Day: October 21, 2018

When last I left you we were on our way to Nick’s Comedy Stop. I should have stayed home and watched the USC Utah game instead. As painful as that must have been (USC got whooped) it would at least have been a lot cheaper. Nick’s was not very expensive but the comedy was not very good. We heard 6 comedians, 2 were okay and one was pretty good. The other 3 were awful. The venue was also awful. Nick’s is located next to another place that has musical entertainment and every comedian had to compete with a booming bass that made the walls shake.

This morning we got up at our leisure and headed to “The Friendly Toast” (35 Stanhope St, Boston, MA 02116) for breakfast. We had heard this was the place to eat and unfortunately many others had heard the same thing. The hostess took my cell phone number and said it would be a 30-45 minute wait. Since we were close to the hotel we decided to return to get something warmer to wear while we waited. Five minutes later (or less) we were called and informed our table was ready. The food was spectacular. Patrice had the always healthy waffles and fried chicken and I had the Lobster Benedict (See below)

After breakfast we got ready to leave the Fairmont Copley Plaza and head to the airport. The FCP is a very old but stylish hotel. The service is top notch. The rooms are not very modern but they have made the usual accommodations to make travel in the computer age more comfortable (e.g. electric outlet on the night stands so your phone can always be nearby). They also have this little surprise in the closet.

We will be home tonight but we leave Friday for New York. If you are one of the people with whom we said we should get together in NYC please email me. My brain is fried and I don’t recall with whom we made tentative plans.

No snow today but the course ended yesterday so today was our first free day. When discussing what we wanted to do today it was easy to decide. After two days of getting up for an 8:00 AM lecture (5:00 AM LA time) it was an easy decision….. SLEEP!

When we did finally awake we headed to breakfast at Tatte Bakery and Cafe (399 Boylston St, Boston, MA 02116). The line at 10:30 AM was out the door. I ordered “egg in a hole” (egg inside a bagel hole) which was just okay. The bagel part was great. Maybe I didn’t like the egg very much because I ate my chocolate croissant first. The mocha coffee was delicious.

Patrice here now. Did you see the caption on that last picture? What’s up, is there a game on TV tonight that he wants to watch?

After breakfast we did some shopping. Patrice needed to get some things and I love going shopping with her.

After a brief rest back at the hotel we were off to watch the “Head of the Charles” boat regatta. Apparently this is a big deal here. Didn’t do much for me because my only knowledge about rowing is what I learned from reading “The Boys in the Boat” by Daniel James Brown (great book by the way).

After the regatta we headed to Coppa (253 Shawmut Ave, Boston, MA 02118) for late lunch early dinner. My niece’s husband is friends with the owner so we were guaranteed VIP treatment (“We have the table reserved for 5:00 PM so you have to be gone by then”). The food was excellent. Ironically we found ourselves seated next to a Boston firefighter and his wife with a mutual friend who works for LA City Fire.

I would love to write more but we are about to leave for Nick’s Comedy Stop. More about that tomorrow.