These are pictures from last Wednesday in Boston (and vicinity). It's literally taken me a day and a half to do this post; it's massive. Consider yourself warned:
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Wendy's dog, Callie
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Wendy
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My parents have a coffee table that has a very similar design
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I gave Wendy this fish in 1995. Her dog has since adopted it.
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Wendy has wonderful windows. :)
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Harvest Co-op, Jamaica Plain, MA
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AWESOME bumper stickers!
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aaronbenedict (I kind of love this picture)
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Wendy's house
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I just really dug the name '
Bagel Rising'
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I love it when he smiles :)
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I was soooooooo coveting this doorman's coat
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The Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Humanity, just because I liked the name :)
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Sodypop, yo!
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The Miranda Creamer building (again, just because I liked the name)
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On our way to
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Mantis Plants and Flowers (more sign love)
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In
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John Adams ![](http://pics.livejournal.com/hopita/pic/0011k4re/s320x240)
John Adams and
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Abigail Adams ![](http://pics.livejournal.com/hopita/pic/0011ssx2/s320x240)
Me and
Abigail Adams (and I believe a young
John Quincy Adams as well)
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The tomb of Henry Adams, great-great-grandfather of President John Adams. I liked it just because it so thoroughly told his whole life story. It's apparently
the oldest grave there.
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The entry gate to
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The Quincy Homestead ![](http://pics.livejournal.com/hopita/pic/00126cf3/s320x240)
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Leonardo's Salon and Spa (more sign love)
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Boston Police ![](http://pics.livejournal.com/hopita/pic/0012wk50/s320x240)
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I kinda dig this picture :)
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Across the street from
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Punjab Mini Mart (I just liked the name)
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Cool-looking building (and the street address was 808, no less)
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Finagle a Bagel ![](http://pics.livejournal.com/hopita/pic/0013fbzt/s320x240)
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The Gum Wall Mural (more images of this later)
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The goldfish glass at
Ta'am China. Is it just me, or do those plants look suspiciously like
Star Trek communicator pins?
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To boldly go where no fish has gone before ... ![](http://pics.livejournal.com/hopita/pic/00141d21/s320x240)
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Four Seasons Mural ![](http://pics.livejournal.com/hopita/pic/0014g17k/s320x240)
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Blue Moose Menorah at
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The Gum Wall Mural again
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The reason it's called "the gum wall"
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The hotel had this weird indoor motel/tropical rainforest thing going on. It was like being in a motel that was inside a greenhouse, if that makes any sense.
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