January 21, 2017 Saturday
Hiya Tim!
So wonderful to chat! I learned so much and had fun!
1) Here are restaurant ideas for our first meet:
John Harvard’s on Dunster Street
American food, good beers
https://www.johnharvards.com/locations/cambridge-ma/
The Red House
50 cent oysters, incredible lobster chowder, yummy burger, pastas
http://www.theredhouse.com/#about
Maharaja Indian Buffet
http://www.maharajaboston.com/
Toscano
Italian
http://www.toscanoboston.com/menu/lunch/
If there’s somewhere else you like or want to try, I’m game. As long as I am with you, I’ll be happy.
2) Parking options
41 Church Street – outdoor lot
https://www.google.com/maps/dir//42.374393,-71.120303/@42.3744067,-71.1224928,17z/data=!3m1!4b1
Charles Hotel – underground garage
https://www.google.com/maps/dir//42.372258,-71.122667/@42.3722795,-71.125085,17z/data=!3m1!4b1
15 Eliot Street – above ground garage
https://www.google.com/maps/dir//42.3723,-71.121839/@42.3722939,-71.1240399,17z/data=!3m1!4b1
If there’s anything else I can help with, please don’t hesitate to ask.
-S
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From: TimmyTim
To: Sassy
Date: Saturday, January 21, 2017 10:39 PM
Subject: RE: Meet ideas
Sassy,
It was a great chat!
Thanks for restaurant list, which is your fav? What time? What will make you comfortable?
WOW, I keep pinching myself! Sure you’re for real! Will I wake up and find it was all a dream?
How did the party go? I know you were the belle of the ball! Save any birthday cake for me?
I so enjoyed our time together chatting!
Take care and sleep well,
Tim
From: Sassy
Re: Meet ideas
Hiya Tim,
The Red House is my favorite but they are all good in one way or another if any of them spark your interest. I can go anytime but noon is best if you can make it then so we get in before the crowds. Looks like the weather will be good!
The birthday party went quite well! My niece is such a fantastic kid. The food was delicious – pasta alla norcina, salad and nutella brownies! It’s tricky for the grown-ups to get along but everyone behaved well! And she opened my present first. 🙂
Hope you have a super Sunday! Are you watching football tomorrow? It will be a quiet day here, hoping to get stuff done around home.
Mwah… with a nice back scratch (leaving no marks!)
-S
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From: Sassy
Hiya Tim,
Talk of your travels got me thinking about mine. It’s good for me to remember them and see how each trip added to my life. Let’s share lots of fun stories.
My parents were big travelers and took us all over the US and Europe, then I continued with my sisters, and did bits on my own when I was on a national charity board for 10 years. I have slowed way down because Hubby won’t fly, so we enjoy wonderful day trips now. New England has beautiful places!
Here’s a fun U.S. map of where I’ve been – only have 6 states to go! My best memories are of the red rocks in Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs, standing on the black sand at the bottom of Waipeo Valley on the Big island of Hawaii, or touching a glacier in Alaska. My maternal grandparents lived in North Carolina, so we spent school vacations driving back and forth.
red for states where you’ve not spent much time or seen very much.
amber for states where you’ve at least slept and seen some sights.
blue for states you’ve spent a lot of time in or seen a fair amount of.
green for states you’ve spent a great deal of time in on multiple visits.
You can try it yourself if you feel like it.
https://www.gasfoodnolodging.com/visitedstates/generate/
I’ve also been to other countries:
Mexico – three times to Cancun. My little sister was an exchange student in high school, and likes to go back to refresh her Spanish. Remind me to tell you about the hottest night of my life on my first trip there.
Puerto Rico, to St. Thomas for carnival… I stayed with the local who told me, “Ain’t never seen no white woman move da way you do!” Trunk Cove on St John is the most beautiful beach in the world!
Sis lived in CA awhile, so I got to visit the San Francisco area and Sonoma. Then she moved to London for two years, and I got to visit twice. I adore it there. I got to see the Queen! She attended the opening of an arena in Nottingham that featured the figure skating stars of the day from all over the world, gathered by Torvill & Dean! We also saw Diana’s childhood home at Altorp, Parliament and Buckingham Palace, Harrod’s, Baker Street. And four shows in the West End! She knows how to show a gal a place.
My dad was in summer school in Oxford when I was 7. We drove to Rome and back in three weeks, so I have a little girl’s view of Europe. My older sister kids me that I only remember when we were lost or there were ducks or doll houses. Mostly true! I remember something about England, the channel crossing from Dover to Calais, Paris, Lyon, Amsterdam, Edam, Munich, the boat down the Rhine, the Swiss Alps (cow bells!), Luxembourg, Lichtenstein, Monaco, Florence (with flood marks above my head), Rome, Venice, Marseilles, Nice, Brussels…
There is still a long list of places I want to see.
I always look around and wonder if I could live where I am visiting… and always come back to Boston.
-S