Wednesday, April 22, 2009

What is up, homies?

Sorry. I meant to blog this later that day, but some stuff went down, so here it is now.  

MY FABULOUS DORCHESTER SITES O’ INTEREST BIKE TOUR!!!!

My first stop was the Neponset River Reservation.  It’s a cool place, I guess.  There’s a great park with paths and stuff right off it’s walking path, but it frowns on bikes so I frown on it.

From there, I headed to the First Parish Church of Dorchester.  It’s a pretty cool church.  It was built in 1631, so that’s kind of awesome.

Then I headed up Dorchester Ave to Sawyer Ave to the William Monroe Trotter House.  It’s on top of this really high hill in Dorchester and the view is really cool from there.  William Monroe Trotter co-created the Niagra Movement which was a precusor to the NAACP.  This house just looks like some family’s house, but it has a plaque on it.  The plaque didn’t make me feel like any less of a weirdo for taking pictures of it.

Next, I biked to Boston Street and found Captain Lemuel Clap House and the William Clapp House.  The Clapp Family were amoung the first settlers in Dorchester.

From here I tried to find the Franklin Park Zoo, but ended up finding the Bayside Exposition Center.  I don’t know, I’m just that bright.

Then I got lost trying to find the JFK Library, and when I asked a student for directions, she looked at me like a jerk, and said, ” . . . it’s right there.”.  God, what a cow.  Anyway, I eventaully found it, no thanks to her.

At this point I was over it, and took the train back home.  I didn’t get to all of the Points of Interest, but I was able to bike around quite a lot of Dorchester.  It was nice.

     Anyway, that night Chad’s grandfather went into the hospital and passed away early the next morning.  It was hard because he had such a huge personality, but Chad’s family is very close and that helps a lot.

     That weekend was Easter, so Chad and I spent Saturday and Sunday in Vermont, visting his mom and my family.  I finally got to meet my sister’s baby, Elena.  She’s really very perfect.  She was totally cool with being passed around and loved by everyone.  Each of my neices and nephew are amazing.  I love seeing my family. 

     Also, The Walk for H.A.W.C. (Help for Abused Women and their Children) is on Sunday, and there’s is still time to donate.  100% of your donation goes to H.A.W.C. and the website is ultra secure.  Please donate whatever you can. No amount is too small.  Donate today!

     So, that’s it.  I’m just over a week from moving back to Burlington, so I’m mentally trying to prepare myself for not seeing Chad’s perfect face everyday.  Ugh, that’s going to be the WORST.

     But this is good for me. Yeah?

Posted by Kendra in 15:57:20
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