Good morning friends & family:
Waking up to 70 degrees and clear skies, it's a beautiful day - rather chilly actually! Such a difference from last year at this time when we were moving Lulu into her dorm room in 95 degrees and humidity.
I'm staying at a big Marriott on the outskirts of Newton, and my room faces the Charles River where a boat house is located right next door. Early this morning the crew teams of various colleges zipped by - if only I had been outside with my camera. It's a magical sight!
Not much to report today as I spent 90% of my time in Bed Bath & Beyond. One of the workers there saw Lulu and I at 11am, and then again at 4pm, and he said as he passed us by "Still here huh? Yeah, it's a big store.."
We arrived at 11am and bought all the bedding, mirrors, hangers, etc. etc., and then went back to the dorm to begin work. Her roommates had already set up their rooms days before so they were out & about at the gym or getting their lattes. Really nice girls - we've got Lulu from LA, Claire from Rye NY, Brooke from Bermuda, and Allison from Darien CT.
We returned to Bed & Bath at 4pm to exchange some of our purchases, and buy a lot more hangers...well anyway I will fast forward to dinner that evening at Toscano (days later I will still be thinking about the artichoke risotto) in Beacon Hill with the roommates and a few of the parents. The restaurant was on Chestnut Street which is an area I need to explore more - lots of charming little shops, brick row houses with tiny garden alcoves and window boxes bursting with flowers, winding streets made of river stones. Right around the corner is the Massachusetts State House with the very dramatic and striking Golden Dome. Thank God for valet parking!! ...I don't know where anyone parks over there.
Following dinner I drove back to BC the roommates & one of the dad's (who is a very successful real estate guy from the midwest.. but upon arrival at Logan airport got to the Hertz Gold member counter where the fella looked at his driver's license and said "Hey this is expired...you can't rent a car") He and his daughter have spent a small fortune taking taxis all over Boston for the past 4 days!!!! Everyone was having such a good time chat-chat-chatting that no one (including me) noticed until it was too late that I had turned the car LEFT onto the "T" train tracks instead of staying on Comm Ave... It was only when I went over the curb and a large screeching was heard from the approaching train that I realized I needed to steer myself in the opposite direction.
Once I corrected this minor mistake (which I'm sure MANY people have made before pluuzzz...) and quieted down the girls in the backseat, I overheard the Dad say "At least it wasn't all 4 wheels on the track". I am sure my exceptional driving skills will be shared with others way into the evening...
And speaking of that, after a full day of shopping and organizing and laying down carpets and assembling a vaccum cleaner (where was Griffy when I needed him?) the girls had plans to party on through the night --- oh to be young. I, on the other hand, returned to my hotel room just in time for Mad Men...only to discover that the TV at the Marriott did not have AMC ....luckily I've Tivo'd it at home. Tomorrow to Maine!
cindy I can only say that your story (which I have lived times 3 in two different towns at various degrees of 100% humidity) is painfully funny as I remenice. But when I got to the part about Mad Men, I have to confess that I have become addicted here in Spain and the gorgeous Dario has downloaded all episodes which I watch in 20 min segments because its like heroin. I can't get enough, I don't want it to stop and I have never felt like this before, NEVER, over any television show since Flipper, or Man from UNCLE, or maybe Banana Splits.
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