OC Kiss Week: Julie & H2-22
Her first synth rescue.
Julie took H2’s mind-wipe pretty badly. She still listens to his goodbye holotape far more than she’d like to admit - especially post-Blind Betrayal, because she wonders if Danse felt the same way he did. Scared and alone.
H2 is one of my favourite characters despite only appearing briefly, so I knew I had to include him in my art! A little comfort for my (second) fave synth.
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The ULTIMATE Guide to #fenwayparkBoston’s Freedom Trail https://bit.ly/3M4L41h
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The Freedom Trail
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48 Hours in Boston
With its narrow one-way streets, hidden alleys and who-knows-what around every corner, downtown Boston is tailor-made for exploring on foot. In fact, the first thing a podcast mentioned was that this is an awful city to rent a car in - the colonial made-for-horse'n'buggy streets and aggressive drivers there make that car rental insurance they push on you mandatory.
Most websites list the Freedom Trail as the top attraction in Boston, and I'd have to agree - it is a great way to explore a ton of historic sites and the city in general. A line of red bricks guarantees you won't lose the trail, but I definitely encourage taking a few turns and exploring some of the side streets and alleys, especially in the area near The Bell in the Hand (established in 1795, supposedly the oldest continuously operating bar in the US, though some websites differ on this). My favorite parts of the trail were the three old cemeteries, all of which look like they're from a Stephen King horror flick and have graves dating to the late 1600's (including the graves of Paul Revere, Samuel Adams and other noteworthy patriots).
I had recently watched the Netflix series "This Is a Robbery," so I had to check out the Isabell Gardner Museum. True to the series, the 17 empty frames left behind in the $500 million unsolved heist are here, just hanging out empty! But I wasn't expecting the museum to be as awesome as it is (the series definitely did not do the museum justice here). It felt like wandering a huge mansion with all sorts of century old furniture, statues, display cases of artifacts and curios and a paradise-like courtyard. I didn't know much about the art history here, but did recognize some of the big names here from that college general ed course - Rembrandt, Raphael and Matisse to name a few.
The mandatory food requirement in Boston is the lobster roll sandwich, and I tried two (The Bell in Hand and Saltie Girl), both of which were delicious. For Boston Cream Pie go the original source, The Omni Parker Hotel, which is so haunted they will give you a list at check-in desk of the various hauntings over the years. Mike's Pastries also worth checking out!
If you're into the haunted and paranormal, check out the Ghosts and Gravestones tour (do a night booking!) - a trolley tour with a few stops in the old cemeteries and some Boston horror tales thrown in while on the ride.
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found an old pic from a day trip to boston just after fallout 4 came out.
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Plan Your Own Epitaph Day
There comes a day in every person’s life when they have to face the inevitable, one day, they will be little more than food for worms. But this need not be a time for sorrow and somber reflection, but rather an opportunity to plan your last words to the world. This day, Plan Your Own Epitaph Day, is the perfect day to set aside some time to figure out what you’re going to have to say about yourself before you’re gone.
Your Epitaph is going to be that one thing that is remembered forever about you, even by those who never knew you. There have been some great epitaphs written, forever engraved on the stones that stand in graveyards, ancient and recent alike. Some of them are tongue in cheek, like the last words of one Johnny Yeast. “Here lies Johnny Yeast, pardon me for not rising”, while others are representative of the achievements of those who now lie resting. One Ludolph van Ceulen had the first 35 digits of Pi inscribed on his tombstone, as he was the first to calculate this delicious sounding number out to that many decimals.
The nature of one’s Epitaph, and its content, bears careful consideration. It will stay with you for as much of eternity as your headstone survives, and can serve as a warning to those coming down the path to deaths door behind you. Consider such epitaphs as “Consider, friend, as you pass by: As you are now, so once was I. As I am now, you too shall be. Prepare, therefore, to follow me.” Which is found on an old Scottish tombstone.
Some of the activities you can do to celebrate this day, is go to graveyards and look for inspiration in the stones of those who have already passed. Grave rubbings are a pasttime that has been enjoyed for a long time, and this is one more way to collect Epitaphs that have already been written to help inspire you to write yours! One particularly nifty part of this is that grave-rubbings can reveal epitaphs that are otherwise nearly illegible. To participate, you need nothing more than a piece of paper and a piece of charcoal. You place the paper against the surface of the gravestone, and rub the charcoal over it. It will produce a copy of whatever is engraved on the stone that you can take away!
Another thing you can do to celebrate this pasttime is to have picnics in the graveyard with likeminded friends. Together you can sit and brainstorm on what you’d like your final words to the world to be. If you’re one of the lucky ones who lives in the vicinity of a graveyard where the world’s great poets and authors were laid to rest, you could seek inspiration in their final verse.
Plan your own Epitaph day is a day for reflection on our own mortality, and thinking forward to what kind of legacy we want to leave behind for those who come after us. While we will live on in the minds of our family and friends, the story of who we are will only be told to strangers in our final message to the world, left engraved in the marble tablet of our headstone. So take some time to think about where you’ve been, what you’ve done, and what you’d like to say to those who come after, and start taking strides to make sure your Epitaph is worth reading!
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A couple of days ago I did a day trip to Boston. I walked some of the Freedom trail. At it's beginning it passes by two historic burial grounds. The extraordinary gravestone pictured here is from the Granary burial ground, established in 1660. It's the second oldest cemetery in Boston after King's Chapel Burying Ground. Paul Revere is buried here. I haven't visited Boston since 2017 when my best friend George and I went and walked the entire Freedom trail. After my friend passed away in 2018 I started thinking about going back to visit Boston again to walk the Freedom Trail in George's memory. In February of 2020 I was ready to go back. And then- the pandemic hit. Six years later I finally made it back. Here's to you George. Your cherished memories will live on. It was a great visit.
Granary Burying Ground
Boston MA 4/28/23
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Boston Pizza Tours has developed Fun & Educational Food Tours for all ages. Our North End Pizza Tour includes the history of 5 Freedom Trail sites plus water, 3 different pizza slices and a cannoli at the finish!
We've been in business for 10 years, and have made great strides during the past decade. We're a TripAdvisor "Hall of Fame" activity, and in 2018 we we're proud to partner with Adventures by Disney - yes, that Disney!
We have reduced rates for Youth Groups, and please don't hesitate to reach out with any questions. Walk, Learn, Eat ...and repeat!
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Paul Revere Mall, Boston, MA - September 26, 2023
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