Walk to Haymarket via Fenway, Opening Day

On Friday, a pleasant April day - not too hot, not too cold - desperately needing to get my head out of my computer, also badly in need of some physical exercise - I decided to just head down Beacon Street and keep walking. I had Haymarket in mind - Boston's historic, open-air market that runs every Friday and Saturday - but was not sure whether I would walk the whole thing or jump on the T for part of it. I did end up walking - down Beacon, with a stopover at Fenway park (with opening day festivities in full swing); continuing down Commonwealth, through the public gardens and over to Charles Street, where I stopped for a slice of pizza at The Upper Crust. From Charles Street, I worked my way past MGH, the Old West Church, and through Government Center to Haymarket. Kind of a long walk for my first day out, but I loved it. On my way home, I made it as far as the Arlington Street T stop, where I hopped on and rode the rest of the way. This was a great day - just what the doctor ordered (and a major element of this walk/shoot therapy, of course, involved my being plugged into my iPod for the majority of the afternoon, providing myself with my own soundtrack - a shuffled mix - and tuning out the garbage.

Here are a few favorites from yesterday (with more here).