Fenway Park, Boston, 24 April 2014

Boston Red Sox versus New York Yankees, 5 to 14. Ah well.

Fenway Park in daylight

 

Fenway Park at night

 

Red Sox pitcher's stance

 

This Yankees pitcher took this position for every pitch.

Boston, April 2014

A spring day at the Public Garden

The Massachusetts State House

 

Paul Revere's house (well, once upon a time)

Commonwealth Avenue, Boston

This morning my partner Trevor and I walked from our guest house, up Commonwealth Avenue, to Boston Common. It's a beautiful boulevard with a pedestrian-only path down most of the middle, with numerous memorials along the way.

I've seen a number of pointy top houses since I arrived yesterday. I wonder what it's like up there. 

Spring must be the time the avenue is at its most beautiful.

 

This memorial to the firefighters who died in the Hotel Vendome fire in 1972 is one of of the most moving memorials I've seen, combining the names of those who died, a timeline of events, and quotations about them. There's an article about the Hotel Vendome fire here.

Boston, 3 March 2013