Pics at Lunch

I was walking by the old State house today and I passed a scene that I had to photograph. It's admittedly not the best picture ever, but the scene cracks me up. Only in Boston do you see a guy in full Colonial garb chatting with someone next to a snack stand. In any other city, in any other setting, this would cause some gawking and double takes. But in Boston it's nothing to see Sam Adams or Thomas Jefferson hanging out chatting. It makes me laugh every time. I just walked by the scene today without caring, until I really thought about it. I turned around and snapped this shot, and I think everyone thought it was more strange that I was taking this picture than it was for this Colonial guy to be hanging out on the street. Only in Boston.

Pics at Lunch

The Charles River walk on the first very HOT day in Boston

Blue Boston

I'm obsessed with taking pics of the beautiful blue Boston skyline right now, probably because of the rainy grey skies we experienced for so long this winter. These gorgeous blue days are so refreshing and it has me looking up to the sky all day long. Here's a few pics from my walk around at lunch today.

Pics at Lunch

Pics at Lunch

Today's pic is the view outside one of our conference room windows, looking out over old City Hall and most of the Boston financial district.

Pics at Lunch

Pics at Lunch - Custom House Tower

A few images of the Custom House Tower, on another rainy day here in Boston.

Pics at Lunch - Boston Commons Carousel

The Boston Commons Carousel is back up for the summer, although today isn't much of a summer day. I still think it's awesome, even if it isn't as colorful as it will be on a bright summer day. These pics were taken with the Instagram app, which is equally as cool as Hipstomatic.

Pics at Lunch - Kings Chapel

With so little time outside of work and family life these days, I try my best to get in a walk and a few pictures at lunch on days when I don't have meetings during that time. I'll call them Pics at Lunch from now on. Boston has so many great places to photograph, so it's pretty easy to find a good subject every time I walk around. Today I had to run to grab lunch before a noon meeting, and I had just enough time to squeeze in a picture of King's Chapel. This church is directly across the street from my office, and I walk by it every day usually in a rush to get to a meeting or get out of the cold, or to avoid snow piles that tend to fall from the top of it more than other buildings. I've stared at the top of it from meetings in conference rooms that overlook it, and I've always found it curious that it doesn't have a steeple like most churches. It's an interesting story- the original structure was a small wooden church built in 1688 to serve British officers (the King's men) who were here to enforce British law. It was taken down and re-designed in the mid-1700's after British forces left the colony.  Funds dried up before it could be completed and it was left it as-is, with no steeple.