Showing posts with label Boston. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Boston. Show all posts

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Resolutions: 14 Years to Fruition

When my husband and I left the West Coast for the East Coast, we promised ourselves we'd see the sites, visit the cities we'd never or rarely visited and take advantage of the close proximity of everything "eastern",  so opposite the wide open spaces of what we considered "western".  

Fourteen years, two sons, three dogs, one cat, one MIL, 3 homes and several jobs later, we are finally fulfilling our resolutions.  

For the first time in my career, I have 4 weeks vacation.  My husband is pursuing his passion, fine art photography and no longer has the 2 1/2 hour commute to work along with the 4 nights sleeping elsewhere, that accompanied his last high-stress job.  Our sons are independent (even if they have moved home for the time being) and they take care of the 2 remaining dogs when we're away.  The MIL is still independent so we're not yet at the point of assistance to her needs (fingers crossed).

Our last trip of 2011 was a quick overnight to Boston.  We thought it would be fun to celebrate the night before New Years Eve.  And it was!  

Boston Public Library  next to our hotel


Copley Square  & Trinity Church, Prudential Bldg to right in background


Close up Trinity Church with Prudential Bldg to right rear

Entrance to JFK Library on Columbus Point @ UMass Boston campus


Interior shot of bay from I.M. Pei designed JFK Library

(photos by yours truly)
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Sunday, April 4, 2010

MLB Opening Day is Tonight Sox vs Yanks

Technically speaking, Opening Day is tomorrow, April 5th.  But the MLB folks thought it would be exciting to match up Boston & NYY tonight on ESPN2 and I think they are correct. 
 As a baseball fan whose home team is still the Dodgers, I look forward to watching the game tonight because I live in Sox territory and people here are rabid.  I mean foaming at the mouth rabid about their Boston teams.  I doubt they are any more obnoxious about it than NY fans but, tonight, they're playing in Boston.  In that spirit and in the spirit of the great musical, Damn Yankees, I'll be watching and rooting for the "home team",  the Red Sox.