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Boston Reloaded

My return to Boston after 6 years...
Boston... The city where I loved twice and was loved twice (and only once loved and was loved by the same woman), the city of my "becoming an American", of my trials and tribulations and of (as always) naive little dreams and silly illusions... The city where I knew happiness and sadness as if they were my triplets... I haven't been back since early 1999 - and that makes for... SIX YEARS of absence...

       
    
    
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Division16 or not... Division 16 was the place we would often come for a quick row of drinks and a possibility of catching a girl's carelessly thrown wink or smile - and mingling with the ever-wonderful crowd of students like ourselves... I was poor, and
1 Division16 or not... Division 16 was…
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My friend Andrei at Quincy Market...
2 My friend Andrei at Quincy Market...
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Quincy Market
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near Quincy Market
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memories.... ... one day Darcy and I went on a "not a date" as she would call it - and this was where we were passing an Abercombie store and a shop assistant was complimenting me on the sexy body and how cool it would look in these clothese - and how "Eu
5 memories.... ... one day Darcy and I…
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inside the market
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inside the market 2
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inside the market 3
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the state street tower... this was the earliest sky scraper in all of New England - over 100 years old, I think... amazing...
9 the state street tower... this was t…
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near the market
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nearby Quincy Market
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people near Quincy Market... like we used...
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is this me, John Wayne? - is this you???
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I look lost and not found... the first few minutes in Boston...
14 I look lost and not found... the fir…
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Faneuil Hall
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da towah
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Faneuil Hall... raining
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da towah again...
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how many times did I cross that road........
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one of the brahmins' favorite places :)
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the church that remembers the Revolution... near the Commons...
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coming to the Commons... boy it was foggy and rainy... so BOSTON! :)
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da Commons!
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how many times did I walk along this nondescript street... to lunch, to do shopping - books mostly...?
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Boston homeless... socialist as MASS REPUBLIC is - there are plenty of them, mostly black... very sad to look at...
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I think this is where Sarah held my surprise birthday party :))) Rock Bottom...
28 I think this is where Sarah held my …
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Geeeee... Darcy's favorite eatery - esp. the bread+salt+olive oil part :) ah... such wonderful memories...
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Marshalls... the amount of stuff I bought here... I think I still have a few things from there... :))) hey, I was POOR!
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ah, the Marshall's - i STILL recall where and which department was - the shoes were under the escalator :)))
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500 Boylston... this is where I loved to seat with a paper cup of coffee and read a good book to the tunes of saxophone and sweet giggles of the fountain.....
33 500 Boylston... this is where I love…
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John Hancock Building... boldly hancocking into the fog...
38 John Hancock Building... boldly hanc…
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ah, the Copley Sq hotel....
39 ah, the Copley Sq hotel....
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my favorite philosophical fountain on Copley Sq... it was dark - and rainy - a TYPICAL night in boston....
40 my favorite philosophical fountain o…
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