"Love that dirty water..."

My favourite place in the world?...Boston.  I love the smells, the sounds, the atmosphere, the people, the sports teams, the accent, the hustle and bustle, all of it.   I was born in "Beantown" and raised in a suburb outside the city. There is always a vibrant atmosphere in the city, whether it be in Boston Commons, similar to that of New Yorks Central Park, Fanuiel Hall, the Italian North End, or Harvard Square.  Since I have moved to Ireland for college, I have only been home during the summers.  These summers have included me regularly driving or taking the boat or train into the city.    

My favourite part of being from Boston is going to Fenway Park in the summer to support the Red Sox.  People cheering and chanting, singing and dancing, the atmosphere is tangible.  You can't go to Fenway without having a very overly priced beer and a 'Fenway Frank'.  Here you can find people screaming 'Yankees Suck!!', regardless of who the Sox are playing, and singing Neil Diamonds 'Sweet Caroline' on the top of their lungs.  Bostonians have such pride for their city and its sports teams. Apart from 2004, the Red Sox had not won the World Series since 1918.  They had suffered from the longest drought in baseball history, known as "The Curse of the Bambino".  After their win in 1918, the Sox sold Babe Ruth to rival team New York Yankees.  This triggered the 86 year losing streak.  Throughout all of this, Sox fans stuck by their team and still had more pride and spirit than that of the winning teams.  In 2004, when the curse was broken, there was pandamonium.  It was like nothing I've ever seen before, people everywhere were celebrating and rejoicing. 

Here is a little quote on Bostonians...

"We don't pronounce our R's. We call garbage cans barrels, liquor stores packies, a water fountain a bubbla, turn signals blinkas and milkshakes frappes. We root for a team that loses more than it wins and Ted Williams is the greatest hitter. To us, any place West of Route 128 is the boonies and the Cape is a little piece of Heaven down here on Earth. We yell, "YANKEES SUCK!" when the Red Sox are playing the Tigers. We are Bostonians and wicked proud of it!"

GO SOX!!!!