Excursions!
Went back to Boston recently. It was more of a pilgrimage really. My accent came back with a vengeance, and I thoroughly enjoyed "awdarin a medium regulah at the DnD," eating what I call "Chinese food", and trekking around the "Nawth End" of Boston. The high point of the trip was, of course, Red Sox related!!! When I arrived in Boston, I immediately knew that I had arrived in the land of my people! Sox flags, hats, bumpah stickahs - the whole range of iconography, showing love for the home town team. It was so nice to be enfolded in the warm and loving embrace of Red Sox Nation!!! L and I took the green line into Kenmore to see if we could even get into Fenway to see a game. We saw a dude standing just outside the T station and we bought tickets, at 75 bucks a whack, to get decent seats in right field, home of the outsiders. At least I was in the frickin' place!!!! It was better than any amusement ride! I got a hat, ate a dog and drank a 6 dol