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Sounds like a wonderful day yesterday at the Chart House and a happy, joyful time at the wedding as well. Sunset from atop the Pru? Perfect! (Here's hoping you can stick around for the moon rise as its a super moon tonight with a lunar eclipse.)
You were right in my neighborhood at Prudential! I was wondering, too, if you saw the super blood moon at all. I've been watching the whole show of the eclipse out my window as I lie in bed!
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You are certain;y seeing some good sights in the Boston area. I am happy to tell you that I've been to all three of these and loved them all.
There is an odd story with the Prudential building regarding my parents. You may not appreciate this being from the UK, but some others may here, especially if you're from the NYC area.
My father was on business in Boston and brought my mom along. They had a dinner at the Prudential Tower and afterwards were at the bar high up in the Prudential Tower over looking Fenway Park. Fenway was vacant that night.....as it was October 25, 1986. It was Game 6 of the 1986 World Series between the NY Mets and Boston Red Sox (at Shea Stadium in NYC). My parents were probably the only Met fans in the room. Everyone there was watching the game as it was a great game and what transpired later, would go down as one of the best comebacks in WS history as the Mets prevailed. With some timely hitting all with the Mets down to their last strike and an error by a great player. Unfortunately, Bill Buckner is most known for this than for being a batting champ on several occasions!
When Mookie Wilson scored the winning run on Buckner's error, my parents said the whole room was just silent and complete antithesis from just minutes ago, when the BoSox had the lead and were one strike away from winning the World Series. My parents said it was quite lively here with so many Red Sox fans and counting down to a World Series championship, which would not happen The Mets would win Game 7in another comeback, but not quite as dramatic!
For the Red Sox this was still the curse of Babe Ruth as many believed, when the Sox traded him to the Yankees in 1919. The year before, the Red Sox won the World Series. They would not win their next until 2004,,,,,so quite a long time! Won again in 2009. There is a lot of superstition in baseball!
Just thought, I'd share this with you Cheryl and our fellow PPs here as I found this interesting!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
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My father was on business in Boston and brought my mom along. They had a dinner at the Prudential Tower and afterwards were at the bar high up in the Prudential Tower over looking Fenway Park. Fenway was vacant that night.....as it was October 25, 1986. It was Game 6 of the 1986 World Series between the NY Mets and Boston Red Sox (at Shea Stadium in NYC). My parents were probably the only Met fans in the room. Everyone there was watching the game as it was a great game and what transpired later, would go down as one of the best comebacks in WS history as the Mets prevailed. With some timely hitting all with the Mets down to their last strike and an error by a great player. Unfortunately, Bill Buckner is most known for this than for being a batting champ on several occasions!
Ummmm, Dave, we Red Sox fans would prefer you don't bring up Bill Buckner .
Ummmm, Dave, we Red Sox fans would prefer you don't bring up Bill Buckner .
I'm sure you'd rather have it that way! It was just an interesting story involving my parents being in Boston surrounded by Red Sox fans. The whole thing was quite bizarre to say the least and many years ago now! Good, that you were able to get a couple of championships and remove the curse!
At least you're not a Cubs fan with their history!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
Sounds like a wonderful day yesterday at the Chart House and a happy, joyful time at the wedding as well. Sunset from atop the Pru? Perfect! (Here's hoping you can stick around for the moon rise as its a super moon tonight with a lunar eclipse.)
I did see some of it, but not all of it - I was just too tired.
You were right in my neighborhood at Prudential! I was wondering, too, if you saw the super blood moon at all. I've been watching the whole show of the eclipse out my window as I lie in bed!
I knew we'd be in your neighbourhood, but I figured you wouldn't quite be up on a meet. I'm glad you got to see the eclipse - you did better than me anyway.
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You are certain;y seeing some good sights in the Boston area. I am happy to tell you that I've been to all three of these and loved them all.
There is an odd story with the Prudential building regarding my parents. You may not appreciate this being from the UK, but some others may here, especially if you're from the NYC area.
My father was on business in Boston and brought my mom along. They had a dinner at the Prudential Tower and afterwards were at the bar high up in the Prudential Tower over looking Fenway Park. Fenway was vacant that night.....as it was October 25, 1986. It was Game 6 of the 1986 World Series between the NY Mets and Boston Red Sox (at Shea Stadium in NYC). My parents were probably the only Met fans in the room. Everyone there was watching the game as it was a great game and what transpired later, would go down as one of the best comebacks in WS history as the Mets prevailed. With some timely hitting all with the Mets down to their last strike and an error by a great player. Unfortunately, Bill Buckner is most known for this than for being a batting champ on several occasions!
When Mookie Wilson scored the winning run on Buckner's error, my parents said the whole room was just silent and complete antithesis from just minutes ago, when the BoSox had the lead and were one strike away from winning the World Series. My parents said it was quite lively here with so many Red Sox fans and counting down to a World Series championship, which would not happen The Mets would win Game 7in another comeback, but not quite as dramatic!
For the Red Sox this was still the curse of Babe Ruth as many believed, when the Sox traded him to the Yankees in 1919. The year before, the Red Sox won the World Series. They would not win their next until 2004,,,,,so quite a long time! Won again in 2009. There is a lot of superstition in baseball!
Just thought, I'd share this with you Cheryl and our fellow PPs here as I found this interesting!
We had a beautiful sunset at the Prudential last night and I posted some on Facebook in memory of Bill. We also saw the super moon and you should've seen how it lit up the harbour! I saw a bit of the eclipse, up to about 9:45pm, but I was just too tired after that, as I had to keep going down to the porch outside the B&B and couldn't be bothered. I sadly didn't have a bedside view, the way Laurie did.
We headed out to meet up with Sara and Marnie for lunch today and had a lovely time with them. It was so good to catch up again after so long. We then went to Gillette Castle and wow, what an amazing place!
We're now in Mystic and were welcomed to our hotel room by a wonderful gift bag from Lisa and her family, so thoughtful. We're heading out for dinner in a minute with her and Scott.
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Now I can't wait to see some sunset photos. 
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Unfortunately, Bill Buckner is most known for this than for being a batting champ on several occasions! 
The Mets would win Game 7in another comeback, but not quite as dramatic! 
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We also saw the super moon and you should've seen how it lit up the harbour! 
I saw a bit of the eclipse, up to about 9:45pm, but I was just too tired after that, as I had to keep going down to the porch outside the B&B and couldn't be bothered. I sadly didn't have a bedside view, the way Laurie did. 
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