlvVuwx2SJzKJJJSkW_ZN5sRh79DV3UKWt0Uq9-fAyqBB5lJ7Leq1PP4MNcQRKPIGTq1eptHavnMLuj-s-rtLqcFU9diXa6WCFJz_aiHD-OXT2I3q8FjzjsMIuoWtI/s200/lowehotel.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348805077625561298" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The next day, we walked through the town, and alongside the river, where they have a mural in the works that stretches across the floodwall and seems endless. It depicts the Battle of Point Pleasant (1774), which is technically the first battle of the Revolutionary War, though some don't acknowledge it.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSkNSsRgrwgVuTGjC0ahiTWw0XpqTzQFvG75Puq5dgyp8pUGt92AJ6A3aVt2dCJEcnOwrvtK53jrwj6lztdnWz8hAQKUv6u9rYQJ8VPf51OOGUh1Z2d9ZjYj_2X-do_BZJZwlZqQRBmfI/s1600-h/silverbridge.jpg"> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv8Rwv1Ts00-eUs-YfrB1E-I15gZO1tg59LgT-XkgKN8Rc9mVJ8BrbHKLSte7D3WV1U0qi_x85ah9t8DPHsmnuEgXK-oqgHiqPDT_6x4P6jjM2_s9bHPvB1SnksIVzFwqESJoc0UxXiLc/s1600-h/mbmural.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 130px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv8Rwv1Ts00-eUs-YfrB1E-I15gZO1tg59LgT-XkgKN8Rc9mVJ8BrbHKLSte7D3WV1U0qi_x85ah9t8DPHsmnuEgXK-oqgHiqPDT_6x4P6jjM2_s9bHPvB1SnksIVzFwqESJoc0UxXiLc/s200/mbmural.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348804931633167634" border="0" /> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlb3L0jFo6GtTjLTpc2GvhHtHxw7J-TOGCs-ytHM0LX7QGwAt3-meKWQP-w0mKKF3XtPp92LL3tBLTU9YEaBbnAeacxr_54zvJidvivkhBVPsWYG0bgKxEy54GHtENzLNfjZUNuOOCNs/s1600-h/jillermural.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlb3L0jFo6GtTjLTpc2GvhHtHxw7J-TOGCs-ytHM0LX7QGwAt3-meKWQP-w0mKKF3XtPp92LL3tBLTU9YEaBbnAeacxr_54zvJidvivkhBVPsWYG0bgKxEy54GHtENzLNfjZUNuOOCNs/s200/jillermural.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348804930051058018" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHRKk3U07Dyt99KCMTNkuMocpFahwdlZhfgj1Z131ivsJ3BbjAzZ9q7RTpbM7UsGsiMIvOKWTRjJNqMX1EhstpVk4vAUJCUbWOHGcaubRGcoO8hN-9qF6Rhr-W7jO1c2v9LBomtd7g8iU/s1600-h/michaelcold.jpg"> </a><br /><br />Before we headed out from Pt. Pleasant, we went into the Mothman museum (which is strange that they have one) where we watched a video about the incidents and saw movie props from The Mothman Prophecies, like the police outfit Laury Linney wore and similar boring things. Then we struck a pose (below), and said, "See ya, Mothman, we are outta here!"<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHRKk3U07Dyt99KCMTNkuMocpFahwdlZhfgj1Z131ivsJ3BbjAzZ9q7RTpbM7UsGsiMIvOKWTRjJNqMX1EhstpVk4vAUJCUbWOHGcaubRGcoO8hN-9qF6Rhr-W7jO1c2v9LBomtd7g8iU/s1600-h/michaelcold.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHRKk3U07Dyt99KCMTNkuMocpFahwdlZhfgj1Z131ivsJ3BbjAzZ9q7RTpbM7UsGsiMIvOKWTRjJNqMX1EhstpVk4vAUJCUbWOHGcaubRGcoO8hN-9qF6Rhr-W7jO1c2v9LBomtd7g8iU/s200/michaelcold.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348804937941884994" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl9PBCb3907voMePelSjw4z9lwJrsPpQsjIpV9Ay9qRZrP5C2nBxBN_sHVpmU2RjxOqhtNDhfl9Hb52Eysov0F1UU_eRVZvrT7Z5hjiBsuI8AAxh6glgTVWuF7HceUthbE7LCFIKqgJCQ/s1600-h/jillcold.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl9PBCb3907voMePelSjw4z9lwJrsPpQsjIpV9Ay9qRZrP5C2nBxBN_sHVpmU2RjxOqhtNDhfl9Hb52Eysov0F1UU_eRVZvrT7Z5hjiBsuI8AAxh6glgTVWuF7HceUthbE7LCFIKqgJCQ/s200/jillcold.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348804932403437314" border="0" /></a>Jillerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03905235294727879277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5626782933262126023.post-48349879097062937912009-06-18T14:30:00.000-07:002009-06-18T15:25:46.193-07:00Last Days in New England (Patriot's Day/Fenway Park)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAUbcvQsM7vuV4rtzkpfMEPPe9yifKfNFFjjJzarmUo2JQYEZ2YQC5mMhXHXfIsvsmCt-xLRHpzkAZFQHizrhYrRn18-SJOur3juJI71m_Ru-zqRMRINvX-6-XtztHAKoNqzViZSqH5tI/s1600-h/paulrevere.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAUbcvQsM7vuV4rtzkpfMEPPe9yifKfNFFjjJzarmUo2JQYEZ2YQC5mMhXHXfIsvsmCt-xLRHpzkAZFQHizrhYrRn18-SJOur3juJI71m_Ru-zqRMRINvX-6-XtztHAKoNqzViZSqH5tI/s200/paulrevere.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348785291506561714" border="0" /></a><br />More sightseeing in Boston. Here is Michael at the Paul Revere monument in front of the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Old North Church</span>, where lanterns were hung in the steeple to warn of the British coming. There is so much history in this area.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinc0OGJTo-r4gPRW1Zl04N3nc0DDvQmD5vxSJ1sc4GHYlEGNxBcgK0nc9TB6RKiPLInTd32Sdqkr1SL5Z4xss-z8W2IbAMxb9jGms2gdgGTOabWFn8-CuSycjAhoXa8EkkHuxrz-amZ_I/s1600-h/copps.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinc0OGJTo-r4gPRW1Zl04N3nc0DDvQmD5vxSJ1sc4GHYlEGNxBcgK0nc9TB6RKiPLInTd32Sdqkr1SL5Z4xss-z8W2IbAMxb9jGms2gdgGTOabWFn8-CuSycjAhoXa8EkkHuxrz-amZ_I/s200/copps.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348789324335244002" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Copp's Hill Burying Ground</span> (Boston's 2nd oldest) was locked, and we sadly could not go in.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtbJg81eQPzIouuL_WhyphenhyphenocjPR9woZozITBRtCYu0R_p5gX6XKo5L7YI3pNCWT-aN3rULJGEWo61ZozjWM_6Ihq7HxDV_1gxywD5viK01JeB79LSXlyWIJ9igYRZhmdYR0iey-WuB8xHnA/s1600-h/seafood.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtbJg81eQPzIouuL_WhyphenhyphenocjPR9woZozITBRtCYu0R_p5gX6XKo5L7YI3pNCWT-aN3rULJGEWo61ZozjWM_6Ihq7HxDV_1gxywD5viK01JeB79LSXlyWIJ9igYRZhmdYR0iey-WuB8xHnA/s200/seafood.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348785826796396258" border="0" /></a><br />At night, we decided me must eat some seafood before we leave Boston. So we went to a restaurant called the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Barking Crab</span>. It was on the water by Boston Harbor and had a really fun atmosphere. Michael doesn't like seafood, but I got a bucket of crab claws and forced him to try them.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXJzHSNk45LqiOZ1yQSMZ7ul_93Gz2MEI27Q3N_XPNLV_MJ30GMjkYQJ60Pbk0s8BAKIlW9Vt5cWt9g1MmcOIszJ1sfuF46ThzCfyICME72I-gY_7c_apSnpZBGWG0vYQVmJgQqcPymJA/s1600-h/kismet.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXJzHSNk45LqiOZ1yQSMZ7ul_93Gz2MEI27Q3N_XPNLV_MJ30GMjkYQJ60Pbk0s8BAKIlW9Vt5cWt9g1MmcOIszJ1sfuF46ThzCfyICME72I-gY_7c_apSnpZBGWG0vYQVmJgQqcPymJA/s200/kismet.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348784766350590386" border="0" /></a><br />We went to Cambridge to the <span style="font-weight: bold;">MIT Museum</span> on a free day. Here I am with the robot Kismet!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB8Xqr8_geXtE4VesYO2ltxmdoewsD_HU6X9nBHBUxrVGIpV7hRgSjyQbQ9K8c42QVr0AahdLI2oYjwDW4uLmuM9O1A1NfLplkGeyPvdsGjCYltAYTV6cU8clsIAJ-c8v-TBCTFwvzBHw/s1600-h/mitmobil.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB8Xqr8_geXtE4VesYO2ltxmdoewsD_HU6X9nBHBUxrVGIpV7hRgSjyQbQ9K8c42QVr0AahdLI2oYjwDW4uLmuM9O1A1NfLplkGeyPvdsGjCYltAYTV6cU8clsIAJ-c8v-TBCTFwvzBHw/s200/mitmobil.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348785289155682498" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt1xxWB6dApyI37jL_5tBoI1-pj5rirOI4FkTO3nGRuuKRrXeTdmQAhVhbxXXmTh_2I69x5O1U3oePazV40QbH11hnoe9Ez9LBxAXo3s6nYhmkF7aWjn3QxaIXyeVhxJYOZRlbKcXMiuI/s1600-h/mit2.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt1xxWB6dApyI37jL_5tBoI1-pj5rirOI4FkTO3nGRuuKRrXeTdmQAhVhbxXXmTh_2I69x5O1U3oePazV40QbH11hnoe9Ez9LBxAXo3s6nYhmkF7aWjn3QxaIXyeVhxJYOZRlbKcXMiuI/s200/mit2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348785283320531202" border="0" /></a><br />We also saw many delicate mobiles.<br /><br />Another early morning! For <span style="font-weight: bold;">Patriot's Day</span>, we awoke around 4am and made our way to the Lexington Green, to commemorate the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the first battles of the Revolutionary War. There, I saw my first reenactment. With a rebel yell!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn8_gjCKl9YsNicBaY9Au25lVKdbD_KpSW8k7UTYq3e7bMbfONhJc-F9M3803QtPClIIN5CB5qVwInBa_3jP9UN4wsSN-UIchs4rAtNWnZf8r3EFHDhEIJLsarhTlVMya48YrIIkf2huc/s1600-h/mikebattle.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn8_gjCKl9YsNicBaY9Au25lVKdbD_KpSW8k7UTYq3e7bMbfONhJc-F9M3803QtPClIIN5CB5qVwInBa_3jP9UN4wsSN-UIchs4rAtNWnZf8r3EFHDhEIJLsarhTlVMya48YrIIkf2huc/s200/mikebattle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348784769187795890" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEK0R2Ix67Pu_CCBJRtu6_Jwq9kdz-nbHwk21mgUkEn2cdiEPVmOWDP3O7jiWOdx7mqUpzC_y0TBjWCW349CpUWLDdnwGPlwEk8ZNfKji5JgOEZg0kiXEUhcpHMZ1qPQ7fjdFvcVmCD_s/s1600-h/battlegreen.jpg"> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEK0R2Ix67Pu_CCBJRtu6_Jwq9kdz-nbHwk21mgUkEn2cdiEPVmOWDP3O7jiWOdx7mqUpzC_y0TBjWCW349CpUWLDdnwGPlwEk8ZNfKji5JgOEZg0kiXEUhcpHMZ1qPQ7fjdFvcVmCD_s/s1600-h/battlegreen.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEK0R2Ix67Pu_CCBJRtu6_Jwq9kdz-nbHwk21mgUkEn2cdiEPVmOWDP3O7jiWOdx7mqUpzC_y0TBjWCW349CpUWLDdnwGPlwEk8ZNfKji5JgOEZg0kiXEUhcpHMZ1qPQ7fjdFvcVmCD_s/s200/battlegreen.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348784032281278338" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQwuv0ijKD21_jbz7Su2K1KibmZH1U6GkR5LEFU_52k1AgAs4l_h0qltU24fSCfiLTrFp0Pq1z0J2Qo3haUmEpyINBzZY-sXmSS_zkK_badOAtXCX6y1VPPn9e8gEmC4jR4t8pBUjW9gU/s1600-h/pancakes.jpg"> </a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQwuv0ijKD21_jbz7Su2K1KibmZH1U6GkR5LEFU_52k1AgAs4l_h0qltU24fSCfiLTrFp0Pq1z0J2Qo3haUmEpyINBzZY-sXmSS_zkK_badOAtXCX6y1VPPn9e8gEmC4jR4t8pBUjW9gU/s1600-h/pancakes.jpg"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwjUFwIYpNKd1aJRiJHVc6GNxs5vVDiYK468k_G29FaHQDoTy8k323jUNtupyQc61MwKKLnQUe40XOSX_fMnw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQwuv0ijKD21_jbz7Su2K1KibmZH1U6GkR5LEFU_52k1AgAs4l_h0qltU24fSCfiLTrFp0Pq1z0J2Qo3haUmEpyINBzZY-sXmSS_zkK_badOAtXCX6y1VPPn9e8gEmC4jR4t8pBUjW9gU/s1600-h/pancakes.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQwuv0ijKD21_jbz7Su2K1KibmZH1U6GkR5LEFU_52k1AgAs4l_h0qltU24fSCfiLTrFp0Pq1z0J2Qo3haUmEpyINBzZY-sXmSS_zkK_badOAtXCX6y1VPPn9e8gEmC4jR4t8pBUjW9gU/s200/pancakes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348785287625488290" border="0" /></a><br />Afterwards, the nearby churches had pancake breakfasts. We found one that served sausage. Mmm.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Our last day in Boston!</span> We found out about a free tour of the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Samuel Adams Brewery</span>, so of course we had to go.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4_eELmY_Zf1We7knFKUYXzPz4X0BAiWwUzP_sLtEcB0jYTsxXPbVerEPp3huY4qANcKT7UfmonGdq_w9pHL63tnLE-VfDrfv3HDyrB3MVoFYVlS_xZWgNWj2VQDuEzBr7xgqavDUVfKk/s1600-h/brewerytour.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4_eELmY_Zf1We7knFKUYXzPz4X0BAiWwUzP_sLtEcB0jYTsxXPbVerEPp3huY4qANcKT7UfmonGdq_w9pHL63tnLE-VfDrfv3HDyrB3MVoFYVlS_xZWgNWj2VQDuEzBr7xgqavDUVfKk/s200/brewerytour.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348784039810807666" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDTgnC33CmxGjlbOnFnaY8WbRbZK7yg3x1hiZ_86m4IitMPhs0qi2DDtIITzQGPIIhBVXnEdkKQcqB_mbbr5EzzLZZ7A8pLmTkwZUkasDZZXr0kmK488BJh5aM778IqJlGvsg1t72ZwwI/s1600-h/mikeybrew.jpg"> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2k5CTHurtKB1atCNrCS90k69_F_wDQsavOTRrp8IkmYs85sebfjuSE0D5Ph5-qV0mkWlJoYkvs2T0uQn9skRRx4LRLqb2UqN4pY8LjmhyDFAZOKpQOlxWMoiDlryGbEjqAw3l6KOxe6o/s1600-h/jillsa.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2k5CTHurtKB1atCNrCS90k69_F_wDQsavOTRrp8IkmYs85sebfjuSE0D5Ph5-qV0mkWlJoYkvs2T0uQn9skRRx4LRLqb2UqN4pY8LjmhyDFAZOKpQOlxWMoiDlryGbEjqAw3l6KOxe6o/s200/jillsa.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348784760732072466" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDTgnC33CmxGjlbOnFnaY8WbRbZK7yg3x1hiZ_86m4IitMPhs0qi2DDtIITzQGPIIhBVXnEdkKQcqB_mbbr5EzzLZZ7A8pLmTkwZUkasDZZXr0kmK488BJh5aM778IqJlGvsg1t72ZwwI/s1600-h/mikeybrew.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDTgnC33CmxGjlbOnFnaY8WbRbZK7yg3x1hiZ_86m4IitMPhs0qi2DDtIITzQGPIIhBVXnEdkKQcqB_mbbr5EzzLZZ7A8pLmTkwZUkasDZZXr0kmK488BJh5aM778IqJlGvsg1t72ZwwI/s200/mikeybrew.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348784770997689586" border="0" /></a><br />The tour was a lot of fun. After showing us the process of beermaking, we got unlimited samples of different Samuel Adams brews!<br /><br />Afterwards, we felt the urge to go find Sam Adams grave at <span style="font-weight: bold;">Granary Burying Ground</span> (Boston's 3rd oldest). And here it is below.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz8W7i2Li3zz8wUnhT2SZ7qW2M571a9e4CObg4iUNLqUkDkzx-slnvo_1ktgWpZLKdSkQd-eQcVFw8kC7aY7YYhUusFyVNgoVcO9K5Da3cVR8iEVyGPTGKjPxQI2X1r-wwoOUYhWZD2DU/s1600-h/samadamsgrave.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz8W7i2Li3zz8wUnhT2SZ7qW2M571a9e4CObg4iUNLqUkDkzx-slnvo_1ktgWpZLKdSkQd-eQcVFw8kC7aY7YYhUusFyVNgoVcO9K5Da3cVR8iEVyGPTGKjPxQI2X1r-wwoOUYhWZD2DU/s200/samadamsgrave.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348785822524101506" border="0" /></a><br /><br />That evening, after finding cheap tickets online, we went to <span style="font-weight: bold;">Fenway Park</span> to see the Red Sox play the Twins, crossing our fingers that the rain would not cancel the game. Such a cool baseball park. I don't think there are many other stadiums in a city's downtown.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQS9VihS_If6hyphenhyphenNOYbLSPY9TAKTUKMTSYWh4JJgW-yCm-UrfZqnWDdjmI2QCf4BeNq0mnW32aextnWykJ47Xum3ggSOtb3DWwWhoQV8nCm8RP-8URcuDGCk-N802lQgW6ZDmRreZ16Mp0/s1600-h/hotdogs.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQS9VihS_If6hyphenhyphenNOYbLSPY9TAKTUKMTSYWh4JJgW-yCm-UrfZqnWDdjmI2QCf4BeNq0mnW32aextnWykJ47Xum3ggSOtb3DWwWhoQV8nCm8RP-8URcuDGCk-N802lQgW6ZDmRreZ16Mp0/s200/hotdogs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348784041991329410" border="0" /></a><br />Here we are enjoying hotdogs and waiting for the rain to subside.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmVXAVVzNOseK8Vz_6jAc_frHWC0i2tfJhyphenhyphenU0qu-j268N4RGEEZvG8zsMeAvZRARzFCmis3pUZ4kGR2p3U4JRdkXcpEqGZxkGV7dOGp3j3ro39-5CfgilOG1HA7aIeNE1piX4DgB7HdHA/s1600-h/rainout.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmVXAVVzNOseK8Vz_6jAc_frHWC0i2tfJhyphenhyphenU0qu-j268N4RGEEZvG8zsMeAvZRARzFCmis3pUZ4kGR2p3U4JRdkXcpEqGZxkGV7dOGp3j3ro39-5CfgilOG1HA7aIeNE1piX4DgB7HdHA/s200/rainout.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348785815392835970" border="0" /></a><br />Here I am after the rain has not subsided, and the announcer just called the game off. Not to worry, though. The next day as we were leaving Boston, we found out the game had been rescheduled and we managed to swing by and watch a few innings!Jillerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03905235294727879277noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5626782933262126023.post-62732553809890612812009-06-18T12:23:00.001-07:002009-06-18T16:24:02.819-07:00Last Days in New England (Bunker Hill/Sleepy Hollow Cemetery)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYb4QfGOoa1lw4nOTgxAfKHAdsC74SHw_DLq1VsHXnGCs2b31ePi-98bcQEtElnUXcn8P6PzMJIFrvZBIkMdH2nYgnrrxk_sXSp5GN52lglIPUqY8S-52w9ubhsR_7BdXeXLCjkXmBm7A/s1600-h/apron.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYb4QfGOoa1lw4nOTgxAfKHAdsC74SHw_DLq1VsHXnGCs2b31ePi-98bcQEtElnUXcn8P6PzMJIFrvZBIkMdH2nYgnrrxk_sXSp5GN52lglIPUqY8S-52w9ubhsR_7BdXeXLCjkXmBm7A/s200/apron.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348754444001253602" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnONGeCe0WS676jVWwfV_1SHqQX5lDU86Glm-W3xc2Ld-TFtDfaP_GSNtTlEkSsx6KTfMLuGvJE7m0Zvi9s7_-n96rQQRgTPGA-OnX5nrEZA2-K0LzTPYJSs9WD5fLce9gs0UKv96c7Io/s1600-h/steakdinner.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnONGeCe0WS676jVWwfV_1SHqQX5lDU86Glm-W3xc2Ld-TFtDfaP_GSNtTlEkSsx6KTfMLuGvJE7m0Zvi9s7_-n96rQQRgTPGA-OnX5nrEZA2-K0LzTPYJSs9WD5fLce9gs0UKv96c7Io/s200/steakdinner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348756898848255506" border="0" /></a><br />Michael doing what he does best.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcFagozxKD1H4tuymbkEyokSBeZM27kSoM_XgEuGDq4hC6hZ-QkuM3NJiKVfwnDAF4rh839SvSdOmSvHSHB9wlhs9LYm26S2QYveqmRsVXPJLTI978lWQqcO7fmcNkkG1zYDHjP6T6FYI/s1600-h/monorail.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcFagozxKD1H4tuymbkEyokSBeZM27kSoM_XgEuGDq4hC6hZ-QkuM3NJiKVfwnDAF4rh839SvSdOmSvHSHB9wlhs9LYm26S2QYveqmRsVXPJLTI978lWQqcO7fmcNkkG1zYDHjP6T6FYI/s200/monorail.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348775743411662450" border="0" /></a><br />I took a trip over Easter to <span style="font-weight: bold;">Disney World</span> with my family. When I returned, Michael and I crammed in as many New England things as we could our last weeks in Boston.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigUdJT07o5lEGGonYLwSJLc1m3bVV6Su1fTxT2kcJLB7hh5cl52cSGkurJrSIEGTN39nlrnV6HBbfhB-XE9wgECJL1wICpSsCVPOhbhGbGp_qa_ll3xg50-cXjBALgDZnIOpX3bUt9WLQ/s1600-h/prescott.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigUdJT07o5lEGGonYLwSJLc1m3bVV6Su1fTxT2kcJLB7hh5cl52cSGkurJrSIEGTN39nlrnV6HBbfhB-XE9wgECJL1wICpSsCVPOhbhGbGp_qa_ll3xg50-cXjBALgDZnIOpX3bUt9WLQ/s200/prescott.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348754445761596082" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikS9klTUUT5NOZ33nJSBNt19u4hhKhU-kpro86flUA0_QTeh8hP84xNUmJvLEfcS9FbUfF52rlnLhmOaB_O-m76qDpzksiwtrPn66-IAtTJoW9CtKdwUVb6I7oKugKY6ZckFBn8DikM_A/s1600-h/prescottjill.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikS9klTUUT5NOZ33nJSBNt19u4hhKhU-kpro86flUA0_QTeh8hP84xNUmJvLEfcS9FbUfF52rlnLhmOaB_O-m76qDpzksiwtrPn66-IAtTJoW9CtKdwUVb6I7oKugKY6ZckFBn8DikM_A/s200/prescottjill.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348754450784129698" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAy-aFvw6dMMUaSTdiv8nL92jsuPh9vOw_wbAGkk3qtF79g8G-8zG5Pm3mfkBa8n_3-yROpNJxR2obt659ngkvnDiVeMCmDBEw6BB3PafPIv7BTiWvKUn1maxCp31GU5AhQc97hVWW4b0/s1600-h/prescottmike.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAy-aFvw6dMMUaSTdiv8nL92jsuPh9vOw_wbAGkk3qtF79g8G-8zG5Pm3mfkBa8n_3-yROpNJxR2obt659ngkvnDiVeMCmDBEw6BB3PafPIv7BTiWvKUn1maxCp31GU5AhQc97hVWW4b0/s200/prescottmike.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348755090376484578" border="0" /></a><br />One day, we drove into Boston to walk along the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Freedom Trail</span>, a path through downtown that leads to significant historic sites. We began at <span style="font-weight: bold;">Bunker Hill Monument</span>. <span id="_SE_CP" _se_c="tcm:1-2215" _se_cp="tcm:1-2215" _se_ct="tcm:1-405-32" _se_cpt="tcm:1-405-32"><span id="_SE_FLD" _se_fld="tcm:Content/custom:Content/custom:Text[1]">Standing 221 feet tall,</span></span> the site of the first major battle of the American Revolution. We looked at the monument of Colonel William Prescott (above), who uttered the legendary phrase, <span id="_SE_CP" _se_c="tcm:1-2215" _se_cp="tcm:1-2215" _se_ct="tcm:1-405-32" _se_cpt="tcm:1-405-32"><span id="_SE_FLD" _se_fld="tcm:Content/custom:Content/custom:Text[1]">"Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes."</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTyJlGl2xw9FmxLji3S6XFDYpW5YnVowhNK0PKo5piHjRYNti6BDhnPLgpsnQ4TpFew3qFm8cImkWJAYo15r3m8YZLpi6O-9FCCSdiJV0IfhjKUqqJhNZx5iCgIHFYept-mkv_9VUddpY/s1600-h/bostonapts.jpg"> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTyJlGl2xw9FmxLji3S6XFDYpW5YnVowhNK0PKo5piHjRYNti6BDhnPLgpsnQ4TpFew3qFm8cImkWJAYo15r3m8YZLpi6O-9FCCSdiJV0IfhjKUqqJhNZx5iCgIHFYept-mkv_9VUddpY/s1600-h/bostonapts.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 147px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTyJlGl2xw9FmxLji3S6XFDYpW5YnVowhNK0PKo5piHjRYNti6BDhnPLgpsnQ4TpFew3qFm8cImkWJAYo15r3m8YZLpi6O-9FCCSdiJV0IfhjKUqqJhNZx5iCgIHFYept-mkv_9VUddpY/s200/bostonapts.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348755096775274834" border="0" /></a><br />We saw so many lovely apartments along Bunker Hill.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4FO0iCxw0vBEOk-rY-Y6k5Z7JcRkz0QHsjSDjCFKwyWvy_hoVisFBa60rPRFqbZ1lbrU1qGJy_JRRlnhPn3X2vc0ntv_wx0SG9J5DFwTytfduiTg0S8-5Usg7YNsyic-QT6MD13f_kag/s1600-h/overlookwater.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4FO0iCxw0vBEOk-rY-Y6k5Z7JcRkz0QHsjSDjCFKwyWvy_hoVisFBa60rPRFqbZ1lbrU1qGJy_JRRlnhPn3X2vc0ntv_wx0SG9J5DFwTytfduiTg0S8-5Usg7YNsyic-QT6MD13f_kag/s200/overlookwater.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348754442563100818" border="0" /> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjvC1VO8DZzqVzyufIsW8Ao6-GiJKC2se4JfJdCSM1LuCALb4x9ay6j1O1Ue9UNKNNRzm35I33zcFkP5ZLtKe3EQ-wEGYGsjwaPNfegZ0wrZGbazNfYrz4Ulvq9qTVrQw1hET6CY-xl40/s1600-h/mikejillbridge.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjvC1VO8DZzqVzyufIsW8Ao6-GiJKC2se4JfJdCSM1LuCALb4x9ay6j1O1Ue9UNKNNRzm35I33zcFkP5ZLtKe3EQ-wEGYGsjwaPNfegZ0wrZGbazNfYrz4Ulvq9qTVrQw1hET6CY-xl40/s200/mikejillbridge.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348750936971084738" border="0" /> </a><br />Walking over <span style="font-weight: bold;">Charlestown Bridge</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLV0gSKEYpwNVAoDVwlQZ4dt_x3CTxu3Jy5gs1jEclypY-Ve3RBSjiXqOtUygDj6fXOoqiP0nPTl_IEbhOZw-GAFB1PEIzD_gK9RMAT60Kr0pAx8eQXLtdXMZPXOndoAgjENcnwIjj7Z4/s1600-h/catbeard.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLV0gSKEYpwNVAoDVwlQZ4dt_x3CTxu3Jy5gs1jEclypY-Ve3RBSjiXqOtUygDj6fXOoqiP0nPTl_IEbhOZw-GAFB1PEIzD_gK9RMAT60Kr0pAx8eQXLtdXMZPXOndoAgjENcnwIjj7Z4/s200/catbeard.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348755098880103682" border="0" /></a><br />Back at home, Michael makes a beard out of Lily the cat.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvDw9fj66drR3GdovF6rBWF3P1NPRUcPk1qbKFGSpj0kB4i5el0T7Mkw4LNdE6uuH2S-WITLGkTAHBk0fYGD1BC1dyShoqa1C6Fxr1Rbwn9SelkG7-Jv_YH8CIA39r_P4Iy_wvB-417Gg/s1600-h/weenshow.jpg"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyWVwgGMBNkj5R_9HYtn-CVvemob9rTnyw3y7b6Szzqv04bMjDm4WlPZGNT3Ky7a1ClUwMRAVCEpV81Vpqwwg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvDw9fj66drR3GdovF6rBWF3P1NPRUcPk1qbKFGSpj0kB4i5el0T7Mkw4LNdE6uuH2S-WITLGkTAHBk0fYGD1BC1dyShoqa1C6Fxr1Rbwn9SelkG7-Jv_YH8CIA39r_P4Iy_wvB-417Gg/s200/weenshow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348755104150832690" border="0" /></a><br />We saw the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Gene Ween Band</span> at Paradise Rock Lounge! We got the bassist (above) to autograph a "Reserved Seat" sign that Michael tore off the wall. Then Michael told him about how he asked him for a slice of pizza once in Oxford, Mississippi, and was denied. He apologized.<br /><br />Another day, we went into Concord to find the graves of famous authors at <span style="font-weight: bold;">Sleepy Hollow Cemetery</span>. There were lots of interesting tombstones, many very old.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiJNnNkDZpSICtUDhiQoCda1jIYetab6xkLf98fuDCkn2-qemcgCEXZ8iwXRtPRbtckI4j_DLzH7jM4KWvFQYWp2VxIVTEoasw7VpXr6-Vc02V6x8iWMpEm8jntdZniNA5qyeWXil6zqk/s1600-h/oldstone.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiJNnNkDZpSICtUDhiQoCda1jIYetab6xkLf98fuDCkn2-qemcgCEXZ8iwXRtPRbtckI4j_DLzH7jM4KWvFQYWp2VxIVTEoasw7VpXr6-Vc02V6x8iWMpEm8jntdZniNA5qyeWXil6zqk/s200/oldstone.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348756575811602738" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpB33B-0vw4cXYPZuMoWu3_HUzNzAkWJZf8fhIvdoyPxhSVs3PgP6m2OEVuou9-yYbpZiheuX9Krmihl20ydWMqKFrodKSkboJg1GXj5UGlbwqyugWA037YjXy9-h6_DUKq05NEX6K6-M/s1600-h/cemeterykids.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpB33B-0vw4cXYPZuMoWu3_HUzNzAkWJZf8fhIvdoyPxhSVs3PgP6m2OEVuou9-yYbpZiheuX9Krmihl20ydWMqKFrodKSkboJg1GXj5UGlbwqyugWA037YjXy9-h6_DUKq05NEX6K6-M/s200/cemeterykids.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348755623106046018" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA-SuPCA-3jCbFwkCVIQC5zsWhktXOLTUMTtjjCgIcB8WJzj78liZmqbNK7e5qYmUDd2G_aSL-7lRQKEQVzOGwizEWPIFb-4uwlSbtiWbG5hgNhpj8TiBSWREEIXaqqqxKrZZkw-ck04c/s1600-h/mother.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA-SuPCA-3jCbFwkCVIQC5zsWhktXOLTUMTtjjCgIcB8WJzj78liZmqbNK7e5qYmUDd2G_aSL-7lRQKEQVzOGwizEWPIFb-4uwlSbtiWbG5hgNhpj8TiBSWREEIXaqqqxKrZZkw-ck04c/s200/mother.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348756577766766946" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiocttE3FWBFwXd_E6vnn4eoha6iNIUsHBcqlADsmqUbzoHt2usi_0Q7-HVKEwR3OT36yPX-eYDLIZOpgnjRRuoYPwNuO6HnwmtfgD5W-YTuyUMMSGKflb_5BlzJJnk2lFOxrprnfF5nUs/s1600-h/twograves.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiocttE3FWBFwXd_E6vnn4eoha6iNIUsHBcqlADsmqUbzoHt2usi_0Q7-HVKEwR3OT36yPX-eYDLIZOpgnjRRuoYPwNuO6HnwmtfgD5W-YTuyUMMSGKflb_5BlzJJnk2lFOxrprnfF5nUs/s200/twograves.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348756589326356946" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiJ2M4o1575KM2YdQhjo9v415Jtg0gAnPMqAjTytGSkeYno9FxlU5W9eUHq9BAj20KrkbMdVjo_fQUrY-t7cLiOS5LrTeqM4MBW6gh3oge_t16JxMO_Spr9wJGcAZwjMZLvab48Y0z1oA/s1600-h/thoreaugrave.jpg"> </a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiJ2M4o1575KM2YdQhjo9v415Jtg0gAnPMqAjTytGSkeYno9FxlU5W9eUHq9BAj20KrkbMdVjo_fQUrY-t7cLiOS5LrTeqM4MBW6gh3oge_t16JxMO_Spr9wJGcAZwjMZLvab48Y0z1oA/s1600-h/thoreaugrave.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiJ2M4o1575KM2YdQhjo9v415Jtg0gAnPMqAjTytGSkeYno9FxlU5W9eUHq9BAj20KrkbMdVjo_fQUrY-t7cLiOS5LrTeqM4MBW6gh3oge_t16JxMO_Spr9wJGcAZwjMZLvab48Y0z1oA/s200/thoreaugrave.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348756583544261954" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsIImoG1l4OSMeD9SWIy66kSrMiX_TAvjxbd-7qHRWiHhcACjITXrQEVX2NVgYt4jZfmhu58d-smWrGfIYoTvGguYjhy8rhisQ0zsSVymERYenomb0E3A_V26ecLx1asRAG2T1WgZPxzM/s1600-h/henryjill.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsIImoG1l4OSMeD9SWIy66kSrMiX_TAvjxbd-7qHRWiHhcACjITXrQEVX2NVgYt4jZfmhu58d-smWrGfIYoTvGguYjhy8rhisQ0zsSVymERYenomb0E3A_V26ecLx1asRAG2T1WgZPxzM/s200/henryjill.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348755630336314434" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigRm3aMtRoyk_qJHaKVl23LRyHWmvFcocHAqcYW3clvMSiQaSpjIMw8JF0TdkDy5JNtSZKl4AVJlwngmhf5tQSsE3NLA0PzeGeaaG61wL_GUvEl350Rw5_kw578VRx7EiRpEBaJHx8VXo/s1600-h/emerson.jpg"> </a><br />We raced to see who could find Henry David Thoreau's grave first. I won.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigRm3aMtRoyk_qJHaKVl23LRyHWmvFcocHAqcYW3clvMSiQaSpjIMw8JF0TdkDy5JNtSZKl4AVJlwngmhf5tQSsE3NLA0PzeGeaaG61wL_GUvEl350Rw5_kw578VRx7EiRpEBaJHx8VXo/s1600-h/emerson.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigRm3aMtRoyk_qJHaKVl23LRyHWmvFcocHAqcYW3clvMSiQaSpjIMw8JF0TdkDy5JNtSZKl4AVJlwngmhf5tQSsE3NLA0PzeGeaaG61wL_GUvEl350Rw5_kw578VRx7EiRpEBaJHx8VXo/s200/emerson.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348755624741798802" border="0" /></a><br />Ralph Waldo Emerson's grave<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisln3rdCSdd-cFamsQGYFGO316MvKiiq1sJ6fofFpcsbncOXO2V2BJyJ66PAfujQUUzAldpQyMCCjgRiZBJi5aca1oe1ZRAxAYHbjpGjfjHEcRucgEC3u8Pn9Tu_cdTg9B5pg2ayZ3yY0/s1600-h/jillpurple.jpg"> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisln3rdCSdd-cFamsQGYFGO316MvKiiq1sJ6fofFpcsbncOXO2V2BJyJ66PAfujQUUzAldpQyMCCjgRiZBJi5aca1oe1ZRAxAYHbjpGjfjHEcRucgEC3u8Pn9Tu_cdTg9B5pg2ayZ3yY0/s1600-h/jillpurple.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisln3rdCSdd-cFamsQGYFGO316MvKiiq1sJ6fofFpcsbncOXO2V2BJyJ66PAfujQUUzAldpQyMCCjgRiZBJi5aca1oe1ZRAxAYHbjpGjfjHEcRucgEC3u8Pn9Tu_cdTg9B5pg2ayZ3yY0/s200/jillpurple.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348755636863905314" border="0" /></a>Jillerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03905235294727879277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5626782933262126023.post-59369523245184424882009-03-23T15:11:00.000-07:002009-03-23T15:22:42.975-07:00The Pogues! The Pets!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCmwhIx2l8wN1VMQ8okpmP8TxNjOe61_snAQCFkHUZESr4_fIxnslW7g1xrwx_ClGPX_wST7YIanJb88GFze-EOl3X7nv7dew0JXjcUy_GoNM-Vm1kOKfg8QKQMccoFGAkhkKLqjx8qP4/s1600-h/macgowan-gig01.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 166px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCmwhIx2l8wN1VMQ8okpmP8TxNjOe61_snAQCFkHUZESr4_fIxnslW7g1xrwx_ClGPX_wST7YIanJb88GFze-EOl3X7nv7dew0JXjcUy_GoNM-Vm1kOKfg8QKQMccoFGAkhkKLqjx8qP4/s200/macgowan-gig01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316511979507428114" border="0" /></a><br />Shane McGowan of The Pogues<br /><br />We got last-minute tickets to The Pogues Friday night. They played at the House of Blues, one of only a few stops on their mini tour. Might possibly be the last time they perform. I couldn't understand what Shane McGowan was saying, but he was alive, and they were awesome.<br /><br />The other night we got some photos while hanging out with the pets (below).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuQ8LiAUJY6XJX_lCw_FAc2i1a0u1F9J6m1fecBv1sUHnOv75mkTUFoIxEK9HrebEE5WSUZYS2lqwzlz80y5agisKfEyAl9GgsrmLNES_kn5TA0A6pPWTqj5lpFE9jdYX7dZ2KZ_j9WI0/s1600-h/xxmikeysnap.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuQ8LiAUJY6XJX_lCw_FAc2i1a0u1F9J6m1fecBv1sUHnOv75mkTUFoIxEK9HrebEE5WSUZYS2lqwzlz80y5agisKfEyAl9GgsrmLNES_kn5TA0A6pPWTqj5lpFE9jdYX7dZ2KZ_j9WI0/s200/xxmikeysnap.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316510406490670642" border="0" /></a><br />Michael and Snapdragon, the sick cat<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiejB2Ul6l51V1m6XcBol1ChMSYJaXiMsUNV0M0oP80HsZl7JZoOXs2TNR2Eboft2y3d49beS9V-fZ4s66FHamF4BgtWsov4V9FJGrXh_36HFh2HhG4Z7ERRVDOp-P3KbT6LcKlPADn0wQ/s1600-h/xxcharle3.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiejB2Ul6l51V1m6XcBol1ChMSYJaXiMsUNV0M0oP80HsZl7JZoOXs2TNR2Eboft2y3d49beS9V-fZ4s66FHamF4BgtWsov4V9FJGrXh_36HFh2HhG4Z7ERRVDOp-P3KbT6LcKlPADn0wQ/s200/xxcharle3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316510025265548994" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha8MEv-hCydHeXVkAsRp0WQSQFf9O3yM-uhkhDjnqr-3aK-Hzw-YPvT8MmTU0yAa43XZ9Dutph8yaLuf2XCcJtQ13iEzvl8x1quLsO4pOQSaqU7mb5x3AKA2pfUH3Ko5I4lGLx5c9vabY/s1600-h/xxcharlekitch.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha8MEv-hCydHeXVkAsRp0WQSQFf9O3yM-uhkhDjnqr-3aK-Hzw-YPvT8MmTU0yAa43XZ9Dutph8yaLuf2XCcJtQ13iEzvl8x1quLsO4pOQSaqU7mb5x3AKA2pfUH3Ko5I4lGLx5c9vabY/s200/xxcharlekitch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316510044192878930" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiejB2Ul6l51V1m6XcBol1ChMSYJaXiMsUNV0M0oP80HsZl7JZoOXs2TNR2Eboft2y3d49beS9V-fZ4s66FHamF4BgtWsov4V9FJGrXh_36HFh2HhG4Z7ERRVDOp-P3KbT6LcKlPADn0wQ/s1600-h/xxcharle3.jpg"> </a><br />Charlemagne, the eldest greyhound<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBYQ7KtTiuymjwR37kb02aFJmjsBjYyiZjjEL3BwHvm3CZ0pudvm6BfvyQTebJs3dzETTJifGdKMWWKVLiAoZz__ENHOkmml7K247K3cyi8tyjGJBRec8dXrtFUU9jcRTtMWmz0u8g1us/s1600-h/xxsnappy.jpg"> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4-Uwi1t3AiWfiwCH9dIAtelHOE7PEHGVcCnBKY6nThBgVWLGbvCchZCm9nrE-5CgmW3AREsInuHfa2mk_P5qXiSt7FJVT8lFrAoh2c5-JiAgyIVgz6tV2PHhFMc3fYsgKyQReqekNRqc/s1600-h/xxmikeycharle2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4-Uwi1t3AiWfiwCH9dIAtelHOE7PEHGVcCnBKY6nThBgVWLGbvCchZCm9nrE-5CgmW3AREsInuHfa2mk_P5qXiSt7FJVT8lFrAoh2c5-JiAgyIVgz6tV2PHhFMc3fYsgKyQReqekNRqc/s200/xxmikeycharle2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316510396426953474" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1S-gsgXyZic9XpK5wP9EZGAW3LbrG1F3FFtnuPdCn2G2hXFC6myUtNPj-v_3LCIDhYz9aQiaz7yR0bXSX8zvNUoaVoazCaa8e0lOf8EXAsc-EzsHmgUmZzP9yPlg-rxwT0xHLEyOrE3g/s1600-h/xxjillerdogs.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1S-gsgXyZic9XpK5wP9EZGAW3LbrG1F3FFtnuPdCn2G2hXFC6myUtNPj-v_3LCIDhYz9aQiaz7yR0bXSX8zvNUoaVoazCaa8e0lOf8EXAsc-EzsHmgUmZzP9yPlg-rxwT0xHLEyOrE3g/s200/xxjillerdogs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316510053400247042" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Sh0UrxdbmocVyPTGRnlc4bJbiHqijK745YkYVbvIIut0sMF3aJ736MLXyPY2Wn7olSaEXU0-2q7kcg7hGblyWdj8S2_OZpF56BONtcJEOYAE2mXvie27xfrvfMRVXq1clUX7PcHCIOE/s1600-h/xxmerlecouch.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 128px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Sh0UrxdbmocVyPTGRnlc4bJbiHqijK745YkYVbvIIut0sMF3aJ736MLXyPY2Wn7olSaEXU0-2q7kcg7hGblyWdj8S2_OZpF56BONtcJEOYAE2mXvie27xfrvfMRVXq1clUX7PcHCIOE/s200/xxmerlecouch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316510060290185842" border="0" /></a><br />Merlin, the naughty greyhound<br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK2JgF0hBb4fU4zmgEvFzOWVCBfqUJPpdR0vC7emc2jYp5TEQy1C-nhdL5D3Tz5npXANb2C61rCaBwnPxX0WaSq9z0yHDR4UxDLY2HsX2tu8aQ1P8j3k0reObKpywLuYgxgCvv3EnO4ng/s1600-h/xxlily2table.jpg"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK2JgF0hBb4fU4zmgEvFzOWVCBfqUJPpdR0vC7emc2jYp5TEQy1C-nhdL5D3Tz5npXANb2C61rCaBwnPxX0WaSq9z0yHDR4UxDLY2HsX2tu8aQ1P8j3k0reObKpywLuYgxgCvv3EnO4ng/s1600-h/xxlily2table.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 142px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK2JgF0hBb4fU4zmgEvFzOWVCBfqUJPpdR0vC7emc2jYp5TEQy1C-nhdL5D3Tz5npXANb2C61rCaBwnPxX0WaSq9z0yHDR4UxDLY2HsX2tu8aQ1P8j3k0reObKpywLuYgxgCvv3EnO4ng/s200/xxlily2table.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316510061208930546" border="0" /></a><br />Lily, the fat catJillerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03905235294727879277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5626782933262126023.post-9077289972798316832009-03-19T17:46:00.000-07:002009-03-19T14:47:03.508-07:00They're Always After Me Lucky Charms!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpzlgH6cLNCKySWzFNQAWfuyRG8xBsmHFBCWfjz6NcKF8SmnmuFJsewfzVKNwMADZ6zoi6_yosXVaEOALKMXFbyYQocjgIhD5DTBpEK-gEO52VGRiyC52PRXTjwQ8UIU6VgPpgiwszwy0/s1600-h/jilldrinkgreen.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpzlgH6cLNCKySWzFNQAWfuyRG8xBsmHFBCWfjz6NcKF8SmnmuFJsewfzVKNwMADZ6zoi6_yosXVaEOALKMXFbyYQocjgIhD5DTBpEK-gEO52VGRiyC52PRXTjwQ8UIU6VgPpgiwszwy0/s200/jilldrinkgreen.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314982763536118466" border="0" /></a><br /><br />St. Patrick's Day, a holiday I never think anything about, is huge in Boston. The first celebration in the U.S. took place here. We decided to take part in the festivities, so on the 17th we got up super early and took the train in to Boston for the first time yet.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx3k6xvtuH3tHIlDiMZcYhA-09fXWxc33Vv2ouc9o7IaYtvFeb5o7y11U0nKJZUC-GrX-L_Ktz2gSf0dGYnmum3CrvVG48tomfp7DWEQCorxxjL5xt4UwWTs4QBxzuGK-Domk-92EqeAQ/s1600-h/train.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx3k6xvtuH3tHIlDiMZcYhA-09fXWxc33Vv2ouc9o7IaYtvFeb5o7y11U0nKJZUC-GrX-L_Ktz2gSf0dGYnmum3CrvVG48tomfp7DWEQCorxxjL5xt4UwWTs4QBxzuGK-Domk-92EqeAQ/s200/train.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314983299219880482" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We were at the bar by 8:30 AM. That's right. We went downtown to The Black Rose, a popular Irish bar, to see the Irish rock band, Black 47. The first 100 people got a traditional Irish breakfast; we missed it. But the band, who Michael remembers from his teenage years, was pretty awesome. And I fell in love with the lead singer's green suede shoes. You can see in the video below a girl doing traditional Irish dance.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyQ_1irV1t6a97VjVi5Ubv-M7dHmmUo-uTIx1orEh9FY-diee8G7MVjS18hTwDh2BFJUx9pZGHZ4XOwcL05og' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx3k6xvtuH3tHIlDiMZcYhA-09fXWxc33Vv2ouc9o7IaYtvFeb5o7y11U0nKJZUC-GrX-L_Ktz2gSf0dGYnmum3CrvVG48tomfp7DWEQCorxxjL5xt4UwWTs4QBxzuGK-Domk-92EqeAQ/s1600-h/train.jpg"> </a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfO7XBp0r9JCRljPNyLiBx0WMZnMMCU751G2YCBPr370yqccYhSQC8O9ICtDaS0oopKEeFVo_ruRdXtNv-TFin_2Iruv8i7uEw7CQ81DfG25MRPuHQL_OpdjWqOqeDo0KIhfLiUnf-S1w/s1600-h/band.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfO7XBp0r9JCRljPNyLiBx0WMZnMMCU751G2YCBPr370yqccYhSQC8O9ICtDaS0oopKEeFVo_ruRdXtNv-TFin_2Iruv8i7uEw7CQ81DfG25MRPuHQL_OpdjWqOqeDo0KIhfLiUnf-S1w/s200/band.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314982430242117234" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8juq7mXRW31La0zYZSmDRRG-UDTclUNOqjU4qfW8cPLSxhUHqGtNyy9XxnG259bZuhzoV3swMl3I1npPzlzC2XBBJUaIqgb1zt0bznpym-EhwO-U-vaJ40J5HkRBpKOz2fl8psUYqbMc/s1600-h/drinks.jpg"> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie3V9sYQ6fmsYnbcQ90l7EwXXmex5VhClalRaxrVMQADtSrnWghgbSg2xT5cgKeG2W-0FY2iZQGbpRjlIGyF1Yl8uuESqV4gOVoMrySqPnRp9uvNb1bl6FP_61I8JBJJR4SqE0q_B17Xg/s1600-h/michaelshot.jpg"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXp3jb5mpfGnHZBq8pq3Y6oUhnNMYC5TKOEkBrsnM82l7xm-tyqinJVRYNGmYlRFvrLRwTrDIEkIooepeTQQ2Io59DgoTTq9WYzrL6qj_hruGp4tXtCun1L_Fh4e_ek9ro7faUv1SvUsA/s1600-h/toast.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXp3jb5mpfGnHZBq8pq3Y6oUhnNMYC5TKOEkBrsnM82l7xm-tyqinJVRYNGmYlRFvrLRwTrDIEkIooepeTQQ2Io59DgoTTq9WYzrL6qj_hruGp4tXtCun1L_Fh4e_ek9ro7faUv1SvUsA/s200/toast.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314982770868847378" border="0" /> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrgnjHi-UPpCP4BcU8VUK6Ih2xOnDG2iKpoQQ1c9sg52bi5WpJtA6R5dgtmn2XsDAkvhTluAr3l4D1rl-hDTvWXYzER9WYpcO3q6O0JWSwGu3-TVbAOwz80_mBRpGbqKLrExZeOqCFNxo/s1600-h/drinkingteam.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrgnjHi-UPpCP4BcU8VUK6Ih2xOnDG2iKpoQQ1c9sg52bi5WpJtA6R5dgtmn2XsDAkvhTluAr3l4D1rl-hDTvWXYzER9WYpcO3q6O0JWSwGu3-TVbAOwz80_mBRpGbqKLrExZeOqCFNxo/s200/drinkingteam.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314984381397434898" border="0" /></a><br /><br />After a few Smithwick's and Guinness beers and some sausage rolls, we walked over to another bar, where I ran into these lovely fellows (below). They made t-shirts to pick up ladies. Look at Mr. Intensity's guns!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNTq8l3Rg5RnRn9DFMoxCIJTifNQpqKj4SY2rvT3fslJWL7kJBJAMsHQwcftz8qI9yurWWS9HK-Hm7F5g4_bON0VAJQnDNLmkK5WG914lZ9ul6w_Vl4rSqV6ZV1llyJBaTDtnqITUqjAc/s1600-h/baddecisions.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNTq8l3Rg5RnRn9DFMoxCIJTifNQpqKj4SY2rvT3fslJWL7kJBJAMsHQwcftz8qI9yurWWS9HK-Hm7F5g4_bON0VAJQnDNLmkK5WG914lZ9ul6w_Vl4rSqV6ZV1llyJBaTDtnqITUqjAc/s200/baddecisions.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314982430888638450" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEToeBiS4xQOhoQ5TdiGpNPGeDDqLzuJtKORSgfLxHnIeNZiFhykCB40dY1ZTk6VGxyjBZcF7SxDjWmFmaMUSgKT7LkNyVMee7igYy0XxjyOKxx1PCzCzNMTW0aPveKFtvI_sVK_wjpuo/s1600-h/mrintensity.jpg"> </a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEToeBiS4xQOhoQ5TdiGpNPGeDDqLzuJtKORSgfLxHnIeNZiFhykCB40dY1ZTk6VGxyjBZcF7SxDjWmFmaMUSgKT7LkNyVMee7igYy0XxjyOKxx1PCzCzNMTW0aPveKFtvI_sVK_wjpuo/s1600-h/mrintensity.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEToeBiS4xQOhoQ5TdiGpNPGeDDqLzuJtKORSgfLxHnIeNZiFhykCB40dY1ZTk6VGxyjBZcF7SxDjWmFmaMUSgKT7LkNyVMee7igYy0XxjyOKxx1PCzCzNMTW0aPveKFtvI_sVK_wjpuo/s200/mrintensity.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314982771610924306" border="0" /></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGqGtjMvL8xmR7xczCHoMgUdcKr5CmSzXVyzyx167Pnb6haVovUDiwFbvtqtnVgNaZgL3aEK7exLiSKEGgXBIjCV1PvOv4VVM3A0c_hmq7-s_jS4ED_aRP_f66ayImrFjk94Kr7beUNuE/s1600-h/budlightgreen.jpg"> </a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGqGtjMvL8xmR7xczCHoMgUdcKr5CmSzXVyzyx167Pnb6haVovUDiwFbvtqtnVgNaZgL3aEK7exLiSKEGgXBIjCV1PvOv4VVM3A0c_hmq7-s_jS4ED_aRP_f66ayImrFjk94Kr7beUNuE/s1600-h/budlightgreen.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGqGtjMvL8xmR7xczCHoMgUdcKr5CmSzXVyzyx167Pnb6haVovUDiwFbvtqtnVgNaZgL3aEK7exLiSKEGgXBIjCV1PvOv4VVM3A0c_hmq7-s_jS4ED_aRP_f66ayImrFjk94Kr7beUNuE/s200/budlightgreen.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314982437135845618" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzLIVOKblHdHgV42hexSJTANDOIpwV4kXuB8CvqaD4mKjbmqhaZrmmybBmfun4gkrGKI8LR77ZueeWxEpWdzg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />After several more beers, a bagpipe performance (above), and since the bartender did not know what was in an Irish funeral, we decided an eight hour day of drinking is enough and caught the train back home.<br /><br />***<br /><br />The night before, we created a entirely green meal in preparation for the following day. I made fettuccine with parsley pesto and walnuts, along with some roasted broccoli. Michael got some food coloring and put it in our drinks. For dessert, we baked a chocolate cake with green buttercream frosting we concocted. And, of course, it wouldn't have been complete without green Jell-O.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKXJNAmv1vxqkhxujkjUYhvxeUlLDm6SYWitpaXBDLYOIxgn2hnSzHHkywzfcTutnOViebHyG7zWUXSE333QFdg87GFmNqaD7tbXJNA8ZVoH-251PZmEFzcHyXYWeiEWw1eHHTyJy-mLc/s1600-h/xxstpatdindin.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKXJNAmv1vxqkhxujkjUYhvxeUlLDm6SYWitpaXBDLYOIxgn2hnSzHHkywzfcTutnOViebHyG7zWUXSE333QFdg87GFmNqaD7tbXJNA8ZVoH-251PZmEFzcHyXYWeiEWw1eHHTyJy-mLc/s200/xxstpatdindin.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315018304321870546" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd3KRveK6sD_O541trjcTPbEhrtXRfBUi5jjkkOuk3DmsPX8aRCUA9cjygHukMiGaFxfRMUKb-T4B72ATkUfZoz6jCpV0GHqiCJMz1WrT1E5pdgeCN6-VktF5uJb8kVyQTGx-d4gJb6eM/s1600-h/xxcakemix.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd3KRveK6sD_O541trjcTPbEhrtXRfBUi5jjkkOuk3DmsPX8aRCUA9cjygHukMiGaFxfRMUKb-T4B72ATkUfZoz6jCpV0GHqiCJMz1WrT1E5pdgeCN6-VktF5uJb8kVyQTGx-d4gJb6eM/s200/xxcakemix.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315018300122690418" border="0" /></a>Jillerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03905235294727879277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5626782933262126023.post-73778243193333590302009-03-19T13:47:00.000-07:002009-03-19T15:02:40.439-07:00The Shot Heard 'Round the World<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqioKD92GlTn_6g5DsembBeXBRY-KCpkv4am_On85JTe8d9tJI3xA8iDO7hCrzAnt9WQLrFwKEaxXcZ2zjF2KFW9oIacbxUBuQuQ8zbSUT7NOz8ATD1RMlcD11KvTfLaPdzt11d6t3QBM/s1600-h/xxstatue.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqioKD92GlTn_6g5DsembBeXBRY-KCpkv4am_On85JTe8d9tJI3xA8iDO7hCrzAnt9WQLrFwKEaxXcZ2zjF2KFW9oIacbxUBuQuQ8zbSUT7NOz8ATD1RMlcD11KvTfLaPdzt11d6t3QBM/s200/xxstatue.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315013267724421986" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This weekend Michael and I spent a bit of time in Concord. We went to the North Bridge at Minute Man National Historical Park where in 1775, the American Revolution began with "the shot heard round the world."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9z7SQK0fWZxPVZCETXMeZkEP1dTwuPTN9LqBDCEWn5LEZnAPlIOxhu2uS02nwjuAd6wJPtdeZpGeAVwjSLp44FjWEXZM8ZmJx0WBn1bNiujI0d-_GJa08qXy7TpVgZBHMuuA8Z22OStw/s1600-h/xxmbnorthbridge.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 132px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9z7SQK0fWZxPVZCETXMeZkEP1dTwuPTN9LqBDCEWn5LEZnAPlIOxhu2uS02nwjuAd6wJPtdeZpGeAVwjSLp44FjWEXZM8ZmJx0WBn1bNiujI0d-_GJa08qXy7TpVgZBHMuuA8Z22OStw/s200/xxmbnorthbridge.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315011061943271090" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiOaP35n02MHw-E-JO2twcgYnyaW1klvr4QhoJD3GErWxU4GBz3wS-wmsLB-aUoULwy5v4P8XiKwpOD1gq225yYz5GB8bjBKEIWLc5Ck8YeZNe7wDQcWU1-ihRj6E_3pM0U7rAr0zWmJA/s1600-h/xxmarker.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiOaP35n02MHw-E-JO2twcgYnyaW1klvr4QhoJD3GErWxU4GBz3wS-wmsLB-aUoULwy5v4P8XiKwpOD1gq225yYz5GB8bjBKEIWLc5Ck8YeZNe7wDQcWU1-ihRj6E_3pM0U7rAr0zWmJA/s200/xxmarker.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315011056837729762" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1861aClgm2M2uhMjl3q_vqHvcPYLx8sDqmVJwklm2TkFUGATjekXhoLDtlhFSgchBW2XT96Hdyp4K4wIizwu2kKuJKMKfqPfPY_40WC-22y90Zm8eLHC_nXX3WlJ7gAyjNbBwregwnto/s1600-h/xxjtstatue.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1861aClgm2M2uhMjl3q_vqHvcPYLx8sDqmVJwklm2TkFUGATjekXhoLDtlhFSgchBW2XT96Hdyp4K4wIizwu2kKuJKMKfqPfPY_40WC-22y90Zm8eLHC_nXX3WlJ7gAyjNbBwregwnto/s200/xxjtstatue.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315011058874618562" border="0" /> </a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhawM8FUVfpQozGn65k8G_i_HO7D7BNzKdMkhvCC2M1g_SjhqUo3QmNTHglAZndVhXZJONzZO5MOAGiNk_VyqVpAQC9ltBN4bxLgpWU4XjML2vCHbP7CzuTjeyiRmjOnweENivXg3Ub82A/s1600-h/xxjtmanse.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhawM8FUVfpQozGn65k8G_i_HO7D7BNzKdMkhvCC2M1g_SjhqUo3QmNTHglAZndVhXZJONzZO5MOAGiNk_VyqVpAQC9ltBN4bxLgpWU4XjML2vCHbP7CzuTjeyiRmjOnweENivXg3Ub82A/s200/xxjtmanse.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315011052561553778" border="0" /></a><br />Old Manse, home of Emerson and HawthorneJillerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03905235294727879277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5626782933262126023.post-24535790217545422382009-03-12T12:24:00.000-07:002009-03-12T14:00:52.765-07:00Fleetwood/McVie/Buckingham/Nicks!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy3bXk3Sr3-9Y-s80dUScT5dHkDl6JQFm6PqR4o6p15QD5LClJ1TZ0vg0uNPqa828Ljp6H_EGlG1pTD_lPvvN78QCJKb-xKmZHkSENlevfY2tqTQf7bY_vaiTgKXtMFErwBvotx20R8b4/s1600-h/fleetwood_bow.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 125px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy3bXk3Sr3-9Y-s80dUScT5dHkDl6JQFm6PqR4o6p15QD5LClJ1TZ0vg0uNPqa828Ljp6H_EGlG1pTD_lPvvN78QCJKb-xKmZHkSENlevfY2tqTQf7bY_vaiTgKXtMFErwBvotx20R8b4/s200/fleetwood_bow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312399498218148818" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX8HTsjhEZwp69CJmrTsZFQCFBogwJIiiL2kbD-bIidyN0_qIon2p0KktohyoKwIi_3MqEF-bVzC6g5Rzig5c_na_mMPRbagh0CqRp0eyFaHTgBWAgfQHZiRgdTghyzQREEx0NfHhPYsQ/s1600-h/jillfleetwood.jpg"> </a><br /><br />After last night I think I've decided that Lindsay Buckingham might possibly be the greatest guitarist in the universe. Michael got me tickets to Fleetwood Mac (my first favorite band) for my birthday. Last night we went to see them at TD Banknorth Garden in Boston. From the photos you can see we were practically in the front row.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX8HTsjhEZwp69CJmrTsZFQCFBogwJIiiL2kbD-bIidyN0_qIon2p0KktohyoKwIi_3MqEF-bVzC6g5Rzig5c_na_mMPRbagh0CqRp0eyFaHTgBWAgfQHZiRgdTghyzQREEx0NfHhPYsQ/s1600-h/jillfleetwood.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX8HTsjhEZwp69CJmrTsZFQCFBogwJIiiL2kbD-bIidyN0_qIon2p0KktohyoKwIi_3MqEF-bVzC6g5Rzig5c_na_mMPRbagh0CqRp0eyFaHTgBWAgfQHZiRgdTghyzQREEx0NfHhPYsQ/s200/jillfleetwood.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312399511973901490" border="0" /> </a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-3teCF8OOH0QjDFfA0BKHJ3czvT-jIgK6fCESvQsME2bZKgy5_TgXVhLzYVkgfAg1DFemsFin3yPPgopYutoi5RLXUS9m2GvzPcL4p0YksmaDhd-L0aZ0maXlfkEO88PlQoJRW10LFzY/s1600-h/fleetwood.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-3teCF8OOH0QjDFfA0BKHJ3czvT-jIgK6fCESvQsME2bZKgy5_TgXVhLzYVkgfAg1DFemsFin3yPPgopYutoi5RLXUS9m2GvzPcL4p0YksmaDhd-L0aZ0maXlfkEO88PlQoJRW10LFzY/s200/fleetwood.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312399504470677314" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The arena was huge, our seats were very high up (I'm quite acrophobic), and the place was pretty packed. I think I might have been the youngest person there. I spotted lots of interesting characters, namely the 40ish woman wearing a fringe leather vest, dancing in the bathroom.<br /><br />Fleetwood Mac is touring with their most popular 1975 lineup, sans Christina McVie (which made me sad because I love her). But despite being minus one McVie, they really sounded amazing. Lots of reunited older bands can be quite boring to watch, but they made me realize why so many people like them. They were very entertaining; Buckingham was jumping around on stage, pummeling his guitar, and not seeming at all like 60!<br /><br />"Won't you lay me down in the tall grass and let me do my stuff!"<br /><br />After the show, we drove around and finally found an area of Boston that doesn't close down at 11 on a week night. I think we were near the universities. We found a pool hall where we got all kinds of awesome, terribly unhealthy bar food.<br /><br />***<br /><br />The snow has been off and on this week. We went to go snow tubing the other night but found that the conditions were slow, so we sadly returned to the house. The other night we drove to a pub (supposedly one of the most haunted in America, so says Michael) in Ashland, MA, called Stone's Public House. Once an inn, there was a poker disagreement that ended in death, with the body possibly buried on the grounds. Pretty neat little pub; there was an alright jazz ensemble playing. We didn't experience any ghost sighting but we did experience a huge plate of fries with gravy.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgUTu7s6ovC1AJVLMEA2f6BR-ZZ9RNS6Geh2_uusnT3B5sH3Yr1LWxixs2hWch9NID5aXz2odKNk4ssqfTnAcX68pIm8gltfPF9CR5sPhAivmR9zNz0WBhc-Bu0vKe-gRQvXzm4iXpZ-k/s1600-h/stonesjazz.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgUTu7s6ovC1AJVLMEA2f6BR-ZZ9RNS6Geh2_uusnT3B5sH3Yr1LWxixs2hWch9NID5aXz2odKNk4ssqfTnAcX68pIm8gltfPF9CR5sPhAivmR9zNz0WBhc-Bu0vKe-gRQvXzm4iXpZ-k/s200/stonesjazz.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312407412629591442" border="0" /> </a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKwZCbJXAVC8_6yRmPPTu40jDY32nXJJykT_tQ_-uqt5_uBD-sYpq3-QVKGOKGGXf4j2mHgLbwfh7v3nZrdvxV72dL2vMf7WMVlQe685RDTRhnzqzRvF7_XLHIB0cm1GqTYoX54_0yOr0/s1600-h/stones.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKwZCbJXAVC8_6yRmPPTu40jDY32nXJJykT_tQ_-uqt5_uBD-sYpq3-QVKGOKGGXf4j2mHgLbwfh7v3nZrdvxV72dL2vMf7WMVlQe685RDTRhnzqzRvF7_XLHIB0cm1GqTYoX54_0yOr0/s200/stones.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312407418810501906" border="0" /></a>Jillerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03905235294727879277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5626782933262126023.post-23095779328626915432009-03-06T10:39:00.000-08:002009-03-06T10:59:50.635-08:00On Walden Pond<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi60BuW5DzyO_hvFtTtquU85LMtLZt12HGjOfR3fpXXrxzal2yduJ_tmMd1JP9qjCxBpj58rfze9LE5Atittcueo4ULYC8IgtUWNTqiT0M6Ggcb3aTGMPG6_-qT4BZ7VaV37P2V9MPfJHM/s1600-h/layinsnow.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi60BuW5DzyO_hvFtTtquU85LMtLZt12HGjOfR3fpXXrxzal2yduJ_tmMd1JP9qjCxBpj58rfze9LE5Atittcueo4ULYC8IgtUWNTqiT0M6Ggcb3aTGMPG6_-qT4BZ7VaV37P2V9MPfJHM/s200/layinsnow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310147100924664866" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We found cross-country skis in the attic the other day and decided to go out and take advantage of all this snow while it lasts. We went into Concord to Walden Pond, the home of Henry David Thoreau. It was so sunny and nice outside, but the pond was completely frozen over with about a foot of snow on top, so we skied out on it. My first time on a frozen pond and on cross-country skis. There was a man ice fishing; I would really like to try that. We tried to make it up into the woods, but it was way more fun skiing on the pond. It was so sunny, I could have napped in the snow. I really hope we keep the snow through the end of March.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvnNAla2-hyAHygreGoYfPl0_j-OegK40YZiZiRt1TS6fwx472cDxw_4LR9KA_dhvz5B4rrvLG3xkRRqmCLJ0tjOVi9RF7I0GLaKlwUOa1J0KkGpxhU9t1yBRskjwy3vyA2e7Mah5kuxE/s1600-h/danger.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvnNAla2-hyAHygreGoYfPl0_j-OegK40YZiZiRt1TS6fwx472cDxw_4LR9KA_dhvz5B4rrvLG3xkRRqmCLJ0tjOVi9RF7I0GLaKlwUOa1J0KkGpxhU9t1yBRskjwy3vyA2e7Mah5kuxE/s200/danger.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310147090513981106" border="0" /></a><br />Walden Pond<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiftAJsq68ZqsQdfuSbEyNZnoRwHJ19fuRG6kB32WnGNgRSHDCWQ4XY-4Qg2UNdiBTE_KKiMKfbk6IJ0kflG5yReyMoCV-WfrZ6Bk_0tJ-yDqKFq6dEoOz61koPspwZaLpgHX8plYN64ow/s1600-h/mikepond_lores.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBL5Aplpyke5fGzeghGDU_Ec4UmzebjcfGuuGIrsumxIgI-26QksFhrybgt7lWDRlLzDl71YZk25SOxUJXHoF23Azto1vFLZoLw9LJK3-gJCpoxHz3XRIe8es0qbB6_Fc4rUB10tyHS7k/s200/mikeypond.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310147621055587826" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWwa9V1yCmlz7GHHW-MaPPJKrmePhtKH_Q-84YdfZNmlCmqPrgyHETM7yjCUoG_FoJA4hWAek5HAc32rYFKTqGKdihLH53wGqbu25jPos2VIul8qYwkWPpTFwix0vJlJ4Ad_ckVfNIGeA/s1600-h/shadows.jpg"> </a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWwa9V1yCmlz7GHHW-MaPPJKrmePhtKH_Q-84YdfZNmlCmqPrgyHETM7yjCUoG_FoJA4hWAek5HAc32rYFKTqGKdihLH53wGqbu25jPos2VIul8qYwkWPpTFwix0vJlJ4Ad_ckVfNIGeA/s1600-h/shadows.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWwa9V1yCmlz7GHHW-MaPPJKrmePhtKH_Q-84YdfZNmlCmqPrgyHETM7yjCUoG_FoJA4hWAek5HAc32rYFKTqGKdihLH53wGqbu25jPos2VIul8qYwkWPpTFwix0vJlJ4Ad_ckVfNIGeA/s200/shadows.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310147630252324338" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinXcAL1ikU8QCpLwuhA4aL_mdSKdafSJQNShOfO-6XxE5nR2dcoUwie2rZkCskepiJhIyu4X9FGS-jA9Bxjhg2OGgbVubm8U05XlGf2vUG_uWTfWQb_RYud5CfW0qNqlELcKyttTM_fHg/s1600-h/icehole.jpg"> </a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinXcAL1ikU8QCpLwuhA4aL_mdSKdafSJQNShOfO-6XxE5nR2dcoUwie2rZkCskepiJhIyu4X9FGS-jA9Bxjhg2OGgbVubm8U05XlGf2vUG_uWTfWQb_RYud5CfW0qNqlELcKyttTM_fHg/s1600-h/icehole.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinXcAL1ikU8QCpLwuhA4aL_mdSKdafSJQNShOfO-6XxE5nR2dcoUwie2rZkCskepiJhIyu4X9FGS-jA9Bxjhg2OGgbVubm8U05XlGf2vUG_uWTfWQb_RYud5CfW0qNqlELcKyttTM_fHg/s200/icehole.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310147088658529682" border="0" /></a><br />the ice underneath<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSIMF2BCRDxGuLnR0I483-03hQ-I3WFSum27jp-kFeq2kM9WR8TX-QB8xmcMWmag7gR83Di11ZQ6kRmLo7X6pE6CG6vhS43073nCJ3X1v8X9POOfGiEeqcuVTQaAwY0CAL-g1dOr1dwJ0/s1600-h/mikerun.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSIMF2BCRDxGuLnR0I483-03hQ-I3WFSum27jp-kFeq2kM9WR8TX-QB8xmcMWmag7gR83Di11ZQ6kRmLo7X6pE6CG6vhS43073nCJ3X1v8X9POOfGiEeqcuVTQaAwY0CAL-g1dOr1dwJ0/s200/mikerun.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310147603735058290" border="0" /></a><br />a snow angel<br /><br />Below you can see the replica of Thoreau's 10' by 15' one-room cabin and me having a snowball fight with his statue. Michael bought <span style="font-style: italic;">Walden</span> at the gift shop, and the nice cashier gave us some recommendations on bars/restaurants in the Acton area. He told us about the Colonial Inn (below) in Concord, so we went there for lunch. The inn was built in 1716 and apparently has haunted rooms (Michael's a ghost nerd).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTdwEMB_RfSUB1IGjiRYdHbscRMJmOTl2PVysiGe1Gs0nM5OzkmTSy0JShDBUgOFgUN_Eor2Xtjdklw1f-_N5wyu6XxKSTVu1K9sLC7z7aZzS2FqExqoVQY-bMsTBp6TYy-5287cLMqt8/s1600-h/xxthor.snoballs.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTdwEMB_RfSUB1IGjiRYdHbscRMJmOTl2PVysiGe1Gs0nM5OzkmTSy0JShDBUgOFgUN_Eor2Xtjdklw1f-_N5wyu6XxKSTVu1K9sLC7z7aZzS2FqExqoVQY-bMsTBp6TYy-5287cLMqt8/s200/xxthor.snoballs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310146588238837458" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8rOgAOKQE-YtULDjPKXIkrYdqIZh5PHJeNIFEwLBcZT0h-ul-kqRkoH1BB6RDUFqpBGswIRKT4oDmvvz9-nykK-PwlHKQ8MSXKUUcDede0RxmuMJXA2F8hvAtP2STkg0mdbj3hj-pbwk/s1600-h/xxthor.cabin.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8rOgAOKQE-YtULDjPKXIkrYdqIZh5PHJeNIFEwLBcZT0h-ul-kqRkoH1BB6RDUFqpBGswIRKT4oDmvvz9-nykK-PwlHKQ8MSXKUUcDede0RxmuMJXA2F8hvAtP2STkg0mdbj3hj-pbwk/s200/xxthor.cabin.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310146585921471618" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhve-WLOQiHiWADJvQv3Ku0LmUoVEe0mJhdFA6omJQnqUyfFmNsiv1DpzheTRREUcvQJxqpGrv2dcQLhFOqLQYR6V5n25uFkJTWRdZoofbQNH1QOKIkiIAG8BENuHZR6f6wrh7_EovCmlQ/s1600-h/xxcolonialinn.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhve-WLOQiHiWADJvQv3Ku0LmUoVEe0mJhdFA6omJQnqUyfFmNsiv1DpzheTRREUcvQJxqpGrv2dcQLhFOqLQYR6V5n25uFkJTWRdZoofbQNH1QOKIkiIAG8BENuHZR6f6wrh7_EovCmlQ/s200/xxcolonialinn.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310146583008268130" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Yesterday, we went to Nashoba Valley, which is right around the corner, to go downhill skiing. The second time I've skied ever. I was surprised that I wasn't as horrible as expected. Not that I was good, by any means, but I didn't break any bones. Before we left, I was going over small jumps without falling down! Of course, tons of nine-year-olds are soaring over me on their snowboards. Skiing is so much fun, but I just don't have enough access to it to get any better. We may try snow tubing before the snow melts.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9J7gCk206ne7PyNLIthqudWhkolB3pJ5EGV_efuDj_dZEtoiVYTUSphnrN-1RO0DUd4w_nfxQnfhII6Zs-c4WCigdxyPBony4LStzBzh5MF4DkIf-inLi2Bd-K6IH6NmgKANYBVFoFTA/s1600-h/slopesjill.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9J7gCk206ne7PyNLIthqudWhkolB3pJ5EGV_efuDj_dZEtoiVYTUSphnrN-1RO0DUd4w_nfxQnfhII6Zs-c4WCigdxyPBony4LStzBzh5MF4DkIf-inLi2Bd-K6IH6NmgKANYBVFoFTA/s200/slopesjill.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310148341445118722" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiODEqkZm0_-8EAhxyPWhMqyQehB18G0Q_PJk1KqFkmarVHXbVanmzAmc4GYJuQ4mSbsTzJZJG6O-_F-voPfILLr5aQqq1hDGlC15eDq5Pl6Msy0Sk22rrrMOdotlJAyA37Bo_GM9ZPdig/s1600-h/skilift2.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiODEqkZm0_-8EAhxyPWhMqyQehB18G0Q_PJk1KqFkmarVHXbVanmzAmc4GYJuQ4mSbsTzJZJG6O-_F-voPfILLr5aQqq1hDGlC15eDq5Pl6Msy0Sk22rrrMOdotlJAyA37Bo_GM9ZPdig/s200/skilift2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310147652460603506" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVwIVCYq_wJPHu1C0lcWMmobIgSpqUQyKuZuqC5mv5azNuLlsoKmdTq1mHLIN_5BqQuOoOgBeNwLVCgj_OZjBWEGGeXeEqiLTd3jWuzINi1t3b0Ka-1pgdOMPYyYmrgkWTtXoHBLe-FlU/s1600-h/skilift1.jpg"> </a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVwIVCYq_wJPHu1C0lcWMmobIgSpqUQyKuZuqC5mv5azNuLlsoKmdTq1mHLIN_5BqQuOoOgBeNwLVCgj_OZjBWEGGeXeEqiLTd3jWuzINi1t3b0Ka-1pgdOMPYyYmrgkWTtXoHBLe-FlU/s1600-h/skilift1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVwIVCYq_wJPHu1C0lcWMmobIgSpqUQyKuZuqC5mv5azNuLlsoKmdTq1mHLIN_5BqQuOoOgBeNwLVCgj_OZjBWEGGeXeEqiLTd3jWuzINi1t3b0Ka-1pgdOMPYyYmrgkWTtXoHBLe-FlU/s200/skilift1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310147642494816962" border="0" /></a><br />the ski liftJillerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03905235294727879277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5626782933262126023.post-21834066173491224752009-03-02T15:11:00.000-08:002009-03-02T16:53:16.108-08:00It Snows!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn0bKicOTLAcFuH12SaoDwnPpf07C4SgRfsRdurG-gCCzbkSK3VHi_CQ7afbWpMfDQXsk5-3hvafpz3OsVwfndD09r2UImC0DPaa4oCY21GDPwNokry4E0CrC_6JfB5E4tCkLWj60E5W8/s1600-h/xxjillersnow.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 136px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn0bKicOTLAcFuH12SaoDwnPpf07C4SgRfsRdurG-gCCzbkSK3VHi_CQ7afbWpMfDQXsk5-3hvafpz3OsVwfndD09r2UImC0DPaa4oCY21GDPwNokry4E0CrC_6JfB5E4tCkLWj60E5W8/s200/xxjillersnow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308733708453045650" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We woke up this morning to more than a foot of snow on the ground, and it kept coming down all day! One of the biggest snows I've ever seen. It looks so amazing outside. We have to find Michael some snow boots so we can play in it tomorrow. We've been doing even more cooking (I made a caramel pie last night) and going to the gym here at the condo. Today it smelled like a foot. Speaking of smells, we keep finding doggie turd surprises all over the house. Lovely. In the photos you can see what we do every morning, noon and night--walk Charlemagne and Merlin.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn0bKicOTLAcFuH12SaoDwnPpf07C4SgRfsRdurG-gCCzbkSK3VHi_CQ7afbWpMfDQXsk5-3hvafpz3OsVwfndD09r2UImC0DPaa4oCY21GDPwNokry4E0CrC_6JfB5E4tCkLWj60E5W8/s1600-h/xxjillersnow.jpg"> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeEYOxQS7rvgoHfOLsGAe7BLiRgKEIfZjBZYRy8bqXAC5CnNxjU3ddZY6epCxoZEnqC4A789ILb_E0B0nB_81zmkVLkkN5XHEDMB94fHeNPr-lHZASXs6KU1dgU8ns976AgvsaI1Sc5wU/s1600-h/xxmikeysnow.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 138px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeEYOxQS7rvgoHfOLsGAe7BLiRgKEIfZjBZYRy8bqXAC5CnNxjU3ddZY6epCxoZEnqC4A789ILb_E0B0nB_81zmkVLkkN5XHEDMB94fHeNPr-lHZASXs6KU1dgU8ns976AgvsaI1Sc5wU/s200/xxmikeysnow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308733713566892162" border="0" /></a><br />walking the greyhounds<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_XZyWgxCVqhJIS__zRM6ZKWIG7DZsi1p6VKTV5wJ_a07myZ1nQbpKb9DHAZEthLFXpb3bHO-WFkv-Qby4YmmgAmgCOuy2yPqlz-Q4hQzz-fh-PuipLOWysKv_qCorEaOInDP8_Jgzmac/s1600-h/xxsnowcar.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_XZyWgxCVqhJIS__zRM6ZKWIG7DZsi1p6VKTV5wJ_a07myZ1nQbpKb9DHAZEthLFXpb3bHO-WFkv-Qby4YmmgAmgCOuy2yPqlz-Q4hQzz-fh-PuipLOWysKv_qCorEaOInDP8_Jgzmac/s200/xxsnowcar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308733721099514018" border="0" /></a><br />Michael's car<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_XZyWgxCVqhJIS__zRM6ZKWIG7DZsi1p6VKTV5wJ_a07myZ1nQbpKb9DHAZEthLFXpb3bHO-WFkv-Qby4YmmgAmgCOuy2yPqlz-Q4hQzz-fh-PuipLOWysKv_qCorEaOInDP8_Jgzmac/s1600-h/xxsnowcar.jpg"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs_ioDdRP9qSPiAGiTiSqBb5-7O5-P2d-LRiZJk3XTtAu-FqqWPrT6dR8G4aZqflvRZwCsnZmG0ElR-kHpmMlq0yafVEsnxynDR49xUmYkIfVRCsV1XSI3MhmGg-WSeYnl_0CGHYAg8QA/s1600-h/xxjillersnow2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs_ioDdRP9qSPiAGiTiSqBb5-7O5-P2d-LRiZJk3XTtAu-FqqWPrT6dR8G4aZqflvRZwCsnZmG0ElR-kHpmMlq0yafVEsnxynDR49xUmYkIfVRCsV1XSI3MhmGg-WSeYnl_0CGHYAg8QA/s200/xxjillersnow2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308733946325368722" border="0" /></a><br />the front of our condo<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA2qngfFgL-YRy9EHItBqmMkkBNpQOeCMYfQ9Zon3N4mCyRj4JRlbNOskDtJvNUHW6OTZYrT-PLPuUYdAzHDlt8wYDmJBu2qvs9vByV9KSqAGvzC9odz9MR1KcQcKkEDFtDsXz7Tr-HR0/s1600-h/xxhideousman.jpg"><br /><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA2qngfFgL-YRy9EHItBqmMkkBNpQOeCMYfQ9Zon3N4mCyRj4JRlbNOskDtJvNUHW6OTZYrT-PLPuUYdAzHDlt8wYDmJBu2qvs9vByV9KSqAGvzC9odz9MR1KcQcKkEDFtDsXz7Tr-HR0/s200/xxhideousman.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308757265392144354" border="0" /></a><br />the odd statue by our door<br /><br />The the other day we drove into Boston and walked around the city. I did a bit of shopping. I just noticed that they don't have sales tax on clothing up here! Below you can see us at the harbor, next to the New England Aquarium where we watched sea lions swim about in their tank. They are strange creatures with creepy eyes.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMnixWpeVWdHTQ5F9vUstwydNBFcKYLY1SwV_Zy53xqcXd5J2AAmhmH2UxWv1HkdiOSPR7UPz7-l6E5RTIiBENZRthgMzRsj7xCrjx2gzO5oQG9ZMgm2hd6a37oKu9Sq2wzyJy3yV3DZE/s1600-h/mikeyharbor.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMnixWpeVWdHTQ5F9vUstwydNBFcKYLY1SwV_Zy53xqcXd5J2AAmhmH2UxWv1HkdiOSPR7UPz7-l6E5RTIiBENZRthgMzRsj7xCrjx2gzO5oQG9ZMgm2hd6a37oKu9Sq2wzyJy3yV3DZE/s200/mikeyharbor.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308746129260287794" border="0" /> </a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5zZjyjDAp_HuXonHXR0zCEd3N2ahn2ou8wQeXkujbFoC_W1tkNLqNmb4N94gXsqllrsCD-UJrpHrkEelt1LKuIN7E0KVGuFZFYNe0RLSGC4FBbcs8e2gdR5CYDvb463NmW7ZPbo0cndQ/s1600-h/mikejillharbor.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5zZjyjDAp_HuXonHXR0zCEd3N2ahn2ou8wQeXkujbFoC_W1tkNLqNmb4N94gXsqllrsCD-UJrpHrkEelt1LKuIN7E0KVGuFZFYNe0RLSGC4FBbcs8e2gdR5CYDvb463NmW7ZPbo0cndQ/s200/mikejillharbor.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308745995802241554" border="0" /> </a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_hEMZVZWSo_wvGUNYHLNeag2nebyBzm4VmNsPo8GS5OQ4nBrbnlLwiYQgdLe2NXg97dYVWipKfbWRiQf3fiYUwad796h67CAjBaB_Pli_bh3PZVCTZMxNCwkEvnMtJD2yaohVuLZ4WOU/s1600-h/jillharbor.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_hEMZVZWSo_wvGUNYHLNeag2nebyBzm4VmNsPo8GS5OQ4nBrbnlLwiYQgdLe2NXg97dYVWipKfbWRiQf3fiYUwad796h67CAjBaB_Pli_bh3PZVCTZMxNCwkEvnMtJD2yaohVuLZ4WOU/s200/jillharbor.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308745983894076338" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Yesterday, we went in search of a brunch. We heard good things about the Acton Jazz Cafe. We were a bit disappointed because it turned out to be in the same building as a bank, had an over-priced, unimpressive buffet, and the atmosphere of a retirement home. So we left and drove into Cambridge to the Temple Bar. Such a cool bar with a delicious brunch. We shall return.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1W0vJqQcv2AaUAfvFm406NMeQw1n6swXXB8HbvnTvyCkJGDEOkpprPy9hi6oBFzoIs0ZuVaqqP7ZYChgAUzJTFtH9701GsJz3M3ltIZilmM1fe3TXzxJ2OC_V6O0fy4SUgIrWE65G84U/s1600-h/jillinsnow.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1W0vJqQcv2AaUAfvFm406NMeQw1n6swXXB8HbvnTvyCkJGDEOkpprPy9hi6oBFzoIs0ZuVaqqP7ZYChgAUzJTFtH9701GsJz3M3ltIZilmM1fe3TXzxJ2OC_V6O0fy4SUgIrWE65G84U/s200/jillinsnow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308742900053836162" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipi35aSjNSWCFAHWvNUXd-8MDHkhpVUJICkumV5eerYsNZ3HtrH3870YeYUSKAGU4BIewHSJPtXB01RMvsuxiMbJRzYTCgnneYoxbJIHIy602OdHNtdPNOrJyi03pxZwVhdaUo1SQCHac/s1600-h/mikeinsnow.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipi35aSjNSWCFAHWvNUXd-8MDHkhpVUJICkumV5eerYsNZ3HtrH3870YeYUSKAGU4BIewHSJPtXB01RMvsuxiMbJRzYTCgnneYoxbJIHIy602OdHNtdPNOrJyi03pxZwVhdaUo1SQCHac/s200/mikeinsnow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308742900160398018" border="0" /></a><br />leaving our condo in Acton<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-nuzxSS55CDJth_s06IcwOWYSSZbWjbBVqLhgqS2t0EkrhEgHqJS-DC2X-rIDTtZ5qjZz-H3kPIGf2ddKk3C0w_FfZAk9895HVKitnSTywf965B1ucRv_PLzlOaymV0HIcjfGrWFonG0/s1600-h/brunch.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-nuzxSS55CDJth_s06IcwOWYSSZbWjbBVqLhgqS2t0EkrhEgHqJS-DC2X-rIDTtZ5qjZz-H3kPIGf2ddKk3C0w_FfZAk9895HVKitnSTywf965B1ucRv_PLzlOaymV0HIcjfGrWFonG0/s200/brunch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308742902190296514" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMnixWpeVWdHTQ5F9vUstwydNBFcKYLY1SwV_Zy53xqcXd5J2AAmhmH2UxWv1HkdiOSPR7UPz7-l6E5RTIiBENZRthgMzRsj7xCrjx2gzO5oQG9ZMgm2hd6a37oKu9Sq2wzyJy3yV3DZE/s1600-h/mikeyharbor.jpg"> </a><br />Temple BarJillerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03905235294727879277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5626782933262126023.post-28215087198108103042009-02-25T21:04:00.000-08:002009-02-25T21:31:32.862-08:00Hangin' With the Globetrotters<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6WTAIMMapp4vJDazyYkrQVdfHuT_IgGKuCWIdTg-KvExNIf-eWIqg8Og-i2FOupiyZklElcWTyyq-BFsKNRjGu-CFe5vMiZKwmABS6pR4nyF9EzDfiheGnN42LSlepENlfPptskBD-0A/s1600-h/globetrotters.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 155px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6WTAIMMapp4vJDazyYkrQVdfHuT_IgGKuCWIdTg-KvExNIf-eWIqg8Og-i2FOupiyZklElcWTyyq-BFsKNRjGu-CFe5vMiZKwmABS6pR4nyF9EzDfiheGnN42LSlepENlfPptskBD-0A/s200/globetrotters.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306970846505285218" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A week has passed since we arrived at the house. So far, we've mostly been hanging with the pets and doing lots of cooking. Michael's been sick, so we've taken it easy, but now we're going explore the snow more, there's a mountain nearby for skiing and snow tubing.<br /><br />A couple of days ago, Michael and I we were hired to photograph a Harlem Globetrotters game in Worcester. It was pretty easy work, and I got to meet Tiny, who is the tallest player (7 ft). I had forgotten how corny the shows are. Lots of fart sounds.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim7WrlAtT1W8IWgsPhoNTQsbmL63uSjq4TPGTgoOByhKVwRX46c8EMq4-dlKHSzRUKntAnphrIA7bki4J_d77QWNtYD-E2XqCjjdbBotnojzxaqr05b5oPrXS2-70UoGacx_FlBQdVVSw/s1600-h/globjill.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim7WrlAtT1W8IWgsPhoNTQsbmL63uSjq4TPGTgoOByhKVwRX46c8EMq4-dlKHSzRUKntAnphrIA7bki4J_d77QWNtYD-E2XqCjjdbBotnojzxaqr05b5oPrXS2-70UoGacx_FlBQdVVSw/s200/globjill.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306970840440975378" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghRJii0_2f5Sk3MoAjdwQsWMoladf7tSpR91psL8DpSasmtpKPk_JKbLqXi4eWSv1-7HhxdfaOHePZ6DkFJBXb4NyyOG4SJUfxNNHijb0g-wpYo17AnSCyvJZFwWBpttBHwXXuszGUueM/s1600-h/globmike.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghRJii0_2f5Sk3MoAjdwQsWMoladf7tSpR91psL8DpSasmtpKPk_JKbLqXi4eWSv1-7HhxdfaOHePZ6DkFJBXb4NyyOG4SJUfxNNHijb0g-wpYo17AnSCyvJZFwWBpttBHwXXuszGUueM/s200/globmike.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306970845890661890" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We've explored the town a bit, found a cool video store, a really delicious Indian restaurant and one not so delicious. The Mexican restaurants up here are not so impressive, all run by whities. I am in awe of the grocery stores nearby, such fresh and exotic produce at reasonable prices. I don't know why we don't have stores this good in Nashville. We've been trying lots of new dishes since we can now easily find all the ingredients that they call for. Except, we have been to three places looking for a pomegranate. Where the hell are they?!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiucKESOYhq2imycUnR8ynJDZCLLmyvi8vfBUMUho7S7hu7W-Q7U0R06q8wC94TckV2rNQikKeLx80McIsJulIsbyqd4o08gI5WawNPB8nAxkjDftDAQGqcT4arVaxd1UAx90fJpGD5qUI/s1600-h/roastedveg.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiucKESOYhq2imycUnR8ynJDZCLLmyvi8vfBUMUho7S7hu7W-Q7U0R06q8wC94TckV2rNQikKeLx80McIsJulIsbyqd4o08gI5WawNPB8nAxkjDftDAQGqcT4arVaxd1UAx90fJpGD5qUI/s200/roastedveg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306973449693281986" border="0" /></a><br />Michael's roasted vegs<br /><br />I made guacamole for the first time. Michael made a wonderful white chili. Tonight, I made a leek-and-gnocchi bake with three cheeses and crispy prosciutto (pictured below). Next, I'm going to attempt a caramel pie, since we never found one in New York.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsG-mqgwVFr5ZkwrADEw40LNc0o1m9JGPQtItCfjxYFSpFIQlPLsLT89RFSFiH4LBF8L7YHCQJS42dX1oLjK9jroRZwUu3tDKbeoHVZRACELaBXSJZb7ufzEHVzrSIuM9kUZJx9ITp2PM/s1600-h/leekbake.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsG-mqgwVFr5ZkwrADEw40LNc0o1m9JGPQtItCfjxYFSpFIQlPLsLT89RFSFiH4LBF8L7YHCQJS42dX1oLjK9jroRZwUu3tDKbeoHVZRACELaBXSJZb7ufzEHVzrSIuM9kUZJx9ITp2PM/s200/leekbake.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306973445702110034" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Enough about food. I will post pictures of the animals and the house soon. The owners have an interesting decorating taste.Jillerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03905235294727879277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5626782933262126023.post-33877935455993702422009-02-20T14:15:00.000-08:002009-02-20T15:02:34.307-08:00Quarter of a Century Old in SalemWe stayed for two nights in The Salem Inn, a historic home with haunted rooms. I guess there are lots of ghost stories in New England because it's the oldest part of the country.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3VSiNJX4sRqtMOlQy6DVpL_QKI78b8XPiIhfwYRAybsAeVvT2a38A14kn0g_rDdNrUKBQFVYGJNe0fwrpRhkSyrjFvYuY3-6Lxj1r-_LLwrCA-5VtD3koz6yDuea19dSOIO1ArvOTI1Y/s1600-h/xsaleminn.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3VSiNJX4sRqtMOlQy6DVpL_QKI78b8XPiIhfwYRAybsAeVvT2a38A14kn0g_rDdNrUKBQFVYGJNe0fwrpRhkSyrjFvYuY3-6Lxj1r-_LLwrCA-5VtD3koz6yDuea19dSOIO1ArvOTI1Y/s200/xsaleminn.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305016144728066930" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggmQAUPEDqYMAfdBFLNh0sT5McYckivWYawfAbhlMvS_sA6obnIRopIV3HuBZJCbZruTrZ6vSWbJPUBj9AbOxC3ba1MqJwuvIfT_7s1uICPyHlQ-i11C062AQwG-p3eUxaWaeWysFp2wc/s1600-h/xsalemstairs.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggmQAUPEDqYMAfdBFLNh0sT5McYckivWYawfAbhlMvS_sA6obnIRopIV3HuBZJCbZruTrZ6vSWbJPUBj9AbOxC3ba1MqJwuvIfT_7s1uICPyHlQ-i11C062AQwG-p3eUxaWaeWysFp2wc/s200/xsalemstairs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305016147890801890" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The building we stayed in was erected in 1834. Our room was nice and cozy; it had a fireplace and a photo on the wall that showed that the room was originally a library (below).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9QWPb9iFt3t1LZUYtjH0CCL5QuYVY9FQ2CcAvJKPUiXqBWM-KqWEhPWKAEjAFbqMy8CJv08673Zho_Ons4OYzK7kaMInUqw7hYGyxbna47DoCd411qawCuN533fLA_fafJeHhYeCHxDw/s1600-h/xsaleminn.ouroom.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9QWPb9iFt3t1LZUYtjH0CCL5QuYVY9FQ2CcAvJKPUiXqBWM-KqWEhPWKAEjAFbqMy8CJv08673Zho_Ons4OYzK7kaMInUqw7hYGyxbna47DoCd411qawCuN533fLA_fafJeHhYeCHxDw/s200/xsaleminn.ouroom.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305016147609292242" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The 17th was my birthday! In the morning, Michael brought me a mini chocolate cake with a big number "25" on top.<br /><br />Salem is a very neat little town, the site of the witch trials of 1692. We went to the Salem Witch Museum, where we learned more about the witch trials via stage sets with life-size figures, lighting and a narration. A bit cheesy yet interesting.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfUF-KILQnopay6mgcdWebxW_kwGOR7zwUq2FCWFDbFHONPiUEUK2n3FHWsx5oE9doAWE6LG0p2c-WiEDdfod3_l93Bw3JUTeE1A6Ev9ccz0Ddtt7Ot0ZFg5WnfH34gexj4RhJGElq74Y/s1600-h/xjt.witchmus.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfUF-KILQnopay6mgcdWebxW_kwGOR7zwUq2FCWFDbFHONPiUEUK2n3FHWsx5oE9doAWE6LG0p2c-WiEDdfod3_l93Bw3JUTeE1A6Ev9ccz0Ddtt7Ot0ZFg5WnfH34gexj4RhJGElq74Y/s200/xjt.witchmus.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305015043995676162" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We drove into Boston the last night. We've never been to Boston before and had no idea where to go, so we typed "Cheers" into the GPS. On the way, we saw people ice skating on Frog Pond at sunset, so we joined them. We are horrible ice skaters. We held onto the walls, jutting around with wobbly ankles as we were asked "First time?"<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh9RFsmDwRnxCCy94qmc1JJx2cMPwTT0eBjlXhsBGqVMVkC78LO4tPcXjtjlSZr_WaEuUBCUX3G64mbExIxKdz7NN9WIJWHzRkp0niZ31O6eKVuzOC5j1ZPvxLxkA89uUG8eqgh4c_fUU/s1600-h/jillskate.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh9RFsmDwRnxCCy94qmc1JJx2cMPwTT0eBjlXhsBGqVMVkC78LO4tPcXjtjlSZr_WaEuUBCUX3G64mbExIxKdz7NN9WIJWHzRkp0niZ31O6eKVuzOC5j1ZPvxLxkA89uUG8eqgh4c_fUU/s200/jillskate.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305011041686859922" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJNEHxu9uayLPuRUcQjoyTYD4J19RLAkm9UFH8yrSmbdhQ-GbMeHHFQtO8QyB_59hvJfl3vE4-nbAiu-5-y_iDUZAInFO8riqf9stOkoQXuq37hIvJ723OkN-uHxTJeRI8D4UpH5kuXoI/s1600-h/frogpond.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJNEHxu9uayLPuRUcQjoyTYD4J19RLAkm9UFH8yrSmbdhQ-GbMeHHFQtO8QyB_59hvJfl3vE4-nbAiu-5-y_iDUZAInFO8riqf9stOkoQXuq37hIvJ723OkN-uHxTJeRI8D4UpH5kuXoI/s200/frogpond.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305008935115825874" border="0" /></a><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyicpvKo6gHwbIAllHajYscKuH7AKagb16Hm7pSMuREVcoqhm0b0AgmvsehbN5Vjot1HdLLSBKu0KaXZO_lAQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />We made it to Cheers afterwards, where we sat next to a guy with a Cheers t-shirt on, who asked questions about the show and asked the waitress, "Do you guys make these pickles here?"<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha3cqyLjrJwHEcDpqyM9OHkV7Lt3jWeqyhWAH8V9hhcSpGOKmQX0T63C9xf3pNtrWtcsqETtzwu08lhcN9_v9XUkMSCGOaIGVbQia3voS92M23HWHvKG4g1qCOua5JYDygyNDyewzppAU/s1600-h/cheers.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha3cqyLjrJwHEcDpqyM9OHkV7Lt3jWeqyhWAH8V9hhcSpGOKmQX0T63C9xf3pNtrWtcsqETtzwu08lhcN9_v9XUkMSCGOaIGVbQia3voS92M23HWHvKG4g1qCOua5JYDygyNDyewzppAU/s200/cheers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305008933593959698" border="0" /></a><br /><br />After our mandatory tourist experience, we found a bar that claimed to be the oldest tavern in the U.S. Before heading back to Salem, we got dinner at the Rock Bottom Brewery, where I sampled many of their tasty brews.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR8oXD7IMx_4u7cGYEE780k2zk8p6hzIZIKlyreaWa_0nTzFs5IR3d7H40xugpMAKJHYoM_gI1SslJS_yLJ7Bgxm-A-j-WNa9koV4q6iHzA0x3PGq0qx20wl1xkvgX4pRg4-CE0tJ4Ras/s1600-h/oldtavern.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR8oXD7IMx_4u7cGYEE780k2zk8p6hzIZIKlyreaWa_0nTzFs5IR3d7H40xugpMAKJHYoM_gI1SslJS_yLJ7Bgxm-A-j-WNa9koV4q6iHzA0x3PGq0qx20wl1xkvgX4pRg4-CE0tJ4Ras/s200/oldtavern.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305008938744263362" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Bell in Hand Tavern, the oldest in America</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw7uFPKqqtklacwT1ffk9OL6pqhCJPIW2860KPv9H4pa1870UF0vZdwyooG3AVSbff3k_qcKkqNCDmjfwpcYPLmsAM60zDhFVCh0QMxb7QmzhKoiM-P0YkFuyv1axUFfd1sm88bBcZMAI/s1600-h/rockbottom.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw7uFPKqqtklacwT1ffk9OL6pqhCJPIW2860KPv9H4pa1870UF0vZdwyooG3AVSbff3k_qcKkqNCDmjfwpcYPLmsAM60zDhFVCh0QMxb7QmzhKoiM-P0YkFuyv1axUFfd1sm88bBcZMAI/s200/rockbottom.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305008938738292770" border="0" /><br /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Rock Bottom Brewery</span><br /><br />Then, back to our inn, I finally got to dig into my birthday cake.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhuKwuHAgLmBGyOKh5FIlTJVNXkQsSweu1yFFNVxeHA5aTX3cO7gs4ZPkNFV0N_0pN32loSFMk9bM4wZ20ZWOi4B_uabPnnyG9EN6sMLL483viLf0ff9BoUXy3Tb3Fse1EMb0aN2o1_98/s1600-h/xjillerbdayBW.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 136px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhuKwuHAgLmBGyOKh5FIlTJVNXkQsSweu1yFFNVxeHA5aTX3cO7gs4ZPkNFV0N_0pN32loSFMk9bM4wZ20ZWOi4B_uabPnnyG9EN6sMLL483viLf0ff9BoUXy3Tb3Fse1EMb0aN2o1_98/s200/xjillerbdayBW.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305015040251698866" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9_dU8aBg7dA1Bpa06USnssR3kKoHmFqPJ6mbJZHu41_ZTrV3fk_ZhW8Aiyo8_SjEXB4a2NZ226Kmm5z9df2VvC9ZQzPckh8xhyT8F_SSN52m2i3lIhwCxN6cAdVC5sxAmzNj77q1GmPc/s1600-h/xusfireplaceBW.jpg"> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioIDKgXVpyFa-gd0CYFwAdIZIWWuD3U96iGDzEBCPLCUdsIntkJ_bKC0iwkf3isXLOuJsV-zq0b0LdOtoFeWXBm-YC-HH01Pf7kB2XjplICKX_iZhEbNqzspre37ETtYsgKU0e-7Fkf2w/s1600-h/xjillercake.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioIDKgXVpyFa-gd0CYFwAdIZIWWuD3U96iGDzEBCPLCUdsIntkJ_bKC0iwkf3isXLOuJsV-zq0b0LdOtoFeWXBm-YC-HH01Pf7kB2XjplICKX_iZhEbNqzspre37ETtYsgKU0e-7Fkf2w/s200/xjillercake.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305015040504078498" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9_dU8aBg7dA1Bpa06USnssR3kKoHmFqPJ6mbJZHu41_ZTrV3fk_ZhW8Aiyo8_SjEXB4a2NZ226Kmm5z9df2VvC9ZQzPckh8xhyT8F_SSN52m2i3lIhwCxN6cAdVC5sxAmzNj77q1GmPc/s1600-h/xusfireplaceBW.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9_dU8aBg7dA1Bpa06USnssR3kKoHmFqPJ6mbJZHu41_ZTrV3fk_ZhW8Aiyo8_SjEXB4a2NZ226Kmm5z9df2VvC9ZQzPckh8xhyT8F_SSN52m2i3lIhwCxN6cAdVC5sxAmzNj77q1GmPc/s200/xusfireplaceBW.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305015046936065682" border="0" /></a>Jillerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03905235294727879277noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5626782933262126023.post-81030004484789144972009-02-20T13:36:00.000-08:002009-02-20T15:01:56.389-08:00Midnight MaryWe continued our northern journey the next day and ended up in New Haven, CT. We saw Friday the 13th and then went out to a cemetery to find Midnight Mary's grave. In 1872, she fainted, was presumed dead and was buried alive. When her aunt had a dream that she was writhing in her coffin, she demanded they dig her up. When they did, they found claw marks in the coffin and other evidence that she had struggled to escape. Legend goes, that those who visit her grave at midnight will die at the stroke of midnight.<br /><br />Unfortunately, we could not find her grave in the dark, so we returned the next day. The inscription is very odd, it reads "The People Shall Be Troubled at Midnight and Pass Away."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3w9v8DZKk1ebA8tPnOB4wd4MYl3hvFrX5XAkwItL0IIWGUg0DnKMSuxh069HmAuqi6OELqvXk0Bdmllc1CBcOb0Ebsn6EUZcABuFEQ9_K_cNXSUUONTaqihPGoGx6MCHvXCQu22ToVog/s1600-h/xmidnightmary1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 132px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3w9v8DZKk1ebA8tPnOB4wd4MYl3hvFrX5XAkwItL0IIWGUg0DnKMSuxh069HmAuqi6OELqvXk0Bdmllc1CBcOb0Ebsn6EUZcABuFEQ9_K_cNXSUUONTaqihPGoGx6MCHvXCQu22ToVog/s200/xmidnightmary1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305005257558759346" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX7NmvLuICDucxc3Dd7vJA5h8nRdVYvot7poCLCfuH32haaU187G5IrejICjv-dm1f3gMm9eS3IJv8_AOFgKT1hONsQjR4rkpxYhasMVdEqryIIIELHJMzqq-YSmmCFA73u0JYnSEegS8/s1600-h/xjillerpond.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX7NmvLuICDucxc3Dd7vJA5h8nRdVYvot7poCLCfuH32haaU187G5IrejICjv-dm1f3gMm9eS3IJv8_AOFgKT1hONsQjR4rkpxYhasMVdEqryIIIELHJMzqq-YSmmCFA73u0JYnSEegS8/s200/xjillerpond.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305005250997431522" border="0" /></a><br />the first frozen pond we saw<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh81qXLV_DLzn1EpPfbWeyT5a4iQqpgnvxAu8SBSU8ZVX1pQkggCOp9qXSBoZjPdeSgxAhLLIknT3Rm6vf_GbBPokP_BB3feQUpwkHxraEar8miLd2FeLu4yMpXdpOyzZyqcHdF5-1piMM/s1600-h/xhookerschool.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 130px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh81qXLV_DLzn1EpPfbWeyT5a4iQqpgnvxAu8SBSU8ZVX1pQkggCOp9qXSBoZjPdeSgxAhLLIknT3Rm6vf_GbBPokP_BB3feQUpwkHxraEar8miLd2FeLu4yMpXdpOyzZyqcHdF5-1piMM/s200/xhookerschool.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305005253890233138" border="0" /></a><br />a hooker school?<br /><br />We drove around the campus of Yale, which I had forgotten was in New Haven, before we headed up to Salem, MA.Jillerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03905235294727879277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5626782933262126023.post-29800761295285630362009-02-20T11:36:00.000-08:002009-02-20T14:37:43.985-08:00Movin' On Up to the Northeast Side<span style="font-style: italic;">We finally got a piece of the pie.</span><br /><br />Last week we began our east coast road trip! A little earlier than planned because I got last-minute tickets to Late Night with Conan O'Brien. Our first stop was Gettysburg, PA, but we have no photos to prove this. Decent hotel. Cool-looking downtown. We were going to stop by the battlefield but ran out of time.<br /><br />On Friday the 13th, we cruised on up to NYC and met up with Asa! He let us stay at his apartment in Brooklyn for a couple nights. We went to Rockefeller Center to watch the taping of Conan.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR9VtvZorEjw9G9TCVFiR_q2PRsCGEWdhYg1_4X4kWEIQwqBWg8_f3S8jdPvu68pGYkbvd8UpO3-4OLPTgqMINrM9b3Z9na_kyGGceXNpMVeaM7R-MwbGgzIqD7OomdbexkNM4m3MyNqg/s1600-h/rockafellerplaza.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR9VtvZorEjw9G9TCVFiR_q2PRsCGEWdhYg1_4X4kWEIQwqBWg8_f3S8jdPvu68pGYkbvd8UpO3-4OLPTgqMINrM9b3Z9na_kyGGceXNpMVeaM7R-MwbGgzIqD7OomdbexkNM4m3MyNqg/s200/rockafellerplaza.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304992011632111426" border="0" /> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3R3QvKBPxRiYdWvCmZisk7K7VR1Nb2NbDif17Wb_CtnSRC-P3dSFJOxQq7oSaQSfsUCuQnwRatGTEv1IFrbdZKLvl-iKxadKGfBxJgZO4BfIYQx6gGGBY2y2BxEpIJORHtFdgARX25IY/s1600-h/rockafe2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3R3QvKBPxRiYdWvCmZisk7K7VR1Nb2NbDif17Wb_CtnSRC-P3dSFJOxQq7oSaQSfsUCuQnwRatGTEv1IFrbdZKLvl-iKxadKGfBxJgZO4BfIYQx6gGGBY2y2BxEpIJORHtFdgARX25IY/s200/rockafe2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304992011956435778" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The show was a lot of fun. This week was Conan's last week before moving to CA to take over The Tonight Show! The studio is way smaller than it looks on TV. The Jonas Brothers were guests, which caused lots of teenage girls to line up outside the studio and flail and scream when they entered the building. We were not as impressed. Also on the show were Isla Fisher and Dan Auerbach.<br /><br />Afterwards, we met up with Asa and his friend Bridget and ate at a pretty good soul food restaurant called Mama's in East Village. Then we went out to some bars, where I eventually had too many lemon drops and danced, danced the night away.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_HobtvCq7r_dg1Ed_EU7kUmmYZQN4ktor9hTOdAoPHfwxxlqq4v9LbUU6CbMnJS_8ZCkkmObAoht1GP6BltuNxxxnR9hknrbxPy4j1Rp1H3t2Hn0nktUrXBiwaSsJE-Z7FGhtz6AqaIw/s1600-h/nyc.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_HobtvCq7r_dg1Ed_EU7kUmmYZQN4ktor9hTOdAoPHfwxxlqq4v9LbUU6CbMnJS_8ZCkkmObAoht1GP6BltuNxxxnR9hknrbxPy4j1Rp1H3t2Hn0nktUrXBiwaSsJE-Z7FGhtz6AqaIw/s200/nyc.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304992004876468530" border="0" /></a><br /><br />On Valentine's Day, we all went to brunch at Diner. Later, I was bitten on the wrist by a fat cat with a bowtie. That night, Michael and I went on a search for caramel pie and settled for Tiramisu at a cute little Italian restuarant decorated for V-Day. We all met up again, along with Michael's friend Andrew, at a nearby bar where angsty acoustic females sang about the male whores of Bushwick.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbaydO0RW_58gwZXaGGkIanvAg9vMhp106okwFxJ8lc3ez1lqo2orsyRukLpE96xrLz5dWCr49lnr5wMfeI3j_H0cL0Um1-Hdr8T2NOJmhMYmhMPlz9j447t-MVFRp-msnmZIVc53eNfM/s1600-h/v-dayjill2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbaydO0RW_58gwZXaGGkIanvAg9vMhp106okwFxJ8lc3ez1lqo2orsyRukLpE96xrLz5dWCr49lnr5wMfeI3j_H0cL0Um1-Hdr8T2NOJmhMYmhMPlz9j447t-MVFRp-msnmZIVc53eNfM/s200/v-dayjill2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304992010142174898" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy-ZRsPKoYPgmmiNwLCEb3rdjZSSBGHlP94234EE2wGtMkpupnjkM1ostyuZMLjQIQAlg1r8fqSV99Phl8DPNu77FpM-Av8BsOK1kcjDbhijTgOOmTdTqQRY2Y_C-5hjj0n5MVu4AqTlY/s1600-h/asabridget.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy-ZRsPKoYPgmmiNwLCEb3rdjZSSBGHlP94234EE2wGtMkpupnjkM1ostyuZMLjQIQAlg1r8fqSV99Phl8DPNu77FpM-Av8BsOK1kcjDbhijTgOOmTdTqQRY2Y_C-5hjj0n5MVu4AqTlY/s200/asabridget.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304991491800067010" border="0" /></a>Jillerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03905235294727879277noreply@blogger.com0