Baaahstaaan

So, the husband and I drove to Boston last week for my cousin's wedding. As this was my first time in Beantown, I was extremely excited. I adore the east coast.

While on the trip, I learned a few things. 

1. The Bahstan accent is my favorite.
* I would've paid any local $20 just to talk to me.
* Worcester is actually pronounced Wooster.
* One of our servers ended all her questions with "ya?" "Fries, ya?" I'm going to start doing that. Cool, ya?
* I also prefer to say "fahck".
* And, when anything goes wrong, it's now a "wicked pissah".

2. There is a Starbucks on every corner.

3. There is a Dunkin' Donuts on every other corner.
* Seriously, there were 2 Dunkin' Donuts not one mile from each other (same of the Starbucks). Makes you wonder why you'd pick one over the other. Or why you can't walk an extra 500 feet to get your donut. Are Bostonians lazy? And, if they are, do they really need more donuts?

4. The oldest continuously operated bar in the United States is in Boston. We went there. Beat that.

5. The person who developed the streets of Boston was smoking crack.
* You have to go in circles to get to where you want to go. A 2 mile trip takes 20 minutes.
* My brother, whenever driving through a roundabout said, "Hey kids! Big Ben. Parliament." Ironically, National Lampoon's European Vacation was on TV the night before we drove home.
* Bostonians like to honk their horns. (Not that they were honking at us, of course.)

6. We are responsible for all the whales and dolphins that are becoming extinct. I learned this while watching a movie at the Boston aquarium. Yes, I'll take pretty pictures with a side of guilt, ya?
* But, I'll take that with a grain of salt because they believe the plural of fish is fishes. It's fish, isn't it?

7. They offer chowda at every restaurant we went to.
* We ordered chowda at every restaurant we went to.
* We enjoyed chowda at every restaurant we went to.

8. Cape Cod does not have a picture of a fish in a cape. Anywhere.  I looked.

9. While I love the east coast, I am glad I live in the midwest. This was the. most. expensive. trip. Ever.

10. And even though I prefer living in the midwest, we weren't in Boston nearly long enough.