No Tea Party at Boston Harbor.....

I finsihed work around 5 Thursday and headed out to treat the client to dinner and cocktails. I never ventured through a huge construction zone just outside my hotel the previous night but I wish I did. On the other side of the construction (the last phase of revamping the city with tunnels and such) was the Boston Harbor waterfront (lined with hotels) We headed through the walkway of the Boston Harbor Hotel to find a beautiful waterfront walkway lined with bars and resaraunts. In the middle of this Hotels waterfront was a BARGE where a band was setting up. At first it seemed like this is probably just a small hotel band trio coming out to entertain the guests. As the band came out (we were sitting right in front of them) they were introduced and the moment they picked up the guitars, we immediately found out that this was no ordinary after work hotel band. Listening to Walter Trout and the Radicals (for the next 3 hours) had to be the most powerful delivery of the BLUES I have ever experienced. OK, I know I can add up the concerets I have been to on my fingers, but this was just one of the most amazingly talented groups I have ever witnessed. Their performance included many solos and it seemed each artist tried to out perform the previous one. Just look at this dude! It was just the best time....and all happened by accident, none of this was planned at all. I ended up buying one of his CD's (which I listened to and like....but it doesn't compare to the show) . These dudes travel and play everywhere so check out their home page and get out to see them if you can. It was an experience I will not soon forget and I instantly fell in love with the harbor front there in Boston. We saw lots of tourists....and it appears Boston does attract lots of visitors with all of its' history and such. Next time I get out there, I may have to save some time to get down to visit Martha's Vineyard.

Cheers........

I have been travelling a little more than usual lately. After spending a night in Raleigh Durham last week, I find myself in Boston, MA on this Thursday morning. After arriving last night I went for a walk in the neighborhood. I am in the downtown financial district and visited the Quincy Market where all the tourists and street performers are. It took me 2 blocks to run into my first homeless person and 3 blocks to be appraoched by a young couple begging for spare change. I wasn't just imaginging in London, I believe they must be doing something there to take better care of their people in distress. God Bless the Queen!

I walked by Cheers and the bar inside looked exactly like it did on TV. I thought about going in for a beer but I imagined myself being a bit too much like the accountant dude.... (can't remember his name....Norm?). A great line from the show is when he walks in, the bartender asks him "hey what's going down?" and he responds...."my ass on this bar stool!".

I ended up back at the hotel before long as I found little here that was nearly as inspiring as what I saw in London.

I enjoyed reading my son's latest post regarding his 4th of July and it inspired me to write something. I have been to a lot of places in the past 7 months (Newark, Portland, Anchorage, Honolulu, Pearl Harbor, Green Bay, Milwaukee, Cincinnati, Louisville, Nashiville, West Palm Beach, Miami, Raleigh-Durham, and Boston to name a few) and probably a few places I cannot even remember. I suppose I could add St. Maarten, St. Thomas, Tortolla, Key West, Grand Cayman, and Cozumel too. Today.... I wish I would have written something about all those places.... while in those places. There is truth to the saying "out of sight, out of mind". There is nothing like being in the place and in the moment.

Blogging is a way to share and document some of those experiences. I hope that when Tony is 64, he will sit and re-read everything he has written. I cannot imagine anything giving one more enjoyment than re-living moments that were actually written about in detail.... through ones life.

All of this said, I have nothing exciting to say about Boston yet, but it is my first of two days here......and right now, I have to get to work!