{"id":4778,"date":"2014-06-08T13:40:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-08T17:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beckydimattia.com\/photoblog\/?p=4778"},"modified":"2014-06-08T15:32:42","modified_gmt":"2014-06-08T19:32:42","slug":"walking-around-boston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beckydimattia.com\/photoblog\/2014\/06\/08\/walking-around-boston\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking around Boston"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"20140608_121015\"I took a nice long walk around Boston, starting and ending at Symphony Hall.<\/strong> I walked through the Christian Science Plaza<\/strong><\/a>, passed the reflecting pool<\/strong>, passed the Prudential Center<\/strong>, down Huntington Ave, and left on Ring Road at Copley Plaza<\/strong> to Boylston Street. Left on Boylston, right on Fairfield, straight down Fairfied Ave to the foot bridge over Storrow Drive and down to the Charles River Esplanade<\/strong>. At that point, I realized that there was some kind of walk for something going on because there were TONS of people walking along the river in blue t-shirts. I took a closer look, and realized there were tons of little kids walking. Their t-shirts said it all: Boston Children’s Hospital: Raise funds, Save lives, Repeat.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As I crossed the little bridge to my favorite part of the esplanade, the little island that gives you a great view of Back Bay, I was so moved to see so many families walking together on such a gorgeous day and raising money for sick kids. There were even a bunch of what looked like high school cheerleaders cheering everyone on.\u00a0From where I was, I could see two long streams of families in blue-tshirts, some coming towards me along the island, and some crossing back over to the Storrow Drive side and walking in the same direction as me.<\/p>\n

Later, I looked it up and learned that the event was NStar’s Walk for Boston Children’s Hospital<\/a>, and\u00a0that there was a 2-mile route and a 7-mile route, both starting and ending at the Hatch Shell. I was right at the turn-around point for the 2-mile route which I why I was seeing\u00a0walkers in both directions.<\/p>\n

\"20140608_130001\"I continued along, and crossed back over Storrow Drive near Clarendon Street, then walked down Clarendon towards Back Bay Station. As I passed through Copley Plaza<\/strong>, I was pleasantly surprised to see rainbow flags and an American flag flying from facade of Boston Public Library <\/strong>(it’s usually several American flags). Not sure if there’s some occasion I’m not aware of, but I don’t care – it looked absolutely amazing! I stopped to watch some street performers, then continued on down Clarendon.<\/p>\n

Across from Back Bay Station<\/strong>, I took a right into the Southwest Corridor Park<\/a><\/strong>, and walked through the gorgeous\u00a0tree-lined park that runs through the beautiful residential neighborhood of\u00a0the South End<\/strong>. That brought me back to the Prudential Center<\/strong>, and then again through the Christian Science Plaza<\/strong> and back to Symphony Hall<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

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