I was obviously the new guy at Penn Station but I learned about the waiting games you play.
City...
gave way to country...
which gave way to seaside.
Tuesday night we had EPIC burgers at a place called Circumference. No, wait, Radius. One of those terms. But this beauty was one of the best fancy burgers I've had in ages, nice and moist and topped with an awesome horseradish mayo. I can recommend.
My home away from home: The Copley Marriott.
View from the room.
Out by the elevator
Out the window
In the lobby
The hotel was in a mall.
The mall had a waterfall.
I had the worst breakfast there.
After conquering the mall I headed to the Boston streets without a clue.
There, way off in the distance, is where the Red Sox play.
Err...maybe I went into a Best Buy and played video games for a little while? Sometimes I worry I'm so close to buying a PS3. I better get a busy job soon.
Even without a clue of where I was or where I was going I liked Boston. It's got old stuff everywhere. I need a wider lens, though.
I like taking pictures of statues but it's kind of cheating.
Probably my favorite sight in all of Boston?
After a day of wandering I met with Carol to go see Cambridge and all the nerds at Harvard.
Boston, your subway, (the T?), is so weird to me.
So this is Cambridge.
Following a hot tip we checked out the sandwiches at Pinocchio's. Carol isn't pointing at her face, she's pretending to have a long nose.
Don't sleep on this hot steak and cheese sandwich!
Here we go.
Love the mayo.
Some nerds right by us ordered a whole giant pizza and ate the whole thing as they talked about their study groups and book reports. Nerds!
On to Harvard. I'd often heard talk of this "Harvard Yard" but didn't want to ask what the Harvard Yard was, I didn't want to seem dumb. But my guess was it was pretty much the quad and it was full of brainiac nerds.
Turns out I was right.
Here I am with John Harvard.
Here's the Harvard church.
My guess is this is the Harvard Field House. It seemed to be about the right size.
Some Harvard columns.
I had Oreo Cake Batter ice cream. Carol had reverse Oreo ice cream. This place we went, it essentially only had Oreo-inspired flavors.
Harvard might be full of geniuses but that doesn't mean they can't park like idiots.
Fact: This Wednesday that all the pictures were from was the day the iPad was announced. I was out and about when it happened, but I definitely noticed when people had started talking about in the stores and on the streets.
After we had Wagamama I wasn't allowed to stare at this cat shirt all night.
I had most of Thursday to explore Boston aimlessly again.
This is the big park of Boston.
Not a Swan Boat in sight.
But there's George.
And another dude.
Look out! A mine!
Thinky Frog. I also saw a statue of a panther attacking a bird but those pictures didn't turn out so good.
Wait...is Boston the capital of Massachusetts? Because this was the capital building, or something.
Probably a relative of Carol's.
I tried following the freedom trail but I did a terrible job of it. I kept getting lost! How do you get lost when you're supposed to just follow a line on the ground? I don't know, but I did it.
Maybe I got lost so much because of little guys like this dude.
Not a part of the Freedom Trail.
Eventually I got superlost, but fortunately I was in the idyllic part of town.
Eventually I found signs of civilization.
I had no plans on seeing Cheers but stumbled across it anyway. Did you know those people were always drinking across the street from the park? They were!
At this point I know I know where I am, I also know I need to hustle a little to make my train.
Wish I could have stayed and watched the Chowder-Eating contest in the mall.
I had my own Boloco eating contest at the train station.
This man must have invented Boston trains. Or Boston trainstations?
Here it comes!
Don't worry, Lady. It'll stop.
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