Boston, July 23-25, 2010

Tagging along on one of Jen’s work-related trips . . .

A Waterfront/Seaport District Bike Tour:

A RIB (rigid inflatable boat) Tour of Boston Harbor:

And a stop at Spectacle Island, which is a landfill turned public park (something they’re trying to do at Fresh Kills in Staten Island):

We walked over Moakley Bridge toward Downtown Boston and the North End, where we walked along Hanover Street where the St. Joseph Feast was happening:

Then through Paul Revere Mall over to Old North Church and Copp’s Hill Burying Ground.

I read that the so-called “Skinny House” at 44 Hull Street across from Copp’s Hill Burying Ground is an example of a “spite house” (here’s a Wikipedia about the concept):

We visited Haymarket. We later learned that the reason the prices are so cheap is wholesalers use the Friday-Saturday market to clear the decks in advance of getting new produce to sell:

We walked along the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway toward the the temporary downtown location of James Hook & Company (it has since moved into its new permanent home across the Fort Point Channel along the waterfront in South Boston) where we ate Lobster Roll:

We stayed at the Seaport Hotel and World Trade Center in a room that overlooked World Trade Center Avenue.

The next day we were taken to Congress Street and Charles Street before heading back to South Station for the train back to New York.