UMTravels

Under the topic of modern miracles comes soda pop machines that take credit cards in addition to the dollar bills and traditional coins.

Today is up in the air. Was thinking maybe of the JFK Presidential Museum since I’ve never been there. That would add another presidential museum to the collection of Harry S Truman, Gerald Ford, and Richard Nixon.

Dinner at Pucci’s duplex today — with god knows who. Guess I should make some calls and find out.

LATE EVENING UPDATE

Did the JFK Museum today. Lovely I.M. Pei building. Did the intro video then went to have a salad at the cafe (not anywhere the quality of the MFA cafe).

I got strangers to snap this picture of me after my tour (when I was waiting for the shuttle that I’d just missed).

Comments on the museum: powerful. Tears were welling up when I got to the section dealing with his assassination. I couldn’t watch all the archival footage. I saw those news reports live. Hell, I even made a scrapbook of clipping about the assassination. It’s a good thing that the glass pavilion was shortly after than section; the light and air of the open hall provided relief.

Took the T to Alewife — which was easy since I was at the other end of the Red Line — no transfers getting to Pucci’s stop. He had a student from 4 to 5 — yet another cutie.

Dinner was with Netta, Joel, Lia (daughter, not friend), Max and Murna (Joel’s cousin who helps with the kids). a six pound (yes, six pound) chicken done to perfection. Add all the trimmings and good wine (not to mention a ton of scotch), and you have a good meal.

Netta and Lia ran me back to the “T” station for the two transfer ride back to the Hampton. It’s kinda fun to be out and about on the subway system on a Saturday night — lots of cute guys out there.

Home (well, hotel) by 10:30. Tomorrow is the ICA (Institute of Contemporary Art) with Pucci — and I think lamb for dinner — though I feel I should take him out since he did dinner tonight.