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| So I took a bunch of pictures on my phone, but they didn't turn out so great. We're just going to have to do this with some old school imagery.
Getting into Boston was actually getting into Providence, Rhode Island because of travel costs. Now, the capital of the smallest state in the Union may not seem much to you, but trust me it's nothing to sneeze at. Just so you know, at their airport, they have the Dyson Airblade, the most amazing feat of public bathroom technology the world has seen in years. It basically sucks the water from your wet hands away. Truly awesome.
From Providence, we hopped on a train into Boston. The thing about trains is that the tracks often run through the back lots of old dilapidated industrial buildings. First glance, it's a little dreary to look at, but it's really something when you think of it. They were business that have either shut down or relocated due to advances. We've got planes and trucks to handle the load of moving products from A to B that were once all done by railroad. Business had their back lots right on the railroads because the product would come straight to the backdoor by train. It was the backbone of business America was built on. Now, it's just a bunch of old buildings people pass by while thinking about the other things of their lives.
We get into Boston and the first thing we do is head over to Fenway Park. We've got a little time to kill before we start our tour of the park, so we head into the team shop to check out all the overpriced "official" sportswear of the Boston Redsox. We're at the far end of the room looking at replica jerseys and I turn around and I CAN'T BELIEVE MY EYES! Jason Varitek is standing right in front of me! The Jason Varitek who was catcher and captain of both the 2004 and 2007 World Series Champs. I would have totally asked if I could take a picture with him and get an autograph, but he was with his family. Gotta have a little respect for his privacy. So instead I crept around the shop until I was about 10 feet away and took a picture with my phone. Go me.
Those were really the big events for me on the trip. The JFK Memorial Library and Museum was really worthwhile. It's a little on the edge of Boston and out of the way, but you should make a trip out there if you can. Our museum going experience was more limited than I'd hoped for, but guess I'll just have to make the stops if I head out there again.
Foodwise, Boston's a great town. Flour Bakery had some real nice stuff for breakfast. Homemade poptarts, banana bread, muffins, bread pudding. All recommended. Mr. Bartley's Burger Cottage in Harvard Square has the best burger I've ever had. in Little Italy has some truly great cannolis. I wanted to go to Giacomo's but I only had so many nights with so many meals. Legal Seafoods is solid good food.
That was pretty much it. The weather was spectacular while we were there. People were nice, food was good, the Red Sox won, and I enjoyed it all. | | |
| So the other day, I'm driving by a park and I see a bunch of kids on a basketball court. There are six on one end and four at the other. Then I realize there's a difference in the two groups. One's a mix of hispanic, black and white kids, while at the other end, there are four Korean kids playing together. See, if you add up the kids, it's ten kids. That's perfect for five on five basketball. Rather than enjoy the game as it should be played, they willfully chose to stay separated. My guess is the Korean kids felt ashamed they sucked at basketball and the other kids didn't ask because they thought they sucked. I wish it were the other way around, but I know in my heart of hearts that it's not true.
Off to Boston. Be back Saturday. Hope you all have as good a time as I'm going to, but I just don't think that's going to happen now, do you? LATER! | | |
| Oh, this is priceless. Just read the first two, three paragraphs.
Fukudome.
Americans are so dumb. | | |
| Interesting thing I read. So you walk into a local convenience store and you're thirsty. You see orange juice and apple juice. Which do you choose?
My guess is that most people would choose orange juice first. Most people are also probably inclined to down orange juice when they're dealing with a cold. Even though the benefits of vitamin C are mostly myth, we've been conditioned to believe it's good for us.
BUT
Is it really better to drink orange juice, even if the vitamin C did help us? Not really. Apple juice is a plentiful source of vitamin C. Not only that it's better for the environment. Better for the environment?! Yes, better for the environment. Unless you live in Florida. Then drink orange juice.
Here's why. Orange juice is made of oranges which mainly come from two places, Florida and Brazil. Now for that orange juice to make it to you, it has to be shipping all the way from one of those places, and that's a lot of trucks and planes to gas up to make the trip. Apples on the other hand grow in all sorts of places much closer to where you live. Saves on gas, saves fuel emissions, same vitamin C. Drink apple juice and save the world. | | |
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