After church today we saw these banners hanging on the State House. So fun! Go C’s! (& Bruins!)
Moblog
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Apr 10
Snoop D.O. Double G
We went to see Snoop tonight at the House of Blues. It was actually a fairly disappointing experience. Jeannette got there in time to hear the openers: Kidz in the Hall and 88-Keys (who brought out Izza Kizza). While 88-Keys and Izza Kizza were fun, there was a LONG time between sets, especially for a week night show – in Boston (where venues are kept to strict shut down times). Then after 88 Keys finished, they turned on the house lights and people milled around.
Josh made it to the show after the opening acts were done. Then we waited. And waited.
And then we waited some more. After about an hour people started getting upset. Those with floor tickets started throwing their drinks on the stage and the House of Blues people had to go and keep retrieving the cups and wiping down the stage floor. I think people were aiming for the DJ’s equipment that was already set up for Snoop’s crew. Anyways, it was pushing an hour and half between the last opener and the headliner before the lights went down.
Snoop finally came out around 11:30pm. He did his thing, said goodbye and the lights were up and people were being herded out by 12:08am. Such a bummer!! Jeannette had been there since 7:50pm to hear ~30 minutes of Snoop.
Apparently he had a problem getting down Lansdowne Street because the Red Sox won at the same time and he couldn’t get through. He apologized. At the end he said he would come back to Boston anytime we all wanted.
Snoop’s people might have thought the timing would work out, but the Sox went to 12 innings tonight and won on a Youk walk-off double. I think maybe artists should come at the same time as the openers on Sox game days when playing at the House of Blues.
Regardless, Snoop has quite the stage presence. As soon as he walked out and started his gig – everyone was instantly smitten and happy again. Jeannette got teared up immediately and felt like she was seeing Elvis (her equivalent, not the ghost). But still… then it was over as soon as it began and the feelings of disappointment set in. So sad.
These signs were NOT up a few weeks ago at the Dropkick Murphys concert we went to. Only for Snoop. So funny. They were literally posted every 5 feet, on every wall, railing and other surface. And they did not work. Cops were pulling the most blatant offenders out of the crowd.
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Apr 10
Courtyard @ BPL
We had a nice Boston morning running (walking) errands around town, and then decided to explore a section of the Boston Public Library we hadn’t before. The courtyard is beautiful. We might start planning on spending more time after church on Sundays (it’s right across the Square from our church).
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Apr 10
Red Sox v Rays
We made it to our first Red Sox game of the season. We love our Boston Sports.
Our Right Field Box seats were so good! (so good, so good! Ha!)
It had been drizzling all game long, and pretty cold, but we were prepared. We dressed like we were headed to a Pats game – double pants, plastic ponchos, snow boots…
So there we are sitting in the drizzle all game, then all of sudden, 1/2 inning to go, they call rain delay! WHAT? We realized the game was tied, but really? You can’t at least wait one more 1/2 inning of drizzle to see if we can end this in regulation? Good grief. Still a fun night was had!
Plus, we love being able to walk to and from Fenway from our place. Also, we generally walk back from the Garden after C’s games too! We’ve been getting our exercise in! I guess while I’m mentioning it, we walked to/from the Wang (Atoms For Peace concert) and the House of Blues (Dropkick Murphys concert). I’m like a Boston salesman!
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So update, they didn’t honor tickets for people who were at the rain suspended game – instead they played it playground-style, finishing it the next night, before starting game 2 of the series. Turns out the Sox lost (1-3) – kinda nice we saw a tie!
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Apr 10
Atoms For Peace
Loving Thom Yorke & Radiohead
Leads to Loving Atoms For Peace.
We saw them at the Wang (which no matter that we’ve been there before is always astonishingly ornate and beautiful).
And Atoms For Peace was also astonishingly beautiful.
A great night.
