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Further Adventures (Boston and Salem)
Jul. 6th, 2006 02:59 amGetting this done before I get around to the gigantic NYC post of doom, because I need Jo around to remind me of all the shit we did for that.
On Saturday, we headed in to Boston for our second day there, because I can spend days and days in Boston. This time we opted to kind of just wander and be touristy and stuff. Unfortunately, we quickly learned that most of the historic sites close relatively early, so we ended up more just taking photos of the outside, wandering through the shopping districts, and hitting up some of my favorite stores. We also spent some time hanging around the Harvard campus after buying snacks, and made lots of jokes about how pretentious Harvard is (Harvard students don't need maps; they can use the stars to navigate the campus grounds). We also went for an early dinner at Legal Seafood, and got to hear the table of forty-somethings next to us discussing Snakes on a Plane. We then did some wandering, and in a moment of silly stupidity, decided to run through the fountain outside of the Christian Scientists' building. We pretty much got totally soaked, and then had to wander more to dry off before finishing the night of with dessert at Finale.
Sunday we drove up to Salem - I'd never been, either - and discovered that not only do things close early, they're almost all horribly touristy and kind of pricey. So we did one really touristy witch-trial related thing (the Witch Dungeon), and then spent the rest of the afternoon walking along the waterfront, which was pretty and free, and I got to watch Jo realize I wasn't exagerating when I said the Atlantic was fucking freezing.
On the normal-life front, I'm still looking for opinions on laptops, and got most of the school stuff sorted out, thank god. Just wish I didn't have to go back to work tomorrow.
On Saturday, we headed in to Boston for our second day there, because I can spend days and days in Boston. This time we opted to kind of just wander and be touristy and stuff. Unfortunately, we quickly learned that most of the historic sites close relatively early, so we ended up more just taking photos of the outside, wandering through the shopping districts, and hitting up some of my favorite stores. We also spent some time hanging around the Harvard campus after buying snacks, and made lots of jokes about how pretentious Harvard is (Harvard students don't need maps; they can use the stars to navigate the campus grounds). We also went for an early dinner at Legal Seafood, and got to hear the table of forty-somethings next to us discussing Snakes on a Plane. We then did some wandering, and in a moment of silly stupidity, decided to run through the fountain outside of the Christian Scientists' building. We pretty much got totally soaked, and then had to wander more to dry off before finishing the night of with dessert at Finale.
Sunday we drove up to Salem - I'd never been, either - and discovered that not only do things close early, they're almost all horribly touristy and kind of pricey. So we did one really touristy witch-trial related thing (the Witch Dungeon), and then spent the rest of the afternoon walking along the waterfront, which was pretty and free, and I got to watch Jo realize I wasn't exagerating when I said the Atlantic was fucking freezing.
On the normal-life front, I'm still looking for opinions on laptops, and got most of the school stuff sorted out, thank god. Just wish I didn't have to go back to work tomorrow.
