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North End, Boston (After an excellent dinner at Terra Mia in the North End, Boston's Little Italy, Georgia, Gary, Bill and Tom visited Modern Pastry Shop, famous for its excellent Canolis, Tiramisu and other goodies)
The boys enjoying Italian pastries at the Modern Pastry Shop.
After dessert at the Modern
Boston, The Old Customs House
Boston Skyline
The Zaiken Bridge, Boston
The Old Customs House and International Place, Boston
Bruce snapping some shots at Georgia's and Tom's house, Windy Hill, Cohasset
Victory flags flying over Windy Hill
Gary, Mr. B and TC at Georgia's and Tom', Cohasset
Cohasset Harbor
Cohasset Harbor.  Minot's Ledge Lighthouse in the distance (Minot's Ledge Light, officially Minots Ledge Light, is a lighthouse on Minots Ledge, one mile offshore of the towns of Cohasset and Scituate, Massachusetts, to the southeast of Boston Harbor. It is a part of the Town of Cohasset, in Norfolk County. The current lighthouse is the second on the site, the first having been washed away in a storm after only a few months of use.[)
Aa active fleet of lobster boats still operate from Cohasset Harbor
Mr B and Gary at Cohasset Harbor
Cohasset Sailing Club
An exact scale replica of the top of Minot Light (The Chief Engineer of the Army Corps of Engineers,  Joseph G. Totten, personally took charge of the project to design and construct a permanent lighthouse on Minots Ledge.Totten's design was as simple as it was effective. Totten, who had extensive experience building fortifications, had a full appreciation of permanency and strength of granite constructions. He designed the lighthouse so the first 40 feet of lighthouse would be a solid granite base weighing thousands of tons. To secure the lighthouse to the ledge he had several massive iron pins emplaced so that the lighthouse would be literally pinned to the ledge by its own weight. This idea necessitated working on the ledge on the fairly few times when the sea was calm and the ledge exposed at low tide.Work started on the current lighthouse in 1855, and it was completed and first lit on November 15, 1860, with a final cost of $300,000 that made it the most expensive light house that was ever constructed in the United States.)
The keepers of the original Minot Light perished in a storm (In 1843, lighthouse inspector I. W. P. Lewis compiled a report on Minots Ledge, showing that over 40 vessels had been lost due to the ledge from 1832 to 1841, with serious loss of life and damage to property. The most dramatic incident was the sinking of a ship with ninety-nine Irish immigrants, who all drowned within sight of their new homeland. It was initially proposed to build a lighthouse similar to pioneering Eddystone Lighthouse. However Captain William H. Swift, put in charge of planning the tower, believed it impossible to build such a tower on the mostly submerged ledge. Instead he built an iron pile light, a spidery structure drilled into the rock.The first Minots Ledge Lighthouse was built between 1847 and 1850. One night in April 1851, the new lighthouse was struck by a major storm which caused damage throughout the Boston area. The following day only a few bent pilings were found on the rock. Two assistant keepers who were tending the lighthouse at the time perished.)
Gary at Cohasset Harbor
Coahasset Harbor-Lobster Boat Fleet
Mansion overlooking Cohasset Harbor
Cast Bell from 1878 used by the US Lighthouse Service, Cohasset
The Lighthouse Keeper's Cottage, Cohasset
Mr B snaps away
The burly Mr B poses with a huge anchor
These boats were common off Cohasset in the late 1800's
We met the artist who painted this scene. He'll hold an exhibition in the Sailing Club next week
Scituate Lighthouse, Scituate (Old Scituate Light also known simply as Scituate Light is a historic lighthouse located on Cedar Point in Scituate, Massachusetts. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987 as Scituate Light)
Gary and Bruce at Scituate Light
Scitutae Light (1810, May: The Federal Government appropriated $4,000 for a lighthouse to be built at the entrance of Scituate Harbor.1811, September 19: The lighthouse was completed two months ahead of schedule making it the 11th lighthouse in the United States.1814, September, the War of 1812: Rebecca and Abagail Bates "The Lighthouse Army of Two" warded off an attack by British soldiers by playing their fife and drum loudly. The British retreated since they thought the sound came from the Scituate Town Militia.)
Lighthouse Keepers Cottage, Scituate Light
Gary at Scituate Light
The big men at Scituate Light
Mr T and Mr B at Scituate Light
Scituate Harbor Breakwater and Massachusetts Bay
A part of Scituate's rich history
The entrance to Scituate Harbor from the south
A view of Old Scituate Light
Bruce and Gary at Scituate Harbor
Harbor front residences, Scituate
Gary and Bruce at Lawson Tower, Scituate (Lawson Tower is a historic tower built in the style of a European castle turret. It is located off First Parish Road in Scituate.Standing 153 feet tall with 123 steps to the top, the tower was built in 1902 by multimillionaire Boston businessman Thomas W. Lawson to cloak a 276,000-gallon water tank across from his "Dreamwold" estate.Lawson commissioned the Meneely Bell Foundry of West Troy, New York, to install ten bells at the top of the tower. These bells range in size from three hundred to three thousand pounds. This chime system was originally designed to be played either from the bell room eighty feet above the ground or on the console of the clavier room.)
Lawson Tower (The Scituate Water Company stopped using the tank in 1988. The tower is listed as both an American Water Landmark and in the National Register of Historic Places. It has become a popular tourist site, featuring sweeping views of the South Shore, Old Scituate Light, Minot's Ledge Light and the nearby First Trinitarian Congregational Church.)
Fall colors, Scituate
Gary on Cohasset Common
Cohasset Common
The Unitarian Universalist Church, Cohasset Common
Mr B on Cohasset Common
Little Harbor, Cohasset
Beach Road, Cohasset
Atlantic Avenue Bridge, Cohasset
Where Little Harbor empties into the Atlantic, Cohasset
Cohasset
Atlantic Avenue Bridge, Cohasset
Where Little Harbor empties into the Atlantic, Cohasset
Where Little Harbor empties into the Atlantic, Cohasset
Fall colors, Cohasset
The boys chilling with cocktails in the conservatory at Georgia's and Tom's
Cocktails and Hors d'oeuvres at Chez Carroll
Dinner Chez Carroll, Cohasset
Dinner Chez Carroll, Cohasset
Dinner Chez Carroll, Cohasset
Dawn breaks over Windy Hill on College Football Gameday
Heading into Jillian's for a inside "Tailgate", Boston near Fenway Park
Chillin' at Jillian's
Ben and Rich at Jillian's
Britt contemplates the  future Irish victory at Jillian's
Mike, Emma and Rick at Jillian's
Watching the Ohio State-Michigan State game at Jillian's. Sparty upsets the Buckeyes
Willy at Jillian's
Britt at Jillian's
Rich, Peter and Ben at Jillian's. Peter organized this terrific pre-game party
Mr B and Mr B
Game Faces
More Game Faces
Tom and Britt at Jillian's
Even more Game Faces
Ben, Tom and Rich at Jillian's
Mike, Tom, Rick and Emma at Jillian's
A great venue for pre-game festivities
Lansdowne Street action near Fenway Park before the game
Lansdowne Street behind Fenway Park.
An historic visit by the Irish to an historic and hallowed venue
Officer O'Toole exclaims "Here Come the Irish"!
The Boston Police escort the ND Cheerleaders and Band down Lansdowne Street
Officer Clancy says " Get that lens out of my face and Go Irish!"
ND's Cheerleaders entering Fenway
The Irish Guard on the march into Fenway
The Irish Guard on the march into Fenway
The Band of the Fighting Irish swarming into Fenway Park
The Band of the Fighting Irish with a Boston Police escort
ND Band
A spirited ND Band
ND Band march down Lansdowne
Billboard across from Fenway Park
Billboard across from Fenway Park
Fenway Park
The Shamrock Series comes to Boston
Deshone
The Green Monster
The Green Monster
The Irish in their Shamrock Series uniforms
BK back home in Boston
The Irish
BK
The Shamrock Series comes to Beantown
The Shamrock Series comes to Beantown
The BC Eagles
A young lad ready to cheer on the Irish
The BC Eagle
WE ARE!
ND!
BC Fans. Britt and Tom sat adjacent to the BC section
Pre-game at Fenway
The Band of the Fighting Irish prepare to march
The Eagles head into the visitors locker room
Fenway's classic pressbox
The Band of the Fighting Irish on Fenway's hallowed turf
The Band of the Fighting Irish
The Band of the Fighting Irish
The Band of the Fighting Irish
The Irish Guard
A tribute to Doug Flutie's parents who sadly passed away on the same day three days before the game (Despite his huge loss, Doug Flutie did the ND-BC TV broadcast on NBC)
While the ND Band plays America the beautiful
While the ND Band plays America the beautiful
Old Glory drapes the Green Monster as the ND band plays the National Anthem. (ND ROTC cadets at attention.)
The Irish Guard stand tough under the Stars and Stripes
A stirring scence
The Band of the Fighting Irish
ND Cheerleaders
His Eminence says "Go Irish"
The Leprechuan
The Irish emerge from the Red Sox dugout
In force
Here come the Irish!
Here come the Irish!
The Eagles take the field
The BC Eagle
BC's cheerleaders
The coin toss
ND's iconic "Play Like a Champion Today"
The Golden Helmets at Fenway
Freshman Running back, Josh Adams
An iconic venue
Game action
Wide Receiver CJ Sanders makes a cut in the open field
Big Papi insisted that ND's Tori Hunter Jr., son of his old Twins Teammate, use his Fenway locker
After ND's first tochdown
Because of the gridiron configuration both teams were on the same sideline
The Irish band and Shamrock Series uniform
BC's Band Leader
Eagles on offense
A stuffed run up the gut
The combined BC and ND Bands play a Fenway Anthem,"Sweet Caroline"
The BC Band
The Irish Guard on Fenway's turf
Amir Carlisle on a punt return
Regis says "We need to give Boston College the beating they deserve"
Chris Brown snatches the ball from a BC defender in the end zone. This play won the game.
Fenway panorama
Britt tries to stay warm
Game over. Irish win....barely.

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