Monday, July 31, 2006
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
Rachael is sleeeeeeepy... Rachael needs a coffeeeeeeeee...
Having a 4 day weekend can be very very dangerous because I DID NOT want to get up this morning. IGH! The following short videos and pictures paint a tiny picture of my adventurous holiday weekend. Monday evening Rachel, Ashley and Angie and myself went to the Boston Pops rehearsal "concert" that's held at the Esplanade. The only difference between the rehearsal concert and the actual 4th nationally televised concert is that there are no fireworks and they don't shoot the canons during the 1812 Overture. We had reasonably good seats for the event and we even had enough time before the concert began for me to teach the girls Euchre!!! woo-hoo!
Yesterday Rachel, Ashley and I went to Castle Island to watch the USS Constitution do the 21-gun salute. It was so hot and muggy but the breeze coming off of the ocean made it a bit better. Afterwards we headed to Fanuiel Hall and Quincy Market where we ate lunch and visited with some of the cows that are residing in that part of the city (see pictures).
Then of course in the evening Rachel and I met up down on Memorial drive and got a really great spot to watch the fireworks which, I have to say, were the best fireworks I have ever seen. Last year's were great - comparable to Red, White and Boom really... but for some reason this years were fantastic! There were 3 dimensional objects and fireworks that seemed to spill over in slow motion and even fireworks that seemed to have some kind of parachute apparatus so that they just floated down into the water while still sparkling. Very cool.
Other news.... well Germany lost to Italy in World Cup action so that makes two teams (England lost on Sunday) I wanted to see get to the finals lost. Boo! I don't know if I mentioned it but some of us girls have entered a World Cup tipping "contest" and instead of wagering money we are wagering margaritas. I was doing really well - actually in 1st the whole time until last week when I thought I had tipped on two games and as it turned out the computer must not have saved my wagers. This was all very sad because both teams I had slated to win - WON. So this bumped me down in the standings. For some reason it seems to me that the World Cup is really big this year in the United States. It could be that I'm paying more attention so therefore I'm more aware of it or it could be where I'm living as well. Perhaps it is both. In any case, today I was on my break and I walked up to Harvard Square and past Grafton Street Grill where there was a slew of people standing outside the open windows staring in as well as a large group standing and gathered on the inside as well. All were staring at a widescreen teli mounted on the wall - Portugal vs. France. I don't know how much time went past before I suddenly thought "WORK! I have to get back to Work!!" so I made my way through the crowd consisting of young and old and even the parking meter man who had been standing there watching even before I arrived and who was taking his own break.
Having a 4 day weekend can be very very dangerous because I DID NOT want to get up this morning. IGH! The following short videos and pictures paint a tiny picture of my adventurous holiday weekend. Monday evening Rachel, Ashley and Angie and myself went to the Boston Pops rehearsal "concert" that's held at the Esplanade. The only difference between the rehearsal concert and the actual 4th nationally televised concert is that there are no fireworks and they don't shoot the canons during the 1812 Overture. We had reasonably good seats for the event and we even had enough time before the concert began for me to teach the girls Euchre!!! woo-hoo!
Yesterday Rachel, Ashley and I went to Castle Island to watch the USS Constitution do the 21-gun salute. It was so hot and muggy but the breeze coming off of the ocean made it a bit better. Afterwards we headed to Fanuiel Hall and Quincy Market where we ate lunch and visited with some of the cows that are residing in that part of the city (see pictures).
Then of course in the evening Rachel and I met up down on Memorial drive and got a really great spot to watch the fireworks which, I have to say, were the best fireworks I have ever seen. Last year's were great - comparable to Red, White and Boom really... but for some reason this years were fantastic! There were 3 dimensional objects and fireworks that seemed to spill over in slow motion and even fireworks that seemed to have some kind of parachute apparatus so that they just floated down into the water while still sparkling. Very cool.
Other news.... well Germany lost to Italy in World Cup action so that makes two teams (England lost on Sunday) I wanted to see get to the finals lost. Boo! I don't know if I mentioned it but some of us girls have entered a World Cup tipping "contest" and instead of wagering money we are wagering margaritas. I was doing really well - actually in 1st the whole time until last week when I thought I had tipped on two games and as it turned out the computer must not have saved my wagers. This was all very sad because both teams I had slated to win - WON. So this bumped me down in the standings. For some reason it seems to me that the World Cup is really big this year in the United States. It could be that I'm paying more attention so therefore I'm more aware of it or it could be where I'm living as well. Perhaps it is both. In any case, today I was on my break and I walked up to Harvard Square and past Grafton Street Grill where there was a slew of people standing outside the open windows staring in as well as a large group standing and gathered on the inside as well. All were staring at a widescreen teli mounted on the wall - Portugal vs. France. I don't know how much time went past before I suddenly thought "WORK! I have to get back to Work!!"
Boston Pops July 4- 1812 Overture
| A bit dark but you can slightly see across the river at the Esplanade where they are setting off the canons. The fireworks were unexpected. | |
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
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