Comm Ave
We took the T to the west end of BU on Thursday morning. It was fun because it was aboveground! Here I am on Comm Ave, the main street of BU that runs east-west.
Marsh Chapel, one of my favorite buildings at BU! Cool, huh? The buildings on either side--the school of theology or something--are cool too. They almost look like one big church. Behind the Marsh Chapel is the BU Beach. Not a real beach, obviously, just a cute little park by the river (not right on the river--there's a road in between). We didn't take any pictures of the beach but there's this fun modern statue of a whale that doesn't look exactly like a whale (it is modern) but Kaci likes it and I kind of like it. Although Kaci said people make fun of it and I can see why.
Bay State Road
After exploring Comm Ave, we saw Nickerson Field, Kaci's old dorm by Nickerson Field, the wall nearby where Kaci and her friends climbed and jumped off into the snow (if you remember those pictures), and yes, the spot nearby where a plaque says Babe Ruth played. Oh yeah, and on the back wall of Nickerson Field there are big red letters that spell out Boston University and there's ivy growing between them. That was pretty--nice background for graduation. Too bad we couldn't go onto the field. We decided to walk back on Bay State Road, which is north of and parallel to Comm Ave (closer to the river). I have to say it's one of my favorite streets in Boston! It's so cute! Much quieter then Comm Ave and it was a gorgeous day. Most of the street is "brownstones," old houses built for wealthy families in the early 1900s when that neighborhood, the Back Bay, was the fashionable place to live. Then BU bought them and now they're mostly dorms.
This is The Castle, which used to be the BU president's house. In the 60s when there started to be riots on campus, the pres decided he didn't want to be that close. Now The Castle is used for administration and houses the BU pub on the side. Kaci proudly told me she'd been there. Heehee, just kidding. But she really has been there.
As proclaimed by a cup in Kaci's little kitchen, the best girls are BU girls!
Fenway Park!!! We swung over to Fenway since we were in the neighborhood. I wanted to see the wonderful famous glorious amazing place where the Sox won the World Series! There was a Go Red Sox sign in practically every window. It was great.
There's the famous Citgo sign. It's huge!
Back on Bay State. Cute buildings, huh? Very similar to Beacon Hill and the South End. Kaci taught me an architectural term: rustification. It's a technique used in this style that gives the appearance of getting lighter as the building goes up. They do this by using stone on the bottom and bricks or lighter materials, and smaller windows, as you go up. I feel smart. :)
Cool door.
BU do what you do!
Charles River
We went to say hello to the river. This is the Harvard Bridge, so called because it goes north to Harvard, aka the Mass Ave Bridge, so called because...well, you guessed it--it's on Massachusetts Avenue! This is the east side.
Other side. You can see the Citgo sign!The North End
Then we went home. Our dogs were tired, as the Kaci & Tom would say. And Kaci's eye had been bugging her all day, so we took a nap and then Tom came home. (Harvard wasn't through with him yet--he was working hard on his final papers.) Kaci and I were going to walk around the North End, but she was too tired so I went by myself. Of course, it would have been way better with her there, and I didn't have long to explore, but I was glad I went. I didn't have long to explore because--well, Kace & Tom wanted me home in an hour and it took me longer to get there then it should have. They told me Hanover St was like the main street of the neighborhood and when I got to it I turned the wrong way--south instead of north. Not because I didn't know where I was, I just got distracted and started thinking about something else. But luckily the street ends pretty soon in that direction, so when I realized it had ended and found myself in Government Center, I went the right way. The North End is an Italian neighborhood, and about half of Hanover is restaurants. They were packed, especially the ones serving outside, because it was a beautiful evening. There were also a lot of people just milling around and looking in the pastry shops like I was. I ended up deciding against the pastries and getting gelato. It was so good. So I had a few minutes to sit and people-watch and then I would have loved to keep going but I didn't have time. So I just admired the cute buildings a second time on the way back (same basic style as what I had seen before). And it was nice even when I got out of the North End and there was nothing much to look at because I was passing Government Center, which is, well, nothing much to look at. I just liked the big city feel. There were tons of people out and it was great walking weather and I almost felt like I belonged there. Anyway, Kaci called me and wanted to meet at Whole Foods, which was conveniently on my way home. She wanted to make pad thai the next day. After staring at our options for a while, we decided we'd rather do homemade. So Kaci called Wendy to see if she would get a recipe from the Thai Kitchen website (their brand of choice). Wendy didn't know what pad thai was, so we called Julia and she saved the day for us.
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