Boston day

[sanpaku_backup]

Decided that I could be persuaded to depart the mountain of papers for a Boston morning. Driving to the South End, by chance went past the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, seat of the archdiocese. A truck was parked out front with a satellite dish as large as a house. This is not a good time to be a Catholic in Boston.

Breakfast at "Mul's Diner" on Broadway. Why "Mul's"? I don't know. But this is the first time the place has ever been open that we drove past. Then we took a spin through Little Italy, made our way to the Common, and in an unusual miracle found a parking space outside the State House. After a stroll through the Public Gardens, sat on the Common for a while with the New York Review of Books overlooking the Frog Pond. Lunch at some outdoor cafe on Charles Street. Met another Italian Greyhound, by the name of "Oz." Walked back to the car through the streets of Beacon Hill.

And then in an appropriate Boston ending, sat in 45 minutes of traffic being shunted around a citywide charity walk... and by the time we got home the car was making a new, non-brakes squealing noise that I'd never heard before...

But I am not letting anything detract from our Boston day. "You see, it's really not so bad here," I say to Mrs. S. She continues to demur.

Papers are sort of done. Back to writing and whatnot.

Comments

el cathedral de santa cruz, gringo

[librarygrrl.livejournal.com]

I used to live in a second floor loft directly across the street from the cathedral. That was a great place to live.

Re: el cathedral de santa cruz, gringo

[sanpaku.livejournal.com]

Not at the moment. They're tearing up the whole street (Columbus) for the "silver line," some sort of busway-not-a-subway-on-the-cheap to run underneath, and it is like running a gauntlet. It is hard to do anything but be grateful to emerge.

Re: el cathedral de santa cruz, gringo

[librarygrrl.livejournal.com]

Well, unless they moved the cathedral, it was on Washington Street. The major streets go colombus/tremont/shawmut/washington north to south. There was an El that ran down Washington Street until sometime in the 80's. It used to be a wide, creepily quiet boulevard. (The quiet of course punctuated by the crack of bullets at odd intervals.)

Re: el cathedral de santa cruz, gringo

[sanpaku.livejournal.com]

Ah, you remember the geography better than I know it now. But I should know because Washington runs all the way through past where I live, and a couple of times, just for curiosity, I have driven it all the way in. That's probably how I know the route. In fact, we were taking that route to see if I could be sure I knew where "Mike's Diner" was, with that being the fallback if "Mul's" was not open. Since there always seems to be a line out the door at Mike's Diner, they must be pretty good, eh?

Re: el cathedral de santa cruz, gringo

[librarygrrl.livejournal.com]

That's the one on colombus, right? I dunno, the line was always too long. But my FAVORITE bar in all the world is Anchovies on colombus. Cheap eats, good bartenders. Lovely atmosphere.