Boston Tea Party, anyone?

I have a crapload* of travel coming up this fall. Some work-related, some just for fun, and some combinations of the two. The result?  There is a high probability that I will not work a 5-day week (in the office, that is) until after Thanksgiving. Awesome. I’ll also rack up quite a few frequent flyer miles. And come December, I’ll probably have to lock myself in the house for a full weekend just to recuperate.

Trip 1: Boston.  (Um, TOMORROW)

The Good: Since my flight departs in the early evening tomorrow, I’ll have the morning free to run errands, go to yoga, and pack for the trip.  I am a very efficient last-minute packer… unless “the last minute” is during the morning hours.   Then I’m guaranteed to forget my toothbrush, my laptop charger, my cell phone, or something of similar importance.  Once, I forgot to pack a bra.  That was a good time. (Oh, stop looking at me like that.  No one in their right mind wears a bra on an early morning plane ride.)

Even Better: I’ll be working on my laptop in Boston on Thursday, which means I’ll either be in Starbucks (or similar establishment with free wifi) or in my hotel room catching up on Days of Our Lives and Passions while I work.  If I could work like that every day, I’d be a much happier person in general.  I actually get a ton of work done, too.  Chalk it up to the power of a positive attitude... or the power of room service.  Whatever.

The Bad:  I won’t be getting home until late Thursday night.

The Ugly: Even though I’ll have plenty of comp time, I’ll be coming in to the office on Friday.  And Casual Friday is officially in hibernation for the winter.  (Wah!).

So… does anyone have suggestions for anything fun to do in Boston? Anything that’s going on, uh, tomorrow? 

*(Side note: I’m typing this in Word today, instead of directly into Typepad, and when the little Red Squigglies of Improper Spelling showed up under “crapload”, I actually went back and re-typed it.  The squigglies showed up again and I was stumped for a few seconds.  Hmmm… l-o-a-d, that’s right… OH.  “Crapload” isn’t actually a word.  RIGHT.)

Comments

[elise]

Sounds super fun. And can you teach me how to be productive when no one is making me do it?

[Laurel]

It's only a matter of time before crapload makes it into the dictionary!

Have fun in Boston... I haven't been there in 9 years, so I am no help on the fun stuff to do stuff. However, I hope that your hotel has lots of free toiletries.

And, say hi to Sami for me.

[RA]

Duck tour, duck tour!!! (http://www.bostonducktours.com/)

Or, roughly my favorite place on the planet: the Boston Science Museum!

If these recommendations did not fully confirm my geekdom, I don't know what will. Have fun!

[Melissa]

Boston is my hometown. If you like sweets and have a little money to spend, there is an all-dessert restaurant called Finale in the Park Plaza Hotel, not too far from the Commons. A second location is in Harvard Sq.

Also, don't sit in Starbucks. Go to Rebecca's Cafe, Tealuxe, Trident Bookstore/Cafe or The OtherSide Cafe all are on Newbury; Capitol Hill Coffee in Beacon Hill is good too. The public library has free wifi and is beautiful.

[lizzy]

i hate to do this to your "Even Better" news...but..GASP...they have moved Passions from NBC to some special channel only on DirectTV