Dear Birthday Gods and/or Santa,

For said dog....

[i'm from Chicago - this is allowed]

[should say "Lu" on the name and "13" for the number :)]

[in no particular order - unless I can only have one..... in which case: DOG!!]

I Willed the Bruins to Win Last Night

Uh huh :)

I did this through the cunning use of my awesome Bostonness....

Observe my Monday night:

Now, to the untrained Boston eye, this might look like.... a regular night after work??

NO, WRONG, FALSE, NEIN!!!

This is me supporting my hockey team as they were about to fight the Canucks later that night.... I started early...

First, I got home and immediately put on my Bruins shirt

Then I walked to the Pru to get me some well deserved New England grub

Now when these two powers combine on a lazy Monday - the Bruins obviously WIN

They are now tied to WIN the coveted Stanley Cup

So, your welcome Boston, no worries, I'll be sure to pull the same routine Wednesday night

We're Gonnu Win This!

GO BRUINS!!!!!

Interning in my Favorite City

So guys, in March I applied for this stellar internship in Boston.

I was sooooo nervous I wouldn't get one so I applied for five :)

I got interviews and throughout them I knew there was one that was my most favorite.... which is cheeky of me, but oh well...

I GOT THAT ONE!!!

You are looking at the summer Intern for TMC Youth organization, specifically in the Mary Baker Eddy Library - I get to work on various types of research projects [what what?!? playtime :)], reading [SHA! I'm getting paid to read sometimes], and other curatorial projects that I'm pretty jazzed about :)

Here's me in my first real day of work outfit:

[not good quality, sorry!]

Just a little black v-neck action, grey pencil skirt, black tights with little dots, flats, and my new first day of work headband [it's neon pink and I like it!]

Mondays are short, Mondays are nice :) its been a great Monday!

In terms of living space, I couldn't ask for better roommates, in a better building, with a better view:

Softball field....

Museum of Fine Arts...

That pretty much covers ALL of my interests in one go - baseball and art :)

Plus Fenway is a couple blocks away, Au Bon Pains are all over, Dunkin Donuts pop up where ever I go, Cappy's II has good cheap pizza slices, Paradise Bakery is a short walk away [ohh, I need to restock my cookie...... stock?], I'm getting me some chowdah tonight!!!

......As you might have noticed, I'm quite food-centric, meaning my days revolve around what I'm eating next..... I literally go to sleep stoked that I get to wake up soon and eat breakie :) and a good healthy portion of Doug and I's skype convos are about the things we've eaten lately - he's been having a lot of Frenchy French bread and brie and grapes for his meals, that little!! He KNOWS thats my favorite thing to eat [thank God I got me some from ABP today for lunch!]

Before this gets incredibly too long [too late??] I'm gonnu go have some Boston fun :)

PS: How awesome was the Red Sox SPANKING the Blue Jays all weekend and the freakin' Yankees before that??? I think Boston likes me being here ;) I can feel it...

"We're the DANCERS"

Doug and I went to Spring Formal this year! 

After weeks and weeks of thinking I wouldn't get a date ;) Doug finally asked me on Friday [the dance was on Saturday...] in a very cool way, hint: it featured the song "Final Countdown" and Doug changing into "dance attire" behind a wall of smoke like it was magic!! It was very cool. 

[ps: we're not serious.... this is neither how we pose nor smile]

The day of lead-up was very relaxing - Doug had a rugby game, I took a nap....

I also miraculously found something to do with my silly short hair so that it would look good with my crazy long dress. Also, we meant for Doug to wear green - to show my Irish pride and not match perfectly like we do on accident every other day.

[huh - my hair's not as big as that back shadow makes it look....]

[out on the field!]

So! THE DANCE:

It was at bloody Busch Stadium!! 

Like you all saw me geek out art history style last post - this was me geeking out baseball style. It was amazing. The venue was in a large banquet room midlevel. We were able to go out into the stands, sit on the seats, check out the views [the architects of the new field were very nice to give us such a large opening in the outfield to see the city] and eat lots of great food [red velvet cake! tortellini, lemon tarts, a carving station with roast beef!!]

The other sweet perk was that we got to go on free tours of the stadium.... which led to an unintentionally embarrassing moment due to the amount of pictures I was taking out of pure excitement

I'll accompany this story with pictures:

So the tour guide brought us here and told us that these were the changes made to the cardinal logo over the years

Everyone was standing ten feet back

But not me!! 

I thought "woah cool" and subtly tried to take better pictures.....

Of every. single. tile. 

The worst of it is that I was crouching.... as if that made me invisible to the crowd of 40 people behind me. Oi :). 

We had fun

This is me high-fiving Doug after I hit a GrandSlam Home Run...

This is me being Tony LaRussa....

This is what it would look like if Doug and I played in the Pro's... and in formal wear...

This is us fighting - Doug's the Ump, I'm the irate coach kicking dirt at him :)

This is us cheering from the front row [those seats were SOOO nice]

Haha ......[No description necessary]

Oh he's good :)

I mean come on - the RED SOX have been here!!  I was like a kid on her "Make-a-Wish"

Presidents of the United States have stayed in this room!

That's Harry Caray!!

Look at this....

This isn't just grass - this is Professional Major League baseball grass

and when they told us not to touch it - I DIDN'T TOUCH IT!! It was so hard, I mean I wasn't even that compliant in the Egyptian section of the MFA in Boston [the absence of a "Do Not Touch" sign means "Touch Me!" in teenager-Lucia-language] I'm maturing!

MODEL PHOTO SESH!!!

Let's Play:

"How Many Times Doug Photo Bombed Lucia During the Tour"

One

TWO

 THREE [this counts]

 God Doug! FOUR!!

 FIVE - he had to run fast to get in on this one

 SIX

And Seven

He's really lucky I love him so gosh darn much :)

If you couldn't tell - we had a fantastic time - everyone looked so debonair and beautiful that night

College memories are the best

Until Homecoming!!