Around Town ... Around City ...

September 2007

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I did a few updates to the website back in July, with some home-front updates. Some additional updates from Middleboro (vs. vacation trip reports):

We have new windows! They are overdue, since the old ones had fogged up. The white exterior took some getting used to, but we are getting there. Here is a picture of the front, the inside view of the living room bow window, and the kitchen casement window.

Two story house with dark brown siding, red trim, white windows, and surrounding trees and greenery.

Large bay window with white frames and painter's tape, looking out onto trees and a driveway.

Kitchen sink area with white window frames, wooden cabinets, and various items on the counter.

And we had some company immediately after our camping trip. Yes, we do occasionally get company. Dan (Paul's nephew) and Kristen (his girlfriend) came up for the weekend, arriving Friday afternoon (September 21st, 2007). We went into Boston on Saturday and did a walking tour. We started out at the Prudential Center (which is where we parked). We walked down Newbury Street, to the far side of Boston Garden, along some historic homes, and down to Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market. (Note: Kristen sent me her pictures as well, so some here might have been taken by her.)

Three people standing on a paved path beside a pond with a large willow tree and city buildings in the background.

Two ducks standing on the grassy edge of a pond with overhanging branches and rippled water.

White swan swimming in a calm pond with a stone bridge and people on a walkway in the background.

Four people walking among old gravestones in a historic cemetery with trees and ivy covered buildings in the background.

Rows of old gravestones in a historic cemetery shaded by large trees with a stone building in the background.

Two people standing on a brick plaza with a historic red brick building and city skyline in the background.

Street corner with a coffee shop in a multi story building and a large decorative teapot mounted above the entrance.

We ate at Haymarket Pizza, otherwise known as pigeon pizza because there are so many of the birds around. Reasonably priced and good, but certainly not glamorous. This is right next to the famous Haymarket Square market, where fruits, vegetables, and sometimes fish are sold.

Three people at a small table in a brick walled restaurant with pizza, drinks, and stacked boxes in the background.

We then wandered over to the north end and got some desert at Mike's Pastry. (I got the peanut butter brownie.)

Pastry box on a wooden bench with a chocolate dessert on wax paper in front of it.

Four people sitting together on a bench outdoors in Boston

Nearby was a restaurant that Mom D. would like the name of:

Front of Ristorante Limoncello with yellow awnings in Boston's North End

Then on to the New England Aquarium. One of the hallmarks of the aquarium are it's penguins. There are 3 types there: Little Blue, Rockhopper, and African.

Penguins exhibit sign at the New England Aquarium showing the three penguin species there