Boston

We just came back from a whirlwind 48 hours in Boston. Gretchen and Kevin were in New Hampshire last week and flew through Logan, so on Friday they drove down and we took the Chinatown bus ($15 each way!!) to Boston for a romantic double date rendez-vous. Kevin found us excellent lodging in the boutique Hotel Marlowe, replete with velvet cushions, leopard pattern wall to wall carpeting, furry throw blankets (which we quickly dubbed "beavers") and canines strolling through the lobby.

We wandered around the Freedom Trail, managing to find Paul Revere's house and some delicious cannoli in the North End. We had an excellent docent lecture at Faneuil Hall, which we learned still operates as a town hall, the most impressive example being that John Kerry gave his concession speech from inside its storied walls. Ultimately, we made our way to an ice rink in Boston Common. Here are some pictures from what, for 3 of us, was the first time ice skating since childhood. Andres reminded me that when they announced the time for Fast Skaters and Fast Skaters Only that I should relinquish the rink. Unlike how I behaved in a roller rink in Gainesville, FL circa 1981, and was asked to vacate the floor by a skate guard.

It was a brief, but much needed weekend with dear friends. Thanks guys for a rich infusion of love and laughter these new-New Yorker-winter-blues-sufferers needed!