I had great designs on tackling the pictorial delights of Boston. I was hampered by a colleague hobbling on crutches, other colleagues who wanted to shop, and the fact that my employers expected us to actually attend the conference.
The hotel we stayed in was so modern, I did not know how to turn on the taps or find the light switch when we first arrived. Turns out I was not the only one who struggled with this, reference was made to it in the opening speech
I had to go buy a Bosox cap ( so I did shop ) because the first morning I popped out of bed needing coffee and there was a Starbucks in the lobby,pulled on my wrinkled clothes from the night before and realized my hair was sticking up and I was scaring the other hotel guests. They shrank away from me in the elevator. Even the Starbucks people seemed uneasy.
Oddly enough, although I have worked nights for years, early morning has never been a problem for me. I hate afternoons. Afternoons should just be eliminated as far as I am concerned.
I got up early to take these...
To my delight, when we hit Boston, it was 65 degrees and sunny. We went to the market area and got to see some wonderful street performers..
There were the young Dancing Men...
Straight Jacket Man.....
A beautiful and ethereal Statue Woman...
A few buildings that caught my fancy.....
One of my colleagues talks to a statue....
Holocaust memorial....
Italian greyhound....
My southern colleagues were quite shocked to discover that Yankees are friendly! As a transplant, I have been arguing this issue with them for ten years. They all remarked on how outgoing and talkative Bostonians were. They also thought Boston men trumped Memphis men in the "hotness" department.
Thanks for looking.