Friday, February 27, 2015

Boston, February 2015

After spending a full eight days being housebound by blizzards and a cold - and don't get me wrong, I loved every hunkered down minute - I finally made my break for the mainland on Saturday the 21st. This was a pre-planned, ferry-reservations-locked-in get away, but I had multiple reasons for possibly backing out of the plan (not 100% back on my game, too many things to do - the usual list of Island lethargy excuses). I'm glad I forced myself out the door because my four days in Boston were a success in every possible way.

My agenda was Mass, music, friends, voice lesson, and errands - all of which were accomplished handily prior to my return on Tuesday night. Oh, and let's throw in a delicious supper of Yueng Yang Spicy Beef with Green Beans from Peking Palace - to go, eaten on the ferry and augmented by a cold Harpoon - for good measure.



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An Icy Vineyard Haven Harbor

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On a school vacation week Saturday it seems the only place to be is aboard the noon ferry. What a party. It would have been worth it, maybe, to have made a few trips back and forth just for the entertainment and catching up with old friends.

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Saturday at The Littlest; the Bowlings, three: Meghan, Patrick, and Tomas.

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Pat, Tom, and Tom.

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Pat, Tom, Tom, Mike, Diane, Sean, Dan.

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Mike, Diane, Sean, Dan, Augusto.

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Dan

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Meghan

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Mike and Diane

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Elias

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There's lots of snow in Boston right now. For the most part, it was no bother. And the only time it was potentially a problem - a narrow little street in JP with three cars trying to maneuver - all three of us bent over backwards to cooperate. That's another thing I love about snow - the way it brings out the best in people: emergency mode.

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Broad Street,Boston.

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Sunday morning Mass at St. Agatha's with the Henry family; Noel's 20th anniversary Mass. Beautiful Mass, beautiful family.

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Breakfast at Hennessey's.

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Hennessey's Sunday seisiun.

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Augusto

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Bugsy and Sean

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Dan

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Bugsy and Sean

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David

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Rosanne

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My new boyfriend, Cormac.

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Noon mass, Monday, St. Mary's, Brookline. A haven and heaven.

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Greenbriar, Brighton: Jim, Maureen, Sean, Dan (hmmm...where have I seen these people before?).

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Maureen

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Elise and Adam, the new kids on the block, and savage fiddlers as it turned out.

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Jim and Maureen

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Bugsy and Elias

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Mom, Elias, Dad.

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Moira, Elise, and Adam.

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Elise, Adam, Levi.

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Mike

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Moira

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Jim, Maureen, Sean, Dan.

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Levi, Sara (by Mike).

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Tuesday Noon Mass at St. Paul's, Harvard Square. When I was here in December the choir boys were on vacation but today they were back on duty. St.Paul's Choir School is world renowned. I had never heard a boys' choir live and in person before and it was an amazing experience to hear them sing the Mass. The boys were a tad late in arriving on this day so I had the pleasure of having them pass - in formation - directly in front of my pew, choir robes rustling and little feet padding by quietly. Lovely.

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