On Friday Monito and I had a BIG day - where we explored a lot of Boston in an effort to be part of making a world record. On the am TV shows we discovered that today was a nationwide effort to have the same story read to tons of kids around the Nation & that many cities were sponsering events. So we hopped onto the world wide web of internet and discovered 3 Boston/Cambridge events. A 10:30 reading at Fanuiel Hall, Events at the Children's Museum between 2-4pm and a 4pm reading at a Harvard area large chain coffee shop. I asked Monito his thoughts and he said yeah mom - Lets do it... So we dressed up in our current favorite outfit (overalls) - hopped in the bjorn, grabbed the stroller and began our BIG DAY.We missed the reading at Faneuil Hall- Quincy Market. This had to do with me being Mr. Nice Guy and a forgotten sandwich left by Dr. Mommy on the kitchen counter. At first I was thinking that said sandwich would be my fortification for the day BUT THEN due to pangs of Nice Guy-ness and the timely appearance of a Cross-Town bus ... monito & I made an unplanned detour to the hospital to deliver Dr. Mom her lunch (including a bonus apple). The funny peice of this story is that Em was told that her husband & son had come by -prompting her to think that I had given the baby to her brother Dan & hoped a flight for San Francisco.... why she thought that.....
On with our day... Monito & I bused to the subway to the heart of the Boston Harbor area and then wandered faneuil hall very much like Fishermans Wharf in SF but with a Boston theme (a Cheers restaraunt, Red Sox stuff, and lots of "chowda"). We had a nice lunch sitting outside at Kingfish Hall - suggested by the vindigo - although I wouldn't suggest the Bento Box - despite it being suggested by the waiter... why would I order the single Japanese item at a seafood rest. in Boston when I hail from SF ... I don't know... From there we walked along the HarborView walkway to the kids museum.
The boston children's museum is MADNESS - especially when you can get in for FREE - (thanks Jumpstart) - Monito isn't big enough yet to participate with most of the exhibits so he promptly dropped off to sleep. I of course made the rounds and picked up a Starb#%*$'s sponsered gift bag - which included a $5 gift card meaning I made money on the day !!!! Monito woke up in time to hear Boston's Mayor read from The Little Engine that Could - earning a very cool "I set a world record" sticker that he wore proudly for the rest of the day - (note to self: stickers stick to babies... like duct tape almost, do not let stickers attach themselves to baby hands & feet in future!!!)
After the reading we hopped, skipped & jumped our way back to Cambridge where we spent that $5 gift card on a $4.70 green iced drink at the Harvard local Star#%&*'s and waited while NO ONE came to hear the very nice Barista Boy read the story... sad... Thus ended our world record setting adventure.
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