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xiphiasSo, I had a bartending gig last night at the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum. (For Fidelity Investments, Canada Division -- quick question for Canadians: in Canada, do you refer to normal whiskey, what we call Canadian whiskey, i.e., Canadian Club, Crown Royal, Seagram's 7, and so forth -- do you guys call that stuff "rye"? Because I was confused by that, in that someone asked for rye. Which, in the United States, is a particular kind of whiskey made with at least 51% rye mash, and the only two brands made are an obscure product line of Wild Turkey, and Old Overholt.)
Anyway, the JFK Library has a shuttle bus which leaves from the JFK/UMass subway station, but I decided that, as it was a nice day, and I am supposed to get exercise anyway, I'd walk it. It's about 9/10 of a mile, totally flat, so it should be easy, right?
Well, I started off walking the wrong way down the street. When I figured that out, I cut across a park to get to the right street, and ended up on a different street. And, when I got back to an appropriate place, I just followed the signs to the place, and went down a different street which took me all the way around Columbia Point (the little peninsula on which the UMass Boston campus and the JFK library sit.)
Walking back to the subway, after the event, I found the correct route, and it was much easier.
But I pulled up Google Earth to figure out what I'd actually walked, and it looked like, on the route there, I walked almost four miles. And on the way back, I walked less than one.
Ah, well -- I needed the exercise, and I always leave enough time to take into account the possibility that I'll walk in the wrong direction and need a chance to figure it out, so I arrived fifteen minutes early, anyway.
My little fruit knife vanished at some point during the prep -- we needed to cut up garnishes, and there were no knives, but I carry a fruit knife for exactly this purpose (also cutting boards, and so forth). So, once again, I saved everyone's butts by being prepared, but the knife itself walked. It cost me something like $2 for a pack of two knives, so that was a $1 loss. My bartending kit was put together on the assumption that things would vanish every once in a while, so I don't regret the knife. I just need to buy another one.
Anyway, the JFK Library has a shuttle bus which leaves from the JFK/UMass subway station, but I decided that, as it was a nice day, and I am supposed to get exercise anyway, I'd walk it. It's about 9/10 of a mile, totally flat, so it should be easy, right?
Well, I started off walking the wrong way down the street. When I figured that out, I cut across a park to get to the right street, and ended up on a different street. And, when I got back to an appropriate place, I just followed the signs to the place, and went down a different street which took me all the way around Columbia Point (the little peninsula on which the UMass Boston campus and the JFK library sit.)
Walking back to the subway, after the event, I found the correct route, and it was much easier.
But I pulled up Google Earth to figure out what I'd actually walked, and it looked like, on the route there, I walked almost four miles. And on the way back, I walked less than one.
Ah, well -- I needed the exercise, and I always leave enough time to take into account the possibility that I'll walk in the wrong direction and need a chance to figure it out, so I arrived fifteen minutes early, anyway.
My little fruit knife vanished at some point during the prep -- we needed to cut up garnishes, and there were no knives, but I carry a fruit knife for exactly this purpose (also cutting boards, and so forth). So, once again, I saved everyone's butts by being prepared, but the knife itself walked. It cost me something like $2 for a pack of two knives, so that was a $1 loss. My bartending kit was put together on the assumption that things would vanish every once in a while, so I don't regret the knife. I just need to buy another one.