Because we hav
e to cover two miles in less than a half hour to make our evening trains, we haul some serious rhymes-with-sass. However, Beacon Hill, the Public Garden, Boston Common and the famed Charles Street lay between work and train. And here's a fun fact for those of you unfamiliar with this landscape: those are all prime camera-toting tourist hot-spots. Imagine us two hoofing it past Duck Boats and Old Town Trolley Tours. And then, of course, there is the issue of the train station being inside Banknorth Arena. That is not a typo. The train station is INSIDE a major sport and concert venue. Just try to imagine the joy of trying to get to your train as hordes of shrieking tweens clog up the already commuter-filled location before a Jonas Brothers concert. That really happened. And elbows may or may not have been thrown in the mayhem that is the combination of rush hour and pre-Bruins game hooting and hollering.
We are constantly following the five D's of dodge ball on our way home. Which made me think, "What if commuting was a competitive sport?" We'd kick some rhymes-with-mass, for sure.
Event #1. Sidewalk Racing
It's like competitive speed-walking, except with obstacles. And not those namby-pamby gates in hurdling. I'm talking real, live people -- lost tourists, love-struck couples, groups of college sophomore coeds, nannies with wild children, people juggling dog leash (no poop bag, but that's a story for another day), cell phone and Starbucks latte -- and also mounds of garbage, cyclists, dog poop and cars. Not only do you have to be a fast walker, but also quick to avoid the many obstacles thrown in your path. It isn't easy, and only the tough survive.
Stay tuned for other events...
We are constantly following the five D's of dodge ball on our way home. Which made me think, "What if commuting was a competitive sport?" We'd kick some rhymes-with-mass, for sure.
Event #1. Sidewalk Racing
It's like competitive speed-walking, except with obstacles. And not those namby-pamby gates in hurdling. I'm talking real, live people -- lost tourists, love-struck couples, groups of college sophomore coeds, nannies with wild children, people juggling dog leash (no poop bag, but that's a story for another day), cell phone and Starbucks latte -- and also mounds of garbage, cyclists, dog poop and cars. Not only do you have to be a fast walker, but also quick to avoid the many obstacles thrown in your path. It isn't easy, and only the tough survive.
Stay tuned for other events...
~April
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Haha...I work right near the Verizon Center down here, and had to cut the Jonas Bros. line to get to my train when they were here. Hilarious!
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