{"id":544,"date":"2004-12-10T15:41:09","date_gmt":"2004-12-10T20:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flaminggeeks.com\/k\/blog\/2004\/12\/10\/\/"},"modified":"2005-10-19T00:44:02","modified_gmt":"2005-10-19T04:44:02","slug":"we-do-not-run-over-the-mayor-of-boston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flaminggeeks.com\/k\/blog\/2004\/12\/10\/we-do-not-run-over-the-mayor-of-boston\/","title":{"rendered":"We (do not) run over the mayor of Boston"},"content":{"rendered":"
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E (or perhaps it was Carl) procured free passes to see In Good Company<\/a> in Boston last night. The usual shuffling ensued, and at the last minute, E offered us a ride in rather than for us to take the T.<\/p>\n

Great. Save us some money, though I didn’t anticipate saving any time; the red line is usually fast, even during rush hour. We met up with E without any difficulty, and had a smooth trip in until we hit the rotary at Charles\/MGH. There E (with our blessing) decided to head for the Commons garage rather than swing past the Central Plaza. Big Mistake. Directly we found ourselves buried in traffic, and we crawled slowly up Beacon Hill, taking as long to travel about half a mile as we had to get from Cambridge to Boston in the first place.<\/p>\n

As we finally emerged onto the streets surrounding the Commons, we saw an old man standing on the sidewalk on the wrong side of the iron fence. He caught my eye initially because he was quite well dressed, even for the area; I nearly made a remark about the old dude in the nice suit when E, peering hard at the man who was now in the street talking to someone in the traffic jam, observed, “Is that Menino?”<\/p>\n

And sure enough, it was. We watched (since our car was not going anyhere :P) as he wandered on and off the sidewalk and finally passed behind our car. The traffic parted around him as the people coming from the opposite direction gave him wide berth.<\/p>\n

So we didn’t hit him. But we damn well could have.<\/p>\n

Things did not go well after that for a while; we left Bob at the theatre to discover that tickets were not being given out in advance, so he and Carl couldn’t go in to save our seats. We swung round the corner of the Commons to discover that the garage was “Full” and we couldn’t enter.<\/p>\n

So, after diving back into the traffic and retracing our steps, E and I raced down to the movies to find that no food had been ordered for her. She and Bob waited at the counter and Carl and I went into the movie, which had started about 15 minutes previously.<\/p>\n

The movie was good. There were a lot of funny bits that were especially amusing because they were true. I don’t think I would’ve regretted paying for it, but I’m not sure I’ll pay to see the 15 minutes I missed at the start.<\/p>\n

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