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November 22, 2004
Boston
Boston is such an awesome city. Coming from New York the night before, it seems kind of small and cute - but it is still such a great place, and in my opinion is the most European city in America. It really reminds me of London - the old houses, crazy shopping, river running right through it, etc. It made me happy to be there and really happy to be going to London in a few months!
But I digress. So Friday I did not run = no time, prioritized sleep and getting to Boston over running. I think it was a good call. We got to Boston around 4:00 I believe, settled in, got dressed, and went to an adorable bar called Emmett's for dinner. There was a surprise that night - I did not know what we were doing after dinner - so I was SO EXCITED. I have no tolerance for alcohol so I was a little bit toasted (okay, understatement) which I think just added to my excitement. So we walked along for a while and Matt pretended to be lost, which I totally bought, and then we walked down Boylston or something and I saw a Lion King sign. So the surprise was going to see The Lion King, the Broadway play. It was SO AMAZING! I can't say enough about it. The acting was awesome, the venue was incredible, the seats were in the third row! There is nothing like seeing a Broadway play. I have no long term memory or something so even though I had seen the movie a long time ago the whole storyline was pretty much new. It was such a great surprise and a fun night.
Saturday morning I met Becky for a run, which was great! I think we ran 9 or 10 miles through Boston and Brookline, so I was able to see a lot of the city that I had never seen (and I got to see where Becky goes to school which was very fun). Afterwards Matt and I did touristy stuff and shopped on Newbury street which is just treacherous but luckily they did not have my size in the ridiculously expensive coat I liked.
On Sunday morning we had to get to Becky's around 10:00 so I went for approximately 5 miles in the morning. It was really nice, I did one of the loops around the Charles and over bridges that I had done before. I really like how sporty Boston seems to be, there were tons of people out running. When I got back we checked out, had adventures on the T, and made it to Becky and Matt's for breakfast. Then we walked over to Harvard Square which was nice but seemed to be crowded with tourists (maybe because of the Harvard-Yale game? I am not sure).
Then we went back to New York and watched football at a bar in the Village that we like. Matt had a 6:00 am flight today so that is so brutal for him! I think I'm going to do a lunchtime workout today so that I can go to Manhattan tonight, to go shopping and hang out. Even with the day off I managed 50 miles last week and this week since I'll be at home more I would like to run over 50. Today is already designated as my easy day though.
Anyway that was the weekend in life and in running. Happy trails and Happy Thanksgiving to everyone this week!
Posted by barb at November 22, 2004 07:47 AM