The Other Green Monster

Wednesday was a day I will not soon forget. Besides not having to work, I also didn't have to be a parent. For Father's Day, I got 2 tickets to see the Sox play Detroit's Tigers. Detroit has come from out of nowhere this season, and up until last night, they were soundly whuppin the Sox.

Our journey from VT included a stop for lunch at the 7 Barrel Brewery in West Lebanon, NH. I stuck to small beers, as we had a long way to go.

The fuzz was out in force, so we kept the cruising velocity in check. When we got to Beantown, I found my old reflexes come back to life, and I got us to our hotel with zero fuss. Fortunately, I spent quite a bit of time in and around Boston, so it wasn't really that hard. Except for all the one way streets. And the cars.

It was really nice to take the cliche walk down Memory Lane (Boylston), and reminisce about the days of capricious youth. It was also pretty weird going into Newbury Comics again. I used to buy a ton of CDs in there, and now, all my CDs are stashed away in boxes, because everything is digital now in our house. The Fens are still quite nice.
Boston crazies are some off the greatest people on earth too. I was a little disappointed to be harassed only once, but this guy was good. He was not afraid at all to get right in my face and accuse me of being a member of the Back Street Boys. I had to laugh.

We got to Fenway early, and got an outdoor table at the Cask & Flagon, and did some serious people watching. I'm pretty sure I saw the Stanley Cup. Anyone reading this, please verify...


The game was awesome. Wells was on the mound, went deep into the 7th, and got the win. We saw Big Papi crush the ball out of the park, and Papelbon shut the Tigers down.
Big fun.

It was good to be out of town, away from emails and phones, but it is also really good to be back. And shortly, there will be some Meat-up updates to talk about...