June
22
Posted on 22-06-2008
Filed Under (Boston, Day Trips, Locations) by Peter

We started our adventure in Haymarket. I'm not sure why, perhaps just to get a bit of Boston into our system before we hopped on the subway.Yesterday was a pseudo Daddy Day, and a full one at that. Megan has been in New Hampshire for work since Friday evening and Caleb and I have been doing our best to maximize the father/son time as well as the great weather. (Click on the photo to the right to see all of the images from our adventure.)

I’ve been considering a stint in graduate school sometime in the next few years and have been itching to check out the UMass Boston campus. Always ready for a new adventure venue, Caleb eagerly agreed to check out the campus. A short Red Line ride and shuttle bus transfer and we found ourselves on the campus…all alone (well, almost). I had hoped to find at least one random straggler wandering around the campus just itching to answer my questions, but alas, we had the grounds all to ourselves.

…Until we discovered the Mini Cooper concert/ race/ carnival/ extravaganza in the back of the campus. Sheesh. If only they had car seats installed in the test cars. There was a very cool looking course that you could race a Mini around, and at least 5 or so cars were screeching around caution cone corners. Maybe next time.

Leaving the UMass campus we found ourselves wandering around Copley Square, the Hynes Convention area, the Prudential, and eventually, the Symphony area. In case you are wondering, the Borders Books in Copley is very sweet, and the two guys standing at the front to answer book questions can indeed direct you to the nearest music store (not for CDs, but for guitar strings).

(If you clicked on the photo above and looked through all of the images and want to check out some of Stoller’s work, look no further.)

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Comments

Bob on 22 June, 2008 at 5:29 pm #

Peter - The church at #29 is Trinity Church (Episcopalian). It was designed by H.H. Richardson, and is archtypical of the Richardson Romanesque style. Next time you are there, check out the interior.


Peter on 22 June, 2008 at 7:16 pm #

I had a sneaking suspicion that you would come through. Thank you, and we shall the next time we are in the area!


Christine on 24 August, 2008 at 8:56 pm #

Hi there,

I work and attend graduate school at UMass Boston. I just wanted to say that your pictures of the campus are wonderful-some of the best I have ever seen! Will you be attending school there?

Christine


Peter on 25 August, 2008 at 8:08 am #

Thank you Christine! The campus is very beautiful and I have been quite impressed by all of my research. I am still considering whether going back to school in the near- or long-term makes the most sense but definitely have the programs at UMASS at the top of my list.


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