Boston

I had about 3 hours in Boston!
Cruised through Cambridge:


See the Harvard sweatshirts? AND the reflection of the building across the street--unplanned but pretty neat.




The famous State House Balcony, where the Declaration of Independence was first presented.


Quincy Market


What's for lunch?


The Charles River from my seat on the Lucky Star Bus. This is the bluest river in a major city that I have ever seen.

Other sights north of Marblehead

Salem Witch Museum



Along the coast of New Hampshire (did you know New Hampshire had a coast? I didn't!)




A restaurant in New Hampshire--who knew?



Crossed the state line into Maine.



Funny story here. I was trying to take a good self-portrait and not doing very well when a man began to approach. I asked him, "Please, would you take my picture? It's my first time to Maine!" He kindly agreed, telling me that he is a native of Maine, and proceeded to point below the bridge to the boat he lived in. He told me about his work, gave me his card, and showed me how friendly...uh...Mainers? Mainians?...well, "people from Maine" can be.

Alas, his photo did not turn out at all, so this was the best I could do. =)

Marblehead, MA

My first view of the Atlantic Ocean from the Marblehead area:





This part of the country is so full of history!
Plaques on people's houses show when and for whom they were built:



The Lobster Place



My cousin's family

Replace All

My aunt was writing a novel and realized she had too many "J" names. She changed the algebra teacher's name from "Mr. James" to "Mr. Ridenour." Well, she didn't want to bother with changing one at a time, so she just hit "replace all."

What she had forgotten was that she also wrote about Jesus and three of his apostles elsewhere in the novel. "Replace All" officially listed these three apostles as "Peter, Ridenour, and John."

Run Karis Run!

Some of you know I love the movie "Run Lola Run." Here is a photo of Franka Potente playing Lola.


For Halloween, I dressed as Lola. Here are some photos of ME, trying to look like Franka looking like Lola! Enjoy.

Lola