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A Yankee Doodle Dandy of a Day
Jul. 4th, 2008 08:57 pmIt's been a Yankee Doodle Dandy of a week, actually. An Ig meeting brought me over to Cambridge on Tuesday. Thanks to the luxurious hospitality at ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
debgeisler and benveniste's in Middleton, I was able to stay in the Boston area for a mini-vacation through the holiday.
Pleasures included:
— an increasingly rare Wednesday night visit to the NESFA Clubhouse. Tim Szczesuil brought the Boskone 46 flyers, which arrived from the printer last week. Yay! (I've been somewhat over-committed on fannish projects of late. It's good to have one done, printed, and delivered.)
— a thought- and emotion-provoking afternoon at the Wedded Bliss exhibit at the Peabody Essex Museum with Deb
— modest bits of work both professional and fannish
— the easy company of good friends
— apricot sweetroll; blueberry coffeecake; tabbouleh; fresh mango, peaches, and cherries; Italian beef; wicked pissah peppers; fresh French fries…yum. Serious yum.
Yep, it's a mini-vacation all right. One I'm treating more like a real vacation. It's a good one.
We're already talking about plans for next year. The Boston Pops Fireworks are well beyond anything I've previously experienced in the realm of exploding pretties that fill the sky with sparkle, smoke, and sound. And here I thought I knew from fireworks….
Being there in person does seem to be in order. Better yet, there's Sail Boston, part of the Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge 2009. Sail Boston runs shortly after the 4th, from July 8-13.
This is the first Independence Day that I've spent in the Boston area. Usually, I'm at Westercon. Last year,carnyjack and I spend most of the day leaving the country, heading north into Canada as we drove up for Baggiecon and the Winnipeg Folk Festival. I never really gave it any thought -- Boston is a great place to celebrate America's independence. I look forward to doing so again next year. With sweetrolls, and friends.
debgeisler and benveniste's in Middleton, I was able to stay in the Boston area for a mini-vacation through the holiday. Pleasures included:
— an increasingly rare Wednesday night visit to the NESFA Clubhouse. Tim Szczesuil brought the Boskone 46 flyers, which arrived from the printer last week. Yay! (I've been somewhat over-committed on fannish projects of late. It's good to have one done, printed, and delivered.)
— a thought- and emotion-provoking afternoon at the Wedded Bliss exhibit at the Peabody Essex Museum with Deb
— modest bits of work both professional and fannish
— the easy company of good friends
— apricot sweetroll; blueberry coffeecake; tabbouleh; fresh mango, peaches, and cherries; Italian beef; wicked pissah peppers; fresh French fries…yum. Serious yum.
Yep, it's a mini-vacation all right. One I'm treating more like a real vacation. It's a good one.
We're already talking about plans for next year. The Boston Pops Fireworks are well beyond anything I've previously experienced in the realm of exploding pretties that fill the sky with sparkle, smoke, and sound. And here I thought I knew from fireworks….
Being there in person does seem to be in order. Better yet, there's Sail Boston, part of the Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge 2009. Sail Boston runs shortly after the 4th, from July 8-13.
This is the first Independence Day that I've spent in the Boston area. Usually, I'm at Westercon. Last year,
carnyjack and I spend most of the day leaving the country, heading north into Canada as we drove up for Baggiecon and the Winnipeg Folk Festival. I never really gave it any thought -- Boston is a great place to celebrate America's independence. I look forward to doing so again next year. With sweetrolls, and friends.
