Boston

Boston was home during Bob’s internship and residency so it was fun to return for a meeting and catch up with old friends. Becca and Collins joined us also!

Program Cover CNS meeting

Bob’s old stomping ground…Harvard School of Medicine (taught neuroanatomy there), Peter Bent Brigham, Children’s Mercy Hospital, and the Mass General Hospitals (internships and residency).

Brigham and Women’s Hospital Now

Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston MA

Peter Bent Brigham Hospital then:

(this is even newer looking than when we were there) There used to be a sub shop there (Brigham Circle across the street from the hospital) that had a lobster sub that was incredible!

Peter Bent Brigham Hospital (Brigham Circle)

Harvard Medical School

We visited the New England Holocaust Memorial, new since we lived in the area. It is a beautiful historical touchstone. It was built in 1995 as a memorial dedicated to the Jewish people who were killed by Nazi Germany during World War II. It is easily accessible and located in Carmen Park on Congress Street near Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market, on Boston’s historic Freedom Trail and is open all the time.

Collins

New England Holocaust Memorial

We had never done a Duck Boat Tour of the city….so we did it on this trip. A great way to see the city from land and from the Charles River. The World War II-style “Duck” travels on land and water and takes you along historic streets and into the Charles River on an 80-minute tour of the city.

Collins and the Duck Boat Tour

Duck Boat Tour-Boston from the Charles River

The North End

North End

Lunch with Linda and Brooke

lunch with Linda and Brooke

Brooke is in school learning how to make violins at the North Bennett Street School in Boston

North Bennett Street School

Brooke at the North Bennett Street School

Brooke’s first violin

I have always been amazed how much of Boston has been filled in with landfill…

Shoreline of Boston then and now

Near Boston Tea Party Ship

FANEUIL HALL BOSTON-THE CRADLE OF LIBERTY!

Faneuil Hall

QUINCY MARKET

Collins and Bob face off in a chess match Quincy Market Boston

Collins Quincy Market Boston

Collins Quincy Market Boston lobster hat

Bob and Collins Quincy Market Boston

Collins Quincy Market Boston

Becca Quincy Market Boston

Something else we never had the opportunity to do was to tour Fenway Park so it was another must do on this trip!

Though generations have come and gone, Fenway Park remains, much like it did the day it opened on April 20, 1912.

Fenway Park

Fenway Park-Skyline Boston

Becca and Collins Fenway Park

CHILDREN’S MUSEUM BOSTON

I would take my children to the Children’s Museum when they were little many years ago. Now, I got take take my grandchild…fond memories…remembering…

Children’s Museum Boston

BOSTON TEA PARTY SHIP

Way back when Bob and I first moved to Boston, before we even found a place to stay, Bob started his internship and I started sightseeing (and job hunting of course). But the very first place I went to see was the Boston Tea Party Ship. Back then they did not have a museum or even a lot to see but I found it thrilling to see this piece of history. Now they have so much more to see and do…it is a must do in Boston.

340 chests of British East India Company Tea, weighing over 92,000 pounds, were dumped overboard the night of December 16, 1773. All of the chests were smashed open with axes and the tea dumped into Boston Harbor. The cargo was worth more than $1,700,000 dollars in today’s money. Historical accounts record that no damage was done to any of the ships except a broken lock which was replaced the next day. The event was witnessed by thousands, and the implications and impact of this action were enormous, ultimately leading to the sparking of the American Revolution.

Boston Tea Party Ship and Museum

Add together the first weekend of October (which is almost the peak of fall leaf color in New England), plus Old Sturbridge Village in Massachusetts (a living history museum), plus a wedding, plus seeing old and very dear friends…it all adds up to a must do trip.

Old Sturbridge Village

Old Sturbridge Village re-creates life in rural New England during the 1790s through 1830s. It is the largest living museum in New England, covering more than 200 acres (80 hectares). The Village includes 59 antique buildings, three water-powered mills, and a working farm. Costumed interpreters speaking in modern language help visitors understand 19th century life.

Old Sturbridge Village stagecoach

The daughter (Christine) of a very good friend, Ellen Riley, used Old Sturbridge Village as the setting of her wedding. Being New Englanders it was the perfect setting for Christine and her fiance Jeff Miller.

Linda Dobrusky Esplin (another very close and dear friend) and I decided to make the effort to attend Christine’s wedding. We have all been friends for years and years since the time when Linda (and Cordell), Ellen (and John) and I (and Bob) all lived in Medfield, Massachusetts. (Linda and I were friends even before this time at the University of Utah.) My children were all born during this time. (As was Linda’s oldest child) Both Cordell and Bob were doing their residencies. Riley’s moved into Medfield with their three daughters; twins Jennifer and Christine and Karen. (Karen has been a life-long friend to my daughter Jen-and Karen was a bridesmaid at her wedding.) And the rest has been history…not just friends but kindred spirits. We make the effort to attend Women’s Conference at BYU every year to renew and catch up. (Visit previous blogs on Women’s Conference 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010)

Old Sturbridge Village outdoor history museum is located on Route 20 in Sturbridge, Massachusetts and is easily accessible by car from I-84 and the Massachusetts Turnpike, I-90. It is about 60 miles outside of Boston.

Map of Old Sturbridge Village

Becca joined us for the weekend. We all flew into Hartford and drove north to Sturbridge. Since the wedding was not until the evening we spent the day visiting the village.

Old Sturbridge Village, Massachusetts

Cobbler shop, Old Sturbridge Village, Massachusetts

Unglazed pottery, Old Sturbridge Village, Massachusetts

Becca picking apples at Old Sturbridge Village, Linda watching on

Becca with picked apples, Old Sturbridge Village, Massachusetts

Indoor plumbing! Old Sturbridge Village

Old covered bridge, Old Sturbridge Village

Carding Mill, Old Sturbridge Village, Massachusetts

Old Sturbridge Village, Massachusetts

Cider Mill, Old Sturbridge Village, Massachusetts

One event which occurred on the day we visited was a real treat. They had heirloom apple tasting. We tasted varieties of apples that are only grown by antique apple growers and not available to the public. These varieties would be extinct except for the specialty growers. Some were sweet, and some tart (I had no idea apples could taste so different with so many “apple” flavors) but all freshly picked at Old Sturbridge Village and very delicious!

We got to taste apples of the heirloom varieties of: Esopus Spitzenburg (Thomas Jefferson’s favorite apple, dates to 1817), Roxbury Russet (Boston Russet, dates to 1600’s), Baldwin (Butters Apple or Woodpecker apple-the most widely planted apple in in the United States 1852), Rhode Island Greening (Green Winter Pippin- considered to be one of best cooking apples, dates to Rhode Island before 1800), Dyer (Golden Spice Apple-originated in France in 1600’s), Pomme Gris ( French Apple or Gray Apple-brought to St. Lawrence River Valley by French immigrants about 1803), Sheppard’s Sweet (Originated in Connecticut in Connecticut, introduced 1850), Swaar Apple (Originated in Dutch, New York, ca. 1804, considered a favorite among home orchardists), Pewaukee (a cross between Duchess and Northern Spy apples, first recorded in 1870), American Beauty (Sterling Beauty-Originates from Sterling Massachusetts, first noted in 1854), Titus Pippin (Hang On, Hangan, Timothy-Originated in New York, dates to 1842), Mother’s Apple (Queen Anne, Gardener’s Apple-a dessert apple, developed in 1840’s Massachusetts, widely grown in England), Sheepnose (Black Gilliflower-Prized for baking, dessert and drying, believed to originate in Connecticut in the 1700s).