Saturday, November 3, 2012

Following In Boston

A friend and I have play a weird game whenever we go into Boston. Simply, we stalk strangers.

If we haven't planned anything, we'll walk around and once we find someone interesting looking, we'll follow them.

The rules are simple: follow them until they enter a building or the T (or if we lose them in a crowd - it happens lol!).



We found these people at Saint James street and followed them past a couple churches until losing them when we got distracted by this squirrel:



near Charles street by The Boston Commons. The walk was actually kind of nice, even though it made us circle around the green line haha.

After losing the ladies, we saw this guy:



At first I thought he was a stray and I wanted to give him a wide berth but an owner came into view and motioned the dog to cross the street with her.

We ran across the street and followed the pair down Charles until Owner went into a Starbucks on the corner of Pinckney street.

With that Follow done, we decided to get food. Stalking strangers is trying after all!

We ate at a little restaurant with candle lighting. When we entered, a man seated us, but it was a while before the wait staff came to take our order. Long enough that we had to ask the man if everything was ok. lol

However, during the wait we were able to talk and reconnect - which was great!
After absorbing the clam chowder, we shared a piece of chocolate cake. The dinner was a wonderful way to end the day - which is what Following is all about. Discovering new places and seeing a side of Boston that only locals know.

Until next time,
I might be right behind you ;)

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