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well. . . i did intend to write a lot today. . . but i'm sitting at the santa fe baking company. . . and i've been editing my pictures for the better part of 2 hours. . . . so now i'm sick of sitting here, listening to a group of trendy highschool guys pontificating about music and art in the background. . . . and my fingers want a break from the keypad. . . so i won't be getting nearly as far as i had hoped. . . . but here it goes anyway. . . .

the holidays. . . .


i flew to boston, by way of providence, and my brother who picked my up. i realized how much. . . . or which things in particular i miss about the east coast. . . mostly, the smell of water, now that i'm in a land-locked state. i was really surprised about the midlness of the weather for the time that i was there. . . and i was also pleased to see a few really nice sunsets out there. . . .
i don't get to see views much like this anymore

and here's a shot of a sunset from inside the prudential building where dan and i were doing some last minute shopping. . .

shortly after this my brother and i travelled to visit my our parents in northern ny, and our aunt and uncle on long island. . . but i'll save that for a little bit . . .. and continue with boston.

i did get to meet up with neill (who i hadn't seen in 6 years) and dan (not in 2 years). we rendez-voued (sp?) outside the fao schwartz. . . . . which i was very saddened to see was actually closing. but the immense bronze bear is still a good landmark to go from. we walked around town. . . ate a little. . chatted.. . and later on neill, dan (brother) and i saw the last samurai. . . . but i really enjoyed seeing the area again. . . .

my old stomping ground has changed a bit, and i had hoped to see more of it, but most of the emerson buildings were closed. . . . so i'll have to see them later. . . new performance arts spaces. . and the completely done majestic. . which i only saw from the outside, but even that was beautiful.



then just the backbay area. . . . the lights up and down the trees on comm ave. . ..



on new years. . . dan went to a party with many of his friends from college. . .. he got to sit around and talk about the good ole days. . . . but well, you can imagine that i wanted to sit around and talk to my friends. . . . not my brothers. . ..even though they all seemed very nice. i wanted to be around a small group of people i knew. . . or around lots of people i didn't know at all. . . so i hopped a bus, and a train. . . . (which reminds me. . . along with the smell of water in the air, i really miss public transportation. . . and it was even cooler because it was all free on new years! but a good half hour ride into work used to allow me time to read a book. . . . . that is something i really miss) and headed out to the waterfront. . . which was festivally decorated

and i got to watch, amidst a ton of total strangers. . . the new year's eve fireworks. . . . whoo-hoo!

i also got to spend some time at the museum of science. . . one of my favorite places in boston. . . . dan, some of his college friends and i caught an omnimax movie. . . . and then we scrutinized the polarized light art exhibit. . .

and nearly ever chance possible. . .. i had dan drive over that new bridge. . . and of course i can' remember the name of it. . but here's a shot of us riding through it. . . . (the night pictures just didn't turn out. .. . but i got a postcard to make up for it)

so. . . . it's not in chronological order or anything. . . but that kinda sums up the boston legs of the holiday tours. . . i'll be back with more later. . . just not now. . . . :)