Boston, Massachusetts

This past weekend, my mom, sister, and I traveled up to the cold north, ending up in Boston, Massachusetts. The reason for going was because my brother and his band, The Joint Chiefs, were selected by Berklee College of Music to perform in a music showcase, something of high honor.  A lot of famous Berklee alumni, such as James Taylor and John Mayer, were in this showcase while they were students.  Everyone was thrilled that TJC got this opportunity, and so everyone's families went to go see the show.  On our first night there, we had lobster rolls at this delicious dining house called Legal Seafood.  It was so good, I am actually wanting some right now.  The next day, we shopped around Boston, saw some cool graffiti, we even went to this placed called Trident, and they were formally known as the "Dead Author's Club".  It was like a bookstore/poetry cafe/lunch diner.  It was really cool!  Then, the big night came.  We went to this place called the Berklee 939, it was right next to the Boston Fire House, so there were a ton of people! It was packed, and all of the "band families" got to hang out in this backstage room before the show.  It was nice to meet all of these people that my brother and his friends have been talking about since this past summer, and it was cool to see how the band met each other in the first place.  The performance was great, there were so many people and Berklee ended up streaming TJC's performance live on a few websites.  The next day, we did other tourist-y stuff, and then we left to come back home on Sunday.  I am so happy that I got to go back to Boston, and now that I am older, I can definitely see Boston as a possible location for college. I really enjoyed my short, but fun time there, and I definitely look forward to going back!