Thanks to all who donated for the PKD walk, which went pretty well, good weather (bright sun, cool to warm as the morning progressed) and good friends to walk with, but the pre-walk speechifying wasn't so hot.

You can see the route here, as we walked the stretches of Soliders Field Road and Greenough Boulevard bounded by the two bridges at the northeast and southwest cornerns of the map. It may not be the best route for a charity walk, given that we were stuck to the sidewalk on the bridges and for a decent length of Greenough we were walking on the shoulder of the road. Perhaps as it gets more established it'll get a better spot.

Not that they could have had the Esplanade, as it was booked for the weekend for some blues festival. I note this because, as is becoming standard practice for Hatch Shell shows they're closing down a lane of traffic by the Shell for parking. Because why would you need all the lanes of the city's most important east-west arterial road on a weekend?

We got stuck in that traffic on Saturday, as we were meeting friends for dinner, after which the wives took in the So You Think You Can Dance tour, leaving the husbands to hang out and watch sports. A fair trade for all involved. This also allowed me to see the continuing gentrification of BU's West Campus, between the now closed Store 24 and the Coldstone Creamery that's where the Korean place (former Mrs. Wilson's for those of you who go back as far as I do) used to be. The McDonald's has been closed for a while, but I can't say I lament that. At least not until it becomes a Starbucks or something.

Not much else to note from the weekend. Watched lots of football, but I bore you enough with that during the week.