Saturday morning I drove around MIT and Harvard. Then I went to goodwill, I wanted an “east coast” coat. I found a nice one and meet a crazy guy; he claimed he came up with the idea that fixed the leak in the golf. I was torn between playing along for more stories and walking away. Apparently he worked at the governor's mansion in Colorado. Then I headed downtown, my plan was to find parking and just walk around for the day. It was snowing out, and I figured I could park anywhere it said permit parking. The snow covered everyone’s car so you couldn’t see the parking passes anyway. But with my car already getting towed once, I figured it would stop snowing right after I walk away from my car. I stopped at Mike's Pastry for a mint chocolate chip cannoli. Very tasty, then I drove over by the USS Constitution, I didn’t stop but at least I saw it. I was still on the hunt for parking. There was a hockey game going on and I got caught in horrible traffic, that’s what happened when you drive in front of the stadium. But after that I did find a good spot. 2 hour meter parking, but it took credit card. I walked past the holocaust memorial, and took a look at that. There was a huge farmers market going on, it was strange to see. They basically made a tent city down 2 streets, and sold sea food, and fresh produce. I stopped at a nice little cheese shop and bought a few things. After that I went to The Green Dragon, it’s pretty much the place the revolution started. It was pretty early but I was thirsty, so I got a beer and looked around the place. Next I walked over to Faneuil Hall; they had a park service guy speaking there. It was interesting to hear about all that went on there. It’s still used today for different events, including protests, and graduations. I got to hear him finish talking but I had to run back to the meter. I paid again and went back over to check out the rest of the hall. Turns out there wasn’t much else there. Right next to that is Faneuil Hall Market Place, and Quincy Market. This area is basically a smaller mall for tourists; they sell a lot of street type food, and souvenirs. I walked around looking for awhile then stopped at a bar in Quincy Market. They were playing the hockey game I got to watch everyone walking to. They ended up losing. After that I went back to my car to try to find something to do for awhile. I had to look up a place I could park and sleep for the night, but it had to be close enough to the bars. I found a parking structure that worked just fine. I waited around for a bit and headed to the bars. The first bar I went to, The Blackstone Grill, felt weird to be by myself. After that one I went back to the union oyster house. I sat next to a guy who I think was with a prostitute, can’t really be sure without asking but it seemed like it. Then I walked past the bell in hand, they had a cover. So, back to The Green Dragon, they didn’t have a cover yet. I hung out here for the rest of the night. I met a few people, one couple was getting married in Boulder, CO. Then there was a really drunk guy next to me, turned out he was a soldier. I think it’s ironic for a solider to get wasted at the bar that started the revolution. I walked back to my car and on the way found a buffet tray full of chicken wings. I had several drinks in my at this point and all I saw was dinner.
Sunday I was thinking of going to the wine expo with Will, but I figured I’ve done enough drinking around here. So I drove north to New Hampshire, they are supposed to have good ski hills. I looked up the biggest one in the area, Cannon mt., and planed on going to that in the morning. The nearest town is Franconia. It was actually a nice drive once I got near the mountain, very scenic. They had a very nice best western resort that looked very appealing. I walked in looking for the pool area. You needed a key to get in, I think I was the only person in the hotel other then the receptionist. I just asked her at the front if I could use it. I actually said “I’m from the Wisconsin and the hotels there let people use the pools openly, do you do that?” she said it supposed to be $10 but no one’s here. So she just let me, they had a great hot tub and a 9 foot deep pool. After that dad called me to see how things were going. He told me about the patriot’s game and that the giant’s game was just about to start. I drove over to a very local bar and watched the game there. It reminded me of when I was in Greenwater, WA with Curtis Yanasak. It was just a small mountain town where everyone knows everyone and everyone skis. This was more a tourist town then Greenwater, but the bar had the same feel. There was a lady who was a huge packers fan. When she heard I was from Wisconsin she came and gave me a big hug for “our loss”. After the giants won I drove back to the best western and watched a movie in my car.
It was pretty cold that night, so I was up early. I made it to the mountain right away and got a few hours of boarding in. but the weather was just shit, very windy, freezing rain. By about 11:30 all the runs were iced over and everyone was heading out. After that, I had planned on going west to Vermont for a day of boarding, and lake placid the next day. I called the mountain I was going to and they had the same conditions and there was no snow coming until next week. This really sucked, I wanted to hit a few mountains around here but that just isn’t going to happen. So I drove down to Springfield, MA. I will check out the armory tomorrow. I want to be in NY, NY for the weekend and I really don’t have anything to do until then, so I will just have to throw something’s together. I sat at a bar and watched 2 more movies on my computer. They had a ball room dance lesson here for people like 60+.
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Sounds like you're having an interesting time - particularly like the background of your coat picture :)
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