New Year's Day Mishaps and Blunders

Today I had set aside for some sightseeing, but I hadn't planned on most things being closed for the holiday. Blake and I did manage to get out to Walden Pond to see the site of Henry David Thoreau, which was pretty neat. The site was about 1/8 of the way around the pond, but when we got there we estimated that it was halfway, so instead of turning around we decided to walk around the whole pond...wouldn't be a day with Blake if some mishap wasn't involved!

After a cold long walk we headed out to Lexington to see the site where the "shot heard round the world" happened to start the war for independence. The Olde Manse was also in the area.

After sightseeing with Blake, I had plans to eat dinner with Kara. She recommended a pizzeria called Regina Pizzeria, which is supposedly famous in Boston. Getting to this place proved to be quite problematic however.

First off, Kara was late picking me up because she went on auto pilot and drove to her grandparents' house instead of Blake's apartment. Then, thanks to terrible MapQuest directions, we proceded to drive over the same two bridges 7 times in a series of U turns and turnabouts looking for the restaurant. About an hour and a half later we arrived! The extra time give us a lot of opportunity to catch up though. We split one of the best pizzas I've ever had, which made the trip worth it. From here, the night gets even more nuts.

Blake had gone to eat dinner with the friends we celebrated New Year's Eve with, and then from there gone to another friend's to watch a movie, and I had no access to his apartment. Rather than barge in, Kara and I drove around looking for a bar or place to hang out near Blake's apartment. After failing to find such a place, we were invited to watch the movie. The friend lived around Harvard, but apparently Kara only had an inkling of where that was. After much more driving around, including another bridge, we ended in Cambridge, and parked in front of what looked like college buildings, gave Blake our location, and waited for him to come so we could follow him back. Many phone calls later, and after Blake had driven all through Harvard looking for us, we realized we were actually at MIT! By the time Blake found us the movie idea was pretty much over, so Kara headed back to her place and I went with Blake.

Throughout the whole thing I had a blast with Kara though, so the ordeal was more funny than irritating.