Boston, Massachusetts

I decided to kick off the BluePass right by flying red-eye into Boston, hanging out for 7 hours, then flying back to San Diego the same day. It didn't end up being nearly as brutal as I anticipated.

I had three seats to myself on the plane ride there and actually did get some sleep. After arriving I went straight to Thinking Cup (coffee shop) to people-watch the morning commute near Boston Commons. My friend Nick who works nearby stopped by to say hello.

I then took a short 2-stop trip on the red line to Kendall/MIT and worked out of MIT's Strata Center for a few hours, a building with some very interesting architecture. I then went back to Part St. near the Commons and walked up to Government Center with Nick and Jason to grab some food from one of the great food trucks in the area. We went back to the Thoughtbot office, the first time I had been there since they moved floors - what a great place!

On Jason's recommendation, I walked down to Flour Bakery just south of downtown, a bustling place with some great deserts. It was here where I felt the earthquake (though, didn't think it was an earthquake at the time until I walked out and found all the nearby buildings evacuated). It is but a large dose of irony that I've lived in Southern California for 10 months and haven't felt an earthquake until I decide to fly to Boston (of all places) for seven hours.

Once back at the airport I caught a glimpse of an enormous Emirates A380 (largest passenger jet in the world) from Dubai that had been diverted from JFK which was temporarily closed for an Earthquake assessment. I spent half of the plane ride back sleeping and the other half working.