A fun new game

My new favorite game to play this time of year is "How many out of state license plates can you spot?" Given that Boston has a ridiculous number of colleges in and around the city you can only imagine how many states you can rack up during the "back to school" time period. This fun and exciting game can also be played in the spring - particularly around graduation time.

Likewise, another fun game is "How many students attending Harvard and MIT will find out the hard way to calculate the height of their moving truck BEFORE trying to pass under the incredibly low bridges near their schools?" Similar games include "How long will traffic be backed up while those same moving trucks have to drive in reverse all the way down the incredibly busy streets lining the Charles River by Harvard and MIT?"

Picton Castle

Sail Boston 2009 took place this past weekend in Boston Harbor. That is where all sorts of Tall Ships from around the world come to Boston and people can go and tour them. Tracy's friend John has actually been sailing around the world on the Picton Castle for about 15 months now and she arranged to get us a VIP tour of the ship with the kids this weekend. Last weekend the ship was up in Gloucester and the two of us went on a tour. Yesterday we went back with Tracy's Mom, Hunter, Lincoln, Jake and Hannah. It was a nice morning down on the water and the kids enjoyed the tour very much. After words we headed back from the Charlestown Navy Yard and went home to hang out by the pool. The weather was absolutely perfect in the afternoon. I'll have more on our Sunday afternoon and evening later. It has been a very busy weekend.

The real estate market

My grandma's 3 bedroom house in Elma, IA just sold for somewhere shy of $20,000. A parking space, yes a PARKING space, in downtown Boston just sold for $300,000!!! And no, that is not a typo up above, I did say $20,000.

Unbelievable.