Palace Meets Opolis

Palace Meets Opolis, originally uploaded by andebos.

The sixth stop along the Boston Bar Tour was a quaint place named Solas on Boylston. Bowman and I had been there before to discuss Mountatins Beyond Mountains last spring. This stop was especially unique as our old friend Brooks was in town for the weekend. Spending time with Brooks is always a fun time and it's sad to see her return to the barren waste land of the Springs....

The highlight of the evening came at the very end. Several of us are walking and we eventually came to where our paths split. At this point Brooks took the opportunity to tell us how blessed she had been by our friendships during certain seasons of her life, especially Sam as he and her had lunch frequently to discuss life. As Brooks is hitting the very sentimental, heart touching point in her talk, saying how we were always there for her no matter what - and would drop everything to be there, Sheryl notices the crosswalk is now signaling walk and says, "oh, let's go" and proceeds to leave and start crossing, leaving the remainder of us dumb struck and staring with mouths wide open....apparently she thought we were all headed that way and could continue the conversation as we stroll, the sentimentalism and "I'll always be there for you" was no doubt broken by uproars of laughter as we're there for one another, at least until the sign says we can leave - good times as ever with Mrs. B. Anderson!