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Monday, May 9, 2022 . I woke at 07:30, dressed, and jogged around the Charles River. It was a bit chilly in the morning - 48 Fahrenheit - but sunny and pleasant. I jogged for about 2 miles and saw several other joggers and bicyclists. In addition, I saw a few Harvard racing sculls (racing rowboats) on the Charles River in 2-, 4-, and 8-person…
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For Mother's Day, Inna made dinner reservations at the modern French Deuxave restaurant in Back Bay, Boston. . . After returning from our weekend trip to Portland, Maine, we rested in our apartment at 334 Harvard Street and ordered an Uber to Deuxave. It was only 2 miles away and took 10 minutes to get there. . . . . When we arrived for our…
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After visiting the deCordova Sculpture Park, we decided to pay our respects to Walden Pond and see the remains of Henry David Thoreau's home there. In about 10 minutes, we drove to the Walden Pond parking lot, where I parked my Infiniti QX50 and purchased parking tickets. . . We walked over to Walden Pond, across the street from the parking lot (too bad there…
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On Sunday, May 8, 2022, on the way from Portland, Maine, we decided to stop by briefly at the deCordova Sculpture Park on the outskirts of Boston. . . When we arrived at the park around 14:50, we waited for about 15 minutes behind a line of cars, also purchasing tickets. We bought tickets (without reservations), though they were expensive ($18/adult, $1/student). . . .…
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On Sunday, May 8, 2022, on the way back to Boston from Portland, Maine, we decided to stop by briefly at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to explore the town and see its best attractions. . . . . . Our first destination was Prescott Park. Once we crossed from Maine to New Hampshire over the Memorial Bridge, we immediately looped around to Prescott Park. Since there…
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While in Boston, Inna and I decided to visit a few famous, nearby destinations in New England. In many tourist guides, Newport, Rhode Island, showed up in the top 10. With that in mind, Inna made hotel reservations in Newport, Rhode Island, and I reserved an Infiniti QX50 car on Turo. . . . . . However, on Friday, May 6 - the day we…
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With Alex attending Northeastern University in Boston and unsure about his return home, Inna and I planned to visit Alex while working from Boston. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, many companies, including our current employers, made working from home (or anywhere in the USA) easy. Instead of taking a vacation to Boston, we decided to live there and experience life as locals.. Inna found a furnished…
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In the past few weeks, I started to feel pain in my right tennis elbow, probably due to playing daily on the AVAC ball machine, using a very stiff racket - a 2015 Babolat Puredrive Play with RPM Blast 16G poly tennis strings. It's a very stiff racket-and-string combination that led to my tennis elbow. . . . . . As I researched ways to…
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On March 30, 2022, I finally received the Tesla Model Y, which I had ordered on September 21, 2021, with the following options: . . White paint. Black interior . . Tow Hitch (for attaching mountain bike racks). . . . The Tesla Model Y was dropped off at around 4:00pm on March 30, 2022. I was contacted a few days before my delivery and…
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With Alex's week of Spring Break ending, Inna made dinner reservations at Naschmarkt - our favorite local Austrian restaurant in Campbell. . . . . . After parking our Sienna minivan in the garage, we walked to Naschmarkt. Campbell was quite lively, and all the restaurants were busy. There was plenty of live music, and the mood was cheerful. . . . . . We…
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