We started Day 4 by visiting the Public Garden in Boston. It is a small, but very nice park right beside Boston Common. I'm not going to lie. I had an ulterior motive in suggesting the park visit. The book nerd in me really wanted to see the Make Way for Ducklings sculpture! The sculpture honors the ducklings in Robert McCloskey's picture book that was the first to receive the Caldecott Award. The girls weren't nearly as interested as I was...
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| Swan Boats that people can ride in the garden. |
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| Make Way for Ducklings - read the book! |
The park also has a very large statue memorializing George Washington and one commemorating Thomas Lee - someone I had not heard of before. According to the statue, he was responsible for creating ether at Mass General Hospital which of course, revolutionized surgery!
Beacon Street bordered one side of the park and is the location of the bar Cheers which is the basis of the television show Cheers. The girls had no idea what Chris and I were talking about but we assured them their parents would know. They were able to make a connection with Cliff Clavin, the famous mailman from the show. The know him as the voice of many Pixar characters!!
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| Where everybody knows your name! |
We headed down Beacon Street to make our way to our next stop - Fenway Park! I was honestly surprised when my Nutter Butter said they wanted to tour the park. I have always loved baseball but she hasn't had much interest. The tour was actually VERY good! Fenway is the oldest baseball park in the United States. I love that they have never torn it down to build some sort of giant stadium with a corporate name! It has come close to destruction a time or two but has survived.
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| Behind home plate |
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| Green Monster seats |
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| Press Box View |
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| The owner's wife started this garden on one of the roofs. They use many of the items in the park and give away the rest. |
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| Red flags = World Series wins; Blue flags = World Series attempts but all were lost in the 7th game |
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| Original seats to the park. I choose this angle to show number 24. My dad's baseball number! |
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| Retired Red Sox numbers. 42 is blue because Jackie Robinson left to go to the Dodgers. |
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| Something in this pic represents the longest ball ever hit in Fenway park. It was hit by Ted Williams. Can you find it? |
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| Here's a hint! |
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| Still a manual scoreboard - the job of posting the score is apparently quite coveted. Sounds terrible to me - sitting behind the wall, dirt floor, no air conditioning or heat and you can't even watch the game. They get the score via wifi. |
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| The owners of Fenway for over 60 years didn't want to be memorialized at the park or have their names on display. They finally agreed to an obscure way to honor what they had done for the park. Their initials are on the white lines of the scoreboard in dots and dashes of Morris code. |
After leaving Fenway, headed toward NYC. We arrived late this afternoon and quickly cleaned up for a 5:00 dinner reservation.
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| Dinner at Glasshouse Tavern |
We had a nice dinner and then headed to our Broadway show - Funny Girl. The girls and I really enjoyed the show. I wouldn't say it was exactly up Chris' alley! Beanie Feldstein did a wonderful job as Fanny Brice. There were two North Carolina natives in the show. One was Mariah Rieves who has created choreography for CJ's friend! She was super nice and came out to see the girls.
After the show, we headed over to Time Square to see all the craziness and lights. Afterward, we stopped at Juniors to pick up desserts to take back to the hotel.
Another busy day! Tomorrow is more NYC sites and shopping!
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