Boston on hold... and catch up

Since my last post I've explored the area a little more. Here's what I've found:

Salem (yes, the Salem - as in the witch trials) is a very strange town. A cute and very touristy place, there's more to do there than there is in Waltham. Thought about getting my palm read, but when I found out that it was $30 for a 15-20 minute reading, I said no thanks! Plus, it smelled too much like patchouli EVERYWHERE (much like how I think Boone is like). Tip: you can get your palm read for at least $5 in DC. I liked that Salem is very walkable and has a great museum (not the witch museums, those are more like the Pirates of the Carribbean ride meets storefront churches) the Peabody Essex Museum. Got a tip from Mom about the origami exhibit there and it was really cool.

Witch Trials Memorial - 19 benches for the 19 people executed during the trials. Each inscribed with a name of the accused.

Origami of a wizard.

Waltham (where my school is and where I am now) doesn't really have a lot going on. There's two main streets of interest - Main (imagine that) and Moody. On Main Street (Rt. 20) it looks like there's 2 pubs/taverns that look kind of cool. My walk on Moody St. did nothing for me and took me all of 30 minutes. I had ice cream at Lizzy's (okay) and went into the comic book store. I left the comic store shortly thereafter because Fantom Comics it is NOT.

Tried to find the Boston Rock Gym... that was a disaster. Next time I'll try to use the interstate rather than backroads - especially when it's raining. I never made it to the climbing gym.

Burlington AMC movie theater. It has come to my attention that there aren't very many stadium seating movie theaters in the area. Seriously? You want me to watch a movie with someone's head in my way? Oh how I miss the Regal in Chinatown (DC). Even the Uptown in Cleveland Park isn't like this! However, I did see HP5 again (I've been on an HP kick since FINISHING book 7 - more later) and saw Hairspray as well. While I love Zac Efron, I'm more excited about High School Musical 2 than I was about his almost no speaking role in Hairspray. I did like the movie, though. It was cute and I even liked a few of the songs.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. (DON'T READ IF YOU HAVEN'T FINISHED READING BOOK 7...then again, why haven't you finished yet???)I finished the book in 2 days (one was spent reading on Spectacle Island)! I liked it. Was it my favorite? No. I still love Goblet of Fire. Was it worth it? Yes and no. I think JK Rowling took the safe route in finishing the book. Gordon says, "Well, it IS a kids book." So it's understandable, but I still found it anticlimactic. I did enjoy the parts with Ron and Hermione and the most upsetting part was early on when Ron left! I can't wait to see what they do for HPaDH in the movies. I have NO idea what they can possibly cut out. And I did see the goat in HP5, Jen.

So that's what I've done... I'm going to DC and NC for the next week and half. Oh happy driving times for me. I'll be seeing HP5 again (but on IMAX this time, though not IMAX 3D which kind of sucks), seeing the boy and the girl from Once sing, and hanging out.