I’m writing this final blog from 20,000 feet up. I’ll post it using the wireless connection that is now available (for a small fee) on the airplane.
The last few days in Boston (the home stretch, as it will be known) were quite a lot of work, but still fun. I did come away with one solid piece of learning, though: I would rather drive almost anywhere than in Boston. Let me spell it out to you, using our friend, the SAT Analogy:
CA Driving:Rules::New York Driving:Honking::Boston Driving:What The ?!…
one more:
CA Roads:Simple::New York Roads:Grid::Boston Roads:Spaghetti
I think that pretty much spells it out. Even traffic on the 405 at the 101 will be a welcome change from what I’ve been driving around in.
In Boston, we visited the Salem Witch Museum – It was a little cheesy, but we had a good time.
We also walked the Freedom Trail, which is a trail that is marked through downtown Boston using read paint and bricks on the sidewalk. It winds past several historical sites, including old houses, public buildings and the site of the Boston Massacre. It was cool throughout this trip to kind of get a feel for the whole scope of where American history occurred. Both Dominique and I admit it, though – we are history’d out for now.
We also took the kids to the Boston Children’s Museum — It’s a great space, with lots of really open ended hands-on stuff. They could really run around and just try things out. Perfect. Julian had a blast, and says it was one of his favorite parts of the trip.
That same day, we got to visit Fablevision, which is a company that is owned and run by twin brothers Peter and Paul Reynolds, who both graduated from the OMET program (they also own the Blue Bunny book shop that we visited two days before). Fablevision produces all kinds of outstanding media and children’s books. We got to tour their office/studio, interact with some of their super-talented designers and illustrators, and even take a peek at a book / interactive web site combo that is in production. It was really interesting, and the whole group was extremely hospitable.
Yesterday, we went to the MIT Media Lab to meet with Eric Rosenbaum, to tour the Lego Learning Lab and the area occupied by the Lifelong Kindergarten Group – It was a really big treat for me to get to wander around the Media Lab and see that environment. It really has to be the coolest learning and research space I have ever seen. Stanzi and Robby joined us, as he demoed some of his research projects – I think they had almost as much fun as I did.
We ended our vacation with a fun dinner at the Rainforest Cafe – We make a point of eating at them wherever we go, and have visited almost every one in California, plus a couple out of state. It was a fun end to an amazing vacation.
So now we have said goodbye to the trusty Silver Bullet (our rental van), discarded two very well-used umbrella strollers, and we’re almost halfway through our 6 hour flight. It’s been an amazing adventure for all of us. We’ll now get back into the rest of our summer – Stanzi and Robby will resume a tough training schedule getting ready for Junior olympics, I’ll start prepping for VirtCamp at Pepperdine, and everyone else will work on learing and refining their strokes. Dominique, as usual, will make sure that we’re all getting it done, and we’ll all be waiting to see when the next Moseley will come along. There’s still a lot to look forward to this summer.
I’ll try to keep posting about our adventures.
