(2.5 weeks old)
Boston
01
Sep 12
Epic Walk
We went on an epic walk today. We walked from the South End, through Back Bay, across the Charles River, through MIT, to Central Square, back through Tech Square and Kendall Square, along the Charles to North Point Park, under the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge, through Paul Revere Park into Charlestown, along the Charlestown Harborwalk to the USS Constitution, back to the Charlestown Bridge to get back across the river, down Causeway Street to the TD Garden, to eat dinner at Boston Beer Works, through the North End, through the Christopher Columbus Park on the waterfront, through Faneuil Hall to the Old State House, through Downtown Crossing, through the Boston Commons, down Columbus past Bay Village and back through the South End to home.
The pictures below are taken on a phone camera, so while some are good, some aren’t so awesome.
01
Sep 12
Look what we made!
Look what we made for Violette’s nursery:
And when I say “we”, I mean “Josh”. 🙂
26
Aug 12
Waiting for Violette
In an effort to
1) distract ourselves from our eager anticipation,
2) enjoy our couples-only days fully, and
3) encourage Violette to join us
we have undertaken the following activities over the last two weeks:
We have gone out to eat at Salty Pig, Brownstone, Flour and South End Buttery. We have found spicey dishes at Parish, Clink, El Centro, House of Siam, Picco, Maria’s Taqueria, Mike’s Diner, NY Pizza, and Myers & Chang (which is apparently a favorite for mom’s trying to induce labor with spicy food – we didn’t know – our waitress told us). And, even though we were not able to find spicey ice cream at Amsterdam Cafe or spicey cannolis at Mike’s Pastry, we enjoyed our treats there nonetheless.
To balance this caloric intake, we supplemented our daily walks from downtown to the South End. We went on broad looping walks that took us to the Esplanade, North End, Boston Commons, Longwood Medical Center, Northeastern University, Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Fenway and the Comm Ave Mall. However, on some of these walks we got hungry or thirsty so we had street food calories at a North End festival, many Amsterdam Cafe ice creams, a picnic on the Commons, and summer cups (Josh). Jeannette has been keeping track and has been walking 5-10 miles a day, walking over 70 miles in the past 2 weeks.
None of this has worked in achieving objective number 3 above, to encourage Violette to join us. So in addition to the long walks and spicey foods, we have also tried using pressure points, raspberry leaf tea, acupuncture, jumping jacks, pineapple and taking her to see the Bourne Legacy.