My spring break '11 achievement: navigating the Green Line into Copley Square.
Didn't get lost on the way there, didn't get lost on the way back and refused to let myself be embarrassed by the ticketing system or the subway maps.
A few friends (read: fellow English class nerds) and I launched a trip to the Boston Public Library to look at microfilm and Times Magazine archives for our historical research papers. It was quite an adventure--the librarians were on the frosty side and the building itself was churchlike and daunting.
We got a pint of Ben & Jerry's Cookie Dough ice cream and a packet of 48 plastic spoons and ate it on a bench in Copley Square/waiting for the subway and had a marvelous time people watching. We people watched the whole day--on the subway, in the library, in CVS, in the food court. People watching is a sport.
Highlights of the day included seeing bald biker dude with a kilt and a boombox on our inbound trip, a man with teal hair and matching shoes, some poor doctor with a pink newspaper who got sandwiched between us on the outbound trip, a homeless man with a sign reading "HELP JOE GET SMASHED" and seeing somebody blow bubbles in the courtyard of the BPL. Oh, and seeing two of my friends hold hands. Love you guys.
It felt deliciously independent to be wandering around Boston all on our lonesomes. I was beyond proud we didn't get lost and I'm looking forward to future excursions into the city :)
For fabulous photos of Boston, check out this blog.
MICROFICHE.
ReplyDeleteFRP was the best.
Just wait until the last day of school when you get that manila envelope back. It's as good as Weissy promises you it will be.