42 posts tagged “boston”
This past weekend Boston hosted a big sporting event. I am, of course, referring to the 43rd Head of the Charles Regatta, which attracts about 7,000 rowers and 300,000 spectators along the Charles River that separates Cambridge and Boston. A few friends from sculling camp showed up, and we cheered on people from camp who were racing. The weather was beautiful, watching rowers navigating the turn before the Eliot Bridge was exciting (and not always without contact between boats), the company was fun, and dinner afterwards at Elephant Walk was delicious.
Have I mentioned that there's a wild turkey that lives in East Cambridge/Kendall Square? He likes staring at his reflection in buildings and cars.
I went to the view the entries in the Fourth Annual New England Sand Sculpting Festival held at Revere Beach on Saturday. We arrived about the time when sculptors had to finish their pieces, so those who were still working were just adding last-minute details and cleaning up. They were true works of art and displayed an amazing amount of effort and talent. "Suspicious Fishes" received second place and the People's Choice awards and "The Apology" was awarded first prize. Of the others pictured, "Opposites Attract" received fifth prize and "The Last Nail" received third prize and the Sculptor's Choice award.
Sand was delivered today to Revere Beach in Revere, MA for the annual New England Sand Sculpting Festival. Setup and site construction will continue for the next couple days before Master Sculptors arrive and competition begins next week, culminating with judging and awards next weekend. More details are available at the website. These aren't your typical sand castles.
[Updated with a couple more pictures]
The fireworks barge for Boston's July 4th celebration is anchored in the Charles River. Here's the view from the office (this is only half the barge, the other half is obscured by a building -- I might walk down to the river for a closer view).
Unfortunately, the weather forecast for Wednesday night isn't looking great, but it may still be worth coming in. I'll be heading down to Bristol, RI (home of the oldest annual July 4th celebration) for tonight's show.
I walked across the Longfellow Bridge to get to lunch today, and the sky was intoxicating.
I had a pass to get into a free screening of Spider Man 3 tonight, but when my friend showed up early to stand in line he was informed that the passes were not being honored. Oh well. I can't say I'm overly surprised, or that I'm overly heartbroken.
Instead I decided to duck out of work and meet another friend for a stroll through the Public Garden. Technically I left work earlier than I normally do, but since I'd been planning on leaving even earlier to go to the movie, I'll argue that I actually worked late. It was a beautiful day (with more to follow, if the forecast can be believed).
Normally I'm quite content getting information from experts and revered prognosticators, but I have to say that Phil has let me down this year. On February 2nd, Punxsutawney Phil predicted that there would be an early Spring. I don't really mind the rain, because it was a dry Winter and we need the water, but the cold temperature is really starting to bug me. The average temperature for the month is 8.5°F colder than historical temperatures.
Graphically speaking, the chart shows daily High (red lines), Low (blue lines), and Average (green lines) temperatures for the month, with actual temperature as solid lines and the historical "normal" temperature as dashed lines. For kicks I included precipitation amounts as a bar chart associated with the right-hand Y-axis.
The Boston Marathon wheelchair race is underway, followed shortly by the elite women runners. In the past 24 hours we've had 2.25" of rain, there's minor flooding and they've had to clear downed power lines in the area (although not on the race course). Race participants will face headwinds of 20-25MPH, gusting to 35MPH. There are a couple small favors for the participants -- the temperature is a little higher than predicted and the forecast is saying there should only be about another 0.25" of rain falling during the day.
At home, the alarm on the UPS has gone off a couple times this morning. Telltale signs of power problems. The sump pump is running and doing it's job, and I tested the battery-powered backup pump so I shouldn't have this problem:
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