June 13, 2004
Up On the Roof
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Mark at the bookstore hooked me up with a ticket to sit in the new right-field roof seats at Fenway. So there I was yesterday, watching the Sox and Dodgers from high above the field.
The bad stuff: the Sox got clobbered. And I clearly hadn't been in the sun for two years, and had forgotten about the existence of sunscreen. So I spent four hours doing my impression of a Kenny Rogers Roaster, and now I look eerily like Lobsterboy. Oh well.
The good stuff: it's an amazing new view of the park. You sit at a table (there are standing room seats up there, too) and get waiter service - the tickets are 100 bucks a pop, but each table gets $100 worth of complimentary food and drinks (water! lots of water!). We thought about getting 33 bags of peanuts, but cooler heads prevailed. I got a steak-tip sandwich, ice cream, and lots of cold beverages.
And I confirmed that I now live easy-walking-distance from Fenway. The first couple of pics above are from the stroll; over the Mass Av. Bridge, and down Comm Av through Kenmore. Fenway on an amazing sunny afternoon is as good as it gets. Even if the Dodgers hit 172 home runs.
Posted by michaelf at June 13, 2004 11:26 PM | TrackBack
