Mark, my brother,made my year by coming to visit us last weekend, and we showed him the sights. One of our first stops was Burdick's, of course, where we treated him to an exceptional lunch topped off with their world famous hot cocoa. (By the end of the trip, he was begging for mercy because we kept taking him from one incredible dining spot to another.) For those of you that don't know already, Mark and his wife, Summer, are expecting their first child in September---a boy! 
Mark had never been to Boston before, so we headed in to town on Saturday to give him a tour of Beantown. Our first stop was Harvard to visit the college and take this classic shot. We found it funny that we've both heard the reason you touch the founder's foot, but neither of us could remember it. We hung out on the campus for about 25 minutes, and then to no one's surprise who knows us well, we spent about twice that much time in Newbury Comics afterwards. Thank God we get older, but we never change... :)
"Making your way in the world today takes everything you've got. Taking a break from all your worries, sure would help a lot. Wouldn't you like to get away? Sometimes you want to go..."
Oh c'mon, you can't bring someone to Boston and not force them to take this picture!
Mark was in his glory while he was in Boston... Get it? Ha! In his glory! The movie "Glory" uses this statue in the final scene. Oh, forget it. By the way, it's a beautiful statue and quite moving. I defy you to see it in real life and not put the movie on your Netflix queue that night.
Ah, Kimball's ice cream! The taste of summer. We took Mark to our favorite farm fresh ice cream stand in Jaffrey, NH to sample some of the world's finest frozen dairy products. It's tradition in these parts for locals to take visitors there and make them order a large ice cream, pictured, and then laugh when their guest is shocked at how big it is. It's worth it because a small is $3, a medium is $3.50, and the large is only $4. You might not be able to tell, but their large is about two pints of ice cream. We always order the kid's size, which is about two full scoops of ice cream.
2 comments:
OMG -- I know him. =) My best to Mark. Nice ice cream!!!
Apparently in NH it's also tradition to make visitors gorge themselves on delicious treats like some twisted version of Hansel and Gretel ; )
I had a great time. The hot chocolate was legendary.
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