Saturday night – Victor, Pina, Vincent, Trish and Gabe

Diane, Victor, Pina and I woke up and walked to Boston Market for a quick breakfast. Boston Market is a non profit communal restaurant where small vendors can sell food and crafts. It was a really beautiful place with lots of variety. We were sitting there eating when a woman came up and asked if I was John.. it was our friend Gina from Vermont. She had moved to Boston and was the manager of the place !>. Small world !..

After breakfast we walked back to the hotel .. on the way we walked back through a very sobering holocaust memorial . It had been there since 1995.. but Id never seen it.. The side walk had inscriptions of the word זכר (Zakar .. remembrance in Hebrew) and געדאנק (Gedank – Think in Yiddish) .. There were other other inscription os on the walls about Nazi atrocities. As you walked you went through four chimneys filled with steam, each one was named for oen of the the concentration camps.. It was very disturbing.. and very moving.. as it should be.

Vincent, Trish and Gabriel drove up from Rhode Island this morning. Gabriel is almost three and we’ve never met him face to face because of Covid. It was so fun to see this new human. He’s a fun and friendly kid who’s really in to anything related to Toy Story ! It was great catching up with Vince and Trish.. We haven’t seen them face to face in almost 3 years. Vince is finishing up a Fellowship in Infectious Diseases and Addiction medicine at Brown.. Trish is working at a pediatrics center.. \ it was fun hearing about their lives. We spent a fun day walking around Faneuil Hall and the Aquarium.. I hadn’t been there in sooooo long. It was fun to see it though young Gabriel’s eyes

After the aquarium, we headed back to Boston market for lunch. I was sitting there when I saw my friend Allie from Beta walk by,. Again a crazy coincidence ! Afterwards.. we headed back to Fanniel hall to see a dinosaur exhibit (fun!) .. then back to the hotel.. Gabe took a nap.. then we went out for an early dinner at Fanieul hall.. .. then out again for Canolli’s at Mikes. .. a place I’ve been going for 45 years !