Tag: Boston

  • Birthday Weekend Recap

    Birthday Weekend Recap

    My birthday this year was most enjoyable. Thanks to all who made it great by wishing me well on Facebook and in person. Here is a list of cool things that happen, as well as some naked photos.

    Just kidding about the naked photos. Here’s why my birthday was better than yours was.

    • I went for a gorgeous bike ride with my wife. She keeps getting better and better at riding in the forest.
    • We enjoyed some artfully prepared and delicious sushi in Boston. I convinced Megan to steal a black napkin from the restaurant, so that I could have a formal bandana for Jesse’s vow renewal scheduled for the morrow. She did steal it. What a brave woman I married.
    • Visited the Garment District and scored the perfect belt to wear to tomorrow’s formal event. I also found a brown bandana. The GD never disappoints.
    • I visited with my boy, Benjamin Hilton who just moved into a new place with his family. He’s been a dad for about 6 months, and he seems really exhausted. I do not think I’m capable of doing it, but it was great to see him.
    • We attended a graduation party for our cousin Molly. We enjoyed tasty food and drink, and hung out with the Martin family for the first time in 6 months.
    • I finally spoke with my Aunt Annette and had a conversation I’d been putting off for months. It was the first time I’d talked to her since my cousin Johnny’s funeral. I cried several times and feel quite relieved.
    • Learned that my neice Taylor welcomed a baby girl into the world on June 13th, the greatest day of the year.
    • Spent the night at Aunt Mary’s camp. I taught a nephew how to start a fire.
    • Attended Jesse and Joy’s vow renewal ceremony and diner. I rated it 5 stars on Yelp.

    Here are the non-nude pics I promised:

  • Thanksgiving 2014

    Thanksgiving 2014

    We drove into Fitchburg, MA the night before Thanksgiving. We departed from Portland, ME at around 10 am and made our first stop in Boston. We had about 2 hours to kill before meeting up with the mommy side of Megan’s family at her grandmother’s home in Chestnut Hill. We decided to try to find the Garment District in Cambridge, and our goal was to find it without using GPS. I’m proud to say that it was a team effort, and that we found the shop after about a half hour. :highfive:

    The Garment District is amazing. There is always a great find to be found. Megan found some green Doc Martin boots, and I found a nice coat that I fell in love with. I ended up not buying it because I’m not really a leather type of guy.

    We moved on to Chestnut Hill and had a great sit-down with some family. We helped them set up for the big day, and then moved on to Fitchburg for a mellow, three-person holiday with Megan’s dad.  It was snowing, and the roads were awful. An hour drive turned into a nerve-racking 2 hours.

    We made it, and we had a lovely and relaxing time. We had steak, mashed potatoes, green beans, pumpkin pie, and blueberry pie. Megan declared that were celebrating “Steaksgiving”. I got some nice shots of Fitchburg after the snowstorm. John told me about a waterfall in Fitchburg that I’m itching to photograph. I’ll get it on Christmas.