Really Big Buildings in Boston

I like when people come to visit from out of town because things I take for granted beheld by fresh eyes are refreshed for me.

My favorite was when Cc pointed to the Keyspan rainbow-painted giant gas tank on the Dorchester/Quincy border and claimed it was, once she saw it from the Red Line, the place where "the clowns live and go to learn how to be clowns!" And she said it with such assurance, too!

Anyway, we took Gramma and Che yenne into Boston to see the Common, the Public Garden and the Hancock and Prudential. (We were unaware that the Hancock observation deck closed after 9-11). Here's some of the highlights.

The Public Garden


I call these lollipop flowers


nesting swans at the Public Garden


me kisses Momma Duck from Robert McCluksey's "Make Way for Ducklings" (my very first book ever); behind her are Mack, Quack, Lack, Ouack, Jack, etc. etc.



You know those people who ignore the sites in favor of using their cell phones? I'm related to some of them.


The Statehouse with Complimentary Celtics Banner


Hancock Tower


the view from inside the slit


view from the top of the Prudential center


look, there's Weymouth


another view

And then, of course, we saw Doc Rivers at PF Changs. I know that photo is crap quality, but the PF Chang's people confirmed that it was him. He comes in often because he lives nearby.