Boston Day 1: New People, New Places

So, yesterday (that being Monday) I woke up at the butt crack of dawn, drove an hour plus to the Indy airport, hopped on a jet-plane and flew to Boston, MA. By 10 am I had traveled halfway across the country, checked into a hotel and was settled into the office at WordStream – my employer and benevolent host.

Everyone in the office is super nice, the office itself is super nice and I was able to plug in and start working without a fuss.  WordStream’s office is on the 16th floor of a tower owned by the Christian Scientists, right next to the rather large Prudential Tower and about 1.5 blocks from my hotel room at the Hilton Back Bay. Being in a cube, surrounded by the ever-familiar “clickety-clack” of keyboards feels much more professional than my meager home office!

Despite my want to explore, my body put up a solid fight yesterday. Waking up at 3 am isn’t as easy as it used to be. My post-work evening consisted of a hot shower, a dinner out, ice cream and beer in the hotel’s Starbucks (weird, right?) and then a dip in the hot tub and pool before passing out to Monday Night Football glowing on the TV.

Assuming that it stops raining today, I plan on putting on my tennis shoes and seeing where my legs take me. May try to venture over to the Charles Basin, check out Fenway Park and who knows what else before I run out of steam tonight. Here are the few photos I managed to take with my phone yesterday:

2 Responses to “Boston Day 1: New People, New Places”

1. Phil says:

   October 13, 2009 at 12:06 pm

   Is that last pic from the office? Great View!
2. John says:

   October 13, 2009 at 1:23 pm

   Yeah… everything looks cool from the 16th floor. That and floor-to-ceiling windows.