(Boston pix - photo heavy): My 1,000th post

[unhappycamper]

I needed a break from all the insanity around me, and decided to post something light. I have some company visiting from California, so we took a little walk around Boston. Here’s some of what we saw yesterday morning.

Welcome to Boston’s Public Gardens


George Washington guards the west entrance to the Gardens






Make way!


Now to the Frog Pond on the Boston Common




The Massachusetts 54th memorial


Right across the street is the state Capital.


The Granary Burying Grounds & some well known names








Here’s the King’s Chapel


The South Meeting Hall


Here’s my favorite building in the city


For a good time, do this


The old State House


Faneuil Hall


The Holocaust Memorial. Six towers, 4,000,000 serial numbers.

[Madrone]

1. Beautiful pictures!

I believe I would LOVE it there. SO far, I've never been east!

[unhappycamper]

6. It was a beautiful day yesterday & I had to share it.

Here's a pretty good thread about planning a vacation here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=158x3724

[Madrone]

18. Thanks!

:hi:

[fudge stripe cookays]

2. Nice pix!

I love the McCloskey statue. Draws kids like a magnet!

And being a genealogist makes the Granary extra specially cool. I modeled some of my Halloween insulation tombstones on the graves there.

FSC :hi:

[unhappycamper]

9. I have 3 or 4 hi-res pics of headstones if you want them. nt

[fudge stripe cookays]

14. Me too.

:spray:

Thanks though!
FSC

[CottonBear]

3. Wow! Thanks for the photo tour!

I've never been to Boston. I could kick myself for not going when my friends lived there for a while. I just couldn't afford to travel then.

[YankeyMCC]

4. Boston is Wicked Cool!

[maveric]

16. Wicked Pissah Cool!

[ElsewheresDaughter]

5. a pearl of a city Boston!..prettiest city on the east coast

[4_Legs_Good]

7. I love Boston!!!

and I've only been there once!

Beautiful pictures!!! You gotta get to the JFK Museum too, though!

david

[yvr girl]

8. So that's what Boston looks like

I thought it was all bars.

[unhappycamper]

10. I've done the bah tour a few times, but usually get too

shit-faced to take pictures.

[graywarrior]

11. Cripes I miss Boston

I used to be a trolley tour guide in Boston.

[MuseRider]

12. I love Boston.

It is one of my most favorite cities. Great pictures, thanks for sharing them. I must get back to Boston, it has been a long time.

[ET Awful]

13. The tulips in the garden are looking much prettier than they were

when I was down there a month ago :). I may have to go back into town and take some pictures again.

Nice shots :0

[maveric]

15. Thanks for the pics from my original hometown!

Much history to be explored in Boston. School field trips were cool when I was a kid. Freedom Trail, Fanuel Hall, State House, The Common, The Museum of Sciencs, Museum of Fine Art, Peabody Museum, New England Aquarium.... Boston area was a cool place to grow up.

I'll be back there from June 9-16 and will make time to go downtown with my camera.

[unhappycamper]

23. PM me with your schedule & perhaps I can buy you a frosty or a cannoli.

[RandomKoolzip]

17. Volvo-driving Northeatern elitist!

Just kidding.

I grew up in New England (y'know, where all the founding fathers did their business :eyes:)and I'm always glad to see some the old scenery.

Nice pics!

[unhappycamper]

19. Here's a kick for the early evening crowd

:kick:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

21. Hi, unhappycamper!

I just responded to your thread in the other forum...Great pics! Wonderful town...

[Arugula Latte]

20. Thanks.

That brings back memories. I spent a summer in Cambridge 19 yrs. ago. Jesus, I'm getting old.

Cute kid!!

[Longgrain]

22. Hey! What do you know, I was just in Boston yesterday!

Picked up some art supplies and met another DUer for lunch. I did stroll around Downtown Crossings and the Common for a while.

All and all an enjoyable day.

[unhappycamper]

24. A kick for the Saturday afternoon crowd n/t

[texas1928]

25. I would love to live in a town that has so much to do with our History...

As a country. It would be so much fun to see all those old placces.