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Today’s agenda? Jenn and I are taking Rachel to the Aquarium and meeting up with Jess there! After the aquarium, we’re going over to the North End for brick oven pizza at Regina’s. I can’t wait! More photos to come!

Now online – BlahBlahPhotos :: Boston, Baby! Keep coming back for more, I’ll be adding more photos over the weekend!

Edited: I’ve added all of my digital photos through the 4th of July and the first 5 from July 5th.. I’ll be adding the ones for the 5th tomorrow!

It was a gorgeous (much cooler!) day in Boston today, and we had a great time playing tourists with Erika and Susannah, and their Jays even joined us in the end as we were finishing up lunch! We met at Quincy’s Market, at the Sam Adams statue outside Faneuil Hall. Jenn & I recognized Erika right away, and she is just as adorable in real life as she is in her photos! Susannah got there just seconds later, and is wonderful too! (I know have a 1 degree of separation from Robyn and Todd!)

We spent some time browsing at Quincy Market, and from there we decided to head to Parish Cafe for lunch. We took a bit of a detour though, as we went by the Old State House, the Kings Chapel Buring Ground, the Boston Commons, and the Public Gardens – where we saw the swan boats and even some actual swans! It was a fantastic stroll, although my “real” camera (you know, with film) kept freaking out on me! First I thought it was the batteries, but even new batteries didn’t help. I think, but could be wrong, that it was an issue with the film not being tight enough as I was loading it. I asked Jenn if we could go back to the cemetary because I’d like to shoot more black & white there – I don’t think mine came out.

Lunch was wonderful & relaxing. I’ve decided I’m moving to Boston. (Ok, maybe not … but I think I woulld really like it here.) We don’t have parks right in downtown Houston, there is no place to stroll like that, and outdoor dining in July is simply unheard of there – and I love things like that. So we hung out, enjoyed our food, our touristy day, and shopping! Jay & Jay got out of their movie and came over to join us for lunch, and then took group photos for us over at FAO Schwartz! (I’ll post mine later here, but you can go to Erika’s site now and see it if you want!)

After we left Erika & Susannah, we went to get Jenn’s New Odyssey! She’s waited for months to finally get it – and it’s gorgeous! (Pictures of Jenn & her minivan to come too!) I officially got to drive on the Mass Pike! (That doesn’t make me a Masshole Driver, does it?) I was driving her car back to their place as she drove the van, chasing after her as she was zooming along at 90 mph! I couldn’t lose her – I didn’t know where to go if I did.

On a separate note, I may be out of Blogwhore: the webgame, but I still feel like I’m a part of the game! Philo has cast me as Veruca Salt in Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and William cast me as Claire in the Breakfast Club. Nancy also cast me in Breakfast Club, as Brian’s sister. It’s as if I’m still playing… (It’s ok, I’ve claimed the title of the straight girl Blogwhore. It doesn’t matter that I was the only straight girl in the game to begin with…)

As a closing thought to the day, as we browsing in Quincy Market, Erika looked at Jenn & I and said, “Does it seem odd that we just met?” We went on to discuss how funny it was that we had just met an hour earlier, but it was like hanging out with old friends. That’s what I love … it almost always seems that when whenever I’ve met up with other weblog owners. The world isn’t that big after all.

Yesterday afternoon Jennifer and I headed over to the Cambridge side of the Charles River for the fireworks. We went in the afternoon, so we had time to kill before the show itself started. By the way, it gets just as hot in Boston as it does in Houston, and we were HOT. So after some photos by the river of the skyline, we went to Baskin Robbins for ice cream. Then we stopped at a drug store so I could buy postcards – and they had the fans with the squirt bottles to keep us cool! Had to buy one, just couldn’t pass those up. Like Jenn said, it made the difference between us passing out and making it through the day! After that we headed to the T and went to Harvard Square. Browsed the shops, had dinner at Border Cafe. After that we went in to Harvard Yard (or Hahhhvard Yahhhd if you prefer to say it that way.) Took tons of photos all over the place. After that we headed back to the river and camped out on the Longfellow Bridge (the Salt & Pepper shaker bridge) to get ready for the fireworks. It was amazingly cool – they had speakers on both sides of the river so we could hear the music just like the people at the hatch shell. They also had TV screens set up, so we could see the show at the shell too. And guess what? Barry Manilow was there! (Hey, stop laughing. I like Barry Manilow.) But of course the highlight was the fireworks themselves, they definitely went to the best Fireworks shop around to get them, they were incredibly amazing. They were amazingly cool. Sam recorded them for us too, and we have them on TV right now – it just doesn’t do them justice. They were incredible, simply incredible. I can’t even put it in to words.

Today we have plans with Erika and Susannah in just a few hours. Tomorrow we’ll be back in Boston during the day – so hopefully we’ll be able to get together with other Bostonians tomorrow!

Happy 4th of July! We have plans for the 4th in Boston – what are you doing today? I have all the cameras packed up & ready to go – so pictures to follow from the day!