here we go!

Alright, I finally have a night free and the programs are all working properly. Muahahahaha.

So anyway, Boston is a very picturesque city. It has gorgeous buildings, the city is very closed in and just has an overall old-city feel to it. The transportation system is awesome. Makes me think the TTC really overcharges for such crap service. Boston's system consists of 5 long subway lines, a commuter rail line, and a huge system of buses going every direction thoughout the city. And we are talking about a city that is much smaller than Toronto. It's efficient, albeit a little confusing, but well worth the time to figure out anyway.

On to the pictures.

One thing we really looked forward to with Boston was the fresh seafood. We headed over to Quincy market on our second day there and we were definitely not disappointed.



26 CDN for this lobster combo? Sold! There's actually a delicious clam chowder included in this, but Edward inhaled it all before I could take a picture.



You know, I don't think I've ever seen Edward enjoy food this thoroughly before. Seriously. He took my role! The hell? What am I if not the food-lover in the relationship??

As for me, I prefer my lobster taken out from the shell and chopped up. Preferrably mixed with some mayo and served on a bun.



Big chunks of lobster in every bite, I tell ya! Getting hungry yet?? Okay, one last food pic.



Mmmmm... luscious, plump, fresh oysters with overflowing oyster juice. I think we had three orders of these in two days. So yummy. So fresh. So cheap.

Lest you think all we did was stuff our mouths all weekend, here's proof we left the food stalls.



This was taken at the MIT Museum (cuz we also had to satisfy the geek in us). They had a bunch of art/mechanical installations and this one was my favourite. The wheel is in slow perpetual rotation. And that white thing on top of it? It's a garlic peel. In the shape of a person. See the legs? And the kinda drooped head? It's a forlorn person. Made out of a garlic peel. Anyway, as the wheel is rotating, there's some thingie-mi-jiggy attched to the peel person which makes it put its right leg foward.. then its left.. and so on. So he's like walking on the wheel, really slowly, really sadly. I love it.

We were eating brunch on the day we left when I noticed this peculiar looking bottle.



Teehee! It's a heinz bottle! But short and fat! I thought Mags would have a good laugh about this, so I took a picture. And then I thought, hell, why don't I just get her one? So I asked the waitress where the nearest grocery store was so I could buy my own. She spoke with the manager since she had no idea where to get it and the manager sold us a new one for a buck. Hahah. Me dorkus! So now I have it sitting in front of me, all short and super cute.

We headed towards the shopping area after brunch. Okay, so maybe I kinda dragged Edward, but I'd like to think he enjoyed the 3 level shoe store as much as I did. Anyway, this was in the said shoe store on the clearance level:



Not sure if you can tell, but it's table listing what prices would be after various discounts. This is to help the intelligent Amercians figure out how much each pair of shoes will cost after a 20%, 40%, 60% or 80% is taken off the last ticketed price. I saw this one lady who kept running back and forth from the signs to the racks of shoes. I thought it was pretty funny. In a stupid Amercian sort of way.

You know how they say that Americans eat more, drink more, bascially consumer more? Well, check out this can of Arizona Grape Drink.



It's a whole litre. In one can. For 99 cents. I guess they really do super-size everything.

We checked out a bunch of other stuff out while we were down there, like the area around the school Edward could potentially attend. We hit a couple of malls, the waterfront. Unfortunately we didn't get to Havard Square since the weather was just crap. We did eat at mickey d's... but no McLobster. :( and their fries tasted boring.

Okay, it's getting late, I better end this here.

Oh, one more thing, I'm so glad they don't have these here.



Kinda ruins it for people trying to save the game for later, huh? *dammit! I'm gonna have to wander on the street with my eyes closed cuz i'm saving the game for later!*

time for: shower and bed. it's getting late.