We're back from Boston. Much too hot for runners, but the weather was fantastic for us turistas. Mr. M is bound and determined to run next year, so watch it snow. Anyway, we ate well - twice in the (Italian) North End, so I've consumed enough garlic to keep me healthy for years.
Effin Kerry was the honorary starter for the wheelchair racers, and his lovely daughter Vanessa ran for charity (which is how people who have no business running the Boston marathon get to run it, because real runners have to qualify). Anyway, when she finished, she said, "My dad told me I ran the same time he did, which is kind of scary." WHAT?? Effin never ran the Boston Marathon (according to a Boston Athletic Ass'n official), despite his repeated claims that he did, so what the heck are they talking about? Oh my. Thank goodness I didn't see him, or I would have shouted, "Sign the 180!" Anyway, that's my report: we went, we ate, we ate some more, we came home. A perfect trip.
Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., hugs his daughter Vanessa at the finish of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 18, 2005, in Boston. Vanessa ran with the Dana Farber Marathon team to raise money for the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. Teresa Heinz Kerry walks at left. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)