Monday, August 25, 2003

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A Day in Boston

I went to Boston today -- got an early start, picked everyone up and we were off! It was a long drive, saw a pretty big accident along the way on 90. At least 6 cars were involved and one ended up on top of 2 other cars... a big mess, everyone rubbernecking like mad.

We played tourist, took the T to Boston Common, followed the freedom trail, and go some good pictures of the cemetery and things in the area.
After a day of walking around, my sorrowful stomach (too much beer on Saturday) was finally ready for some grub. We hit Fire N Ice - a delightful establishment with friendly people, unlimited food, but with a rather high cost - $100 for the 4 of us, not bad for dinner in Boston ;)

You choose your ingredients: pasta, vegetables, all sorts of beef, chicken, pork, fish - choose your sauce - and it's all cooked up stir-fry style on a 10ft flat circular grill. A counter all around - the silent chef woman would take your bowl, make a line out of the ingredients on the grill and line it up next to the person to your right. A well-oiled machine, cooking OIL! HHAHAHAHA. *ahem* Anyways... it was delish! We got a pitcher of Sangria... being at the mercy of the females, but I must admit it was quite good.

We did so much walking, our dogs were barking in the metaphorical sense.
We got to the T - back to the bus station, and out to our shuttle stop just in time, caught the 2nd one - and were inside the gates right about the time Ben Folds started.

The Fleet Pavilion is out on the docks, full-score "is this one the water, or land" dock-age, full warf regalia. It's right on the water, yeah.
The skyline was gorgeous, and though it was right near the airport with the planes and the taking off and the whooshing... it wasn't really audible once surrounded by speakers. It couldn't have been a better day.

Ben Folds was silly - fun, and got the audience involved with some sing/harmony-a-long or two. I was very impressed with his pianist prowess - he talked more then Tori this time. She was oddly silent (all these years) and played quite a few older tunes. I can imagine she'd get sick of playing all the new stuff that everyone wanted to hear. I saw her less then a year ago and she's been touring steadily still.
I don't like that weird leaf-head thing though, it's on a few shirts and they had that as the backdrop for the lights and whatnot.

We were certainly exhausted by the time we made it out of there, and I must thank Rachel for driving... as I would have fallen asleep long before we arrived safely home.
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