That one time I went to Martha's Vineyard

 Can I just say, that if I were a white person who lived up north, with tons of money and nothing to do, Martha's Vineyard would be my number one place in the U.S. to vacation in. Seriously this place was so cool to just walk around in, and even though we didn't get to see the entire island and it's towns, it just made me want to come back someday.

 After eating lunch, we hopped into a tour van to take a look around the island. We did some celebrity sightseeing looking at Tom Clancy and Spike Lee's house and saw the creator of Bosom Buddies and Laverne and Shirley walking right by us. The island was also celebrating the 40th anniversary of Jaws, which was shot in location on the island. It felt so surreal to be walking around in Amity and looking at the town hall and the bridge.

Once we got out of the van back in Oak Bluffs, we went to go see the Gingerbread Cottages which are these amazing houses on the right. Every one of them had so much character and style to each cottage that it piqued the first year Architecture student in me. I wanted to grab a bunch of my friends and pool our money together and just live in one of those cottages for a week or two and forget everything else that stresses me out in life.

Once we finished looking at the cottages, we got some ice cream and went to go see the Flying Horses Carousel, which is the oldest carousel in America. The horses had real hair which was kinda weird, but there was a brass ring game on the ride which has silver rings coming out of an arm that the riders grab during whenever they go around, and the rider who grabs the brass ring gets a free ride which makes riding the carousel more fun. Finally, we got back on the Ferry to go back to the mainland and drive back to Boston.

 


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Boston Bound

Last week I went to Boston. We spent the fourth of July at our Aunt's neighborhood in a nearby suburb which was the perfect little town to walk around in. There was a lakeside celebration going on a little bit down from the town square where they had a live band, fireworks, and tons of food like ice cream, fried oreos, pizza, and giant corndogs. It was so cliche and perfect that I felt like a character in gilmore girls.

The next day we went to watch the Astros play against the Red Sox at Fenway Park. 

The crowd was so huge and participative (is that a word?) that every time the Red Sox got a run, the entire stadium exploded in cheers, and when the Astros got two home runs in a row, the boos rang throughout the seats. It was pretty impressive to witness what a town looks like when it fully supports it's hometown. We couldn't even get any seats because they were all sold out, so we settled for standing room tickets instead. 

I'll be sure to post more of my trip to Boston soon!