The Years Are Passing By

We made it to Boston on Tuesday! I've been so busy that I haven't really been able to update, and I don't have much time right now, so I'll try and get through as much as I can.

Tuesday I took the subway to downtown Boston and spent the afternoon walking around. It was sunny and gorgeous and I got some nice shots:

View of Boston from the train!

Downtown Boston

Boston Ballet

Orpheum Theatre!

The old City Hall

Statue of Benjamin Franklin

Donkey!

Old chapel next to old City Hall

The graveyard. On the other side of the fence there is a restaurant and they were roasting a pig on a stake haha

Actual City Hall (building is ugly as sin). That white tent is a touring production of the play Peter Pan that is done in the round and uses video screens on the ceiling! Looks pretty cool.

City Hall. Ugh.

TD Garden where we are performing!

So this cafe/bookstore is where I got breakfast on Newbury Street almost exactly a year ago when I came to visit Leora and Dani and I was working Cohoes. So weird, it feels like last week I was there...

The Prudential Center!

On Massachusetts Ave, I have a picture of this building from a year ago too.

Later that afternoon I met up with Leora and Dani in one of the practice rooms at Boco, and while Dani went to a lesson Leora showed me her apartment, which is really very nice :) Afterwards Leora had to run so Dani and I got dinner at this awesome Thai restaurant. I got the chicken pad thai and it was really good, and it was also a HUGE serving of it! Of course I ate the whole thing though haha.

After that Dani had to go and I was walking around and I happened to stumble upon Symphony Hall, and a performance was going to start in about 45 minutes. So I got in line, bought a ticket, and heard the Boston Symphony Orchestra perform! They were absolutely incredible, and the hall is huge!

My view of the stage from my second balcony seat, for only $30!

Across the floor at the other side. I love the statues and windows.

The back of the hall.

The front of Symphony Hall

They played the interludes from Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten, a Prokofiev piano concerto, and a symphony by Finnish composer Sibelius. All the pieces were incredible, and the conductor was awesome.

Afterwards I got a text from Ian and I met him and Andrew at Wally's Jazz Club and we listened to a group of Berkeley students play some awesome jazz. It was a very busy but awesome day :)

I have to run for now but I'll have more up soon hopefully!

In honor of being in Boston and by Berkeley, I'm posting more Jane Monheit :)