Boston

I went to Boston last weekend for my friend Jennifer's graduation from Boston University Medical School. Jennifer is my oldest friend--we've known each other since I lived in California, during 5th and 6th grade. Now Jen is heading back to the left coast to do her residency in Pathology at UCLA. I'm so proud of her!

It was great to finally go to Boston; I've been meaning to for about 3 years now, and the fact that Jen is actually leaving is the only thing that finally spurred me into action! Jen got a little lost after picking me up at the airport, but that was cool because I got to see the world's widest asymmetrical cable-stayed bridge--TWICE! Unfortunately, I was there for the rain that produced all that flooding you've probably seen on the news. It didn't flood in Boston proper, but it rained continuously the entire time I was there. Consequently, I didn't take many pictures of the city itself--it's hard to hold an umbrella and take a picture. Saturday afternoon I walked around in the rain with Jen and her family. We went to Quincy Market where I ate some real New England Clam Chowder (and a fabulous canolli)and bought a really cute purse made out of chinese-looking fabric for only $14. Jen talked me into the purse, and I'm glad she did. Then we walked around in the rain some more and saw some other sights like Paul Revere's grave and the Holocaust Memorial. Riding the T actually made me appreciate the Washington Metro so much more. The T feels more like an underground bus than a rail system. The trains are only 2 or 3 cars long, and at some stations you have to pay as you enter the train--I couldn't deal with that every morning! I'm the person on the Metro who gets mad at people who don't walk fast enough.

We went to Jen's Alumni Association banquet on Saturday night. The food was...okay (scallops masquerading as potatoes, chicken that tasted a lot like lamb), but chocolatey-liquid-crack desert redeemed it. At one point I accidently sucked a piece of food into the back of my throat and experienced the momentary OMG-I'm-Choking feeling. After I avoided actually choking, I realized that if I had, one of the 150 doctors in the room probably could have helped me out. Afterwards, we saw some guys wearing crazy patriotic hats and a really tall chick in a patriotic-type dress (I initially mistook her for a drag queen)--turns out they were there for some heart association thing featuring Bill Clinton. Unfortunately (?) we didn't see him!

Pictures here.