{"id":3312,"date":"2017-10-13T11:00:44","date_gmt":"2017-10-13T15:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/?p=3312"},"modified":"2017-10-12T21:53:56","modified_gmt":"2017-10-13T01:53:56","slug":"megan-my-favorite-place-in-boston-is-a-rock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/2017\/10\/13\/megan-my-favorite-place-in-boston-is-a-rock\/","title":{"rendered":"Megan: My Favorite Place in Boston is a Rock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My favorite place in Boston is a rock.<\/p>\n<p>Now, it isn\u2019t just any rock, in fact, you have to do a little bit of traveling to get there. You start the journey at the entrance to the Long Wharf, by the Marriott hotel and Faneuil Hall.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/comblog\/files\/2017\/10\/DSC_0167-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"307\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/files\/2017\/10\/DSC_0167-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/files\/2017\/10\/DSC_0167-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/files\/2017\/10\/DSC_0167-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Follow the wharf down until you approach the water\u2026<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/comblog\/files\/2017\/10\/DSC_0169-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"307\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/files\/2017\/10\/DSC_0169-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/files\/2017\/10\/DSC_0169-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/files\/2017\/10\/DSC_0169-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And, once you\u2019ve reached the far-right end of the wharf, you have reached my favorite place in all of Boston to be: The rock right on the corner.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/comblog\/files\/2017\/10\/DSC_0170-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"307\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/files\/2017\/10\/DSC_0170-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/files\/2017\/10\/DSC_0170-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/files\/2017\/10\/DSC_0170-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It boasts some pretty incredible views of the Boston Harbor:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/comblog\/files\/2017\/10\/DSC_0173-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"307\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/files\/2017\/10\/DSC_0173-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/files\/2017\/10\/DSC_0173-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/files\/2017\/10\/DSC_0173-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And the wharf it is connected to has some pretty insane history too. It dates all the way back to 1710, and is the oldest still-used wharf in the city.<\/p>\n<p>But, beyond that, this is my happy place in the city (I know what you\u2019re thinking, a rock?!). Whenever I have a day or few hours to myself, I am most definitely going to end up sitting on this rock looking out into the harbor.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/comblog\/files\/2017\/10\/DSC_0174-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"307\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/files\/2017\/10\/DSC_0174-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/files\/2017\/10\/DSC_0174-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/files\/2017\/10\/DSC_0174-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes I get there by walking basically the entire length of Boston from BU to the wharf, and sometimes I\u2019m already downtown for my internship and am just on lunch break. But, no matter what, my explorations always lead me back here.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/comblog\/files\/2017\/10\/DSC_0180-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"307\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/files\/2017\/10\/DSC_0180-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/files\/2017\/10\/DSC_0180-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/files\/2017\/10\/DSC_0180-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve done a little bit of thinking about this, why this is the <em>spot<\/em> I always make it back too. For the one thing, I love being close to water (maybe it\u2019s because I\u2019m a water sign, or maybe it\u2019s because I\u2019ve lived close to large bodies of water my whole life), but it also shows me how much life is happening around me in Boston at all times.<\/p>\n<p>From my spot, I can watch airplanes take off from Logan, listen to tour guides on the harbor boats talk about Boston, and witness a photoshoot or two for Instagram. I\u2019ve sat at my rock and done homework, but I\u2019ve also just sat taking everything in and listening to music, like the one time this summer I sat there for three hours listening to The Great Comet of 1812 soundtrack.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/comblog\/files\/2017\/10\/DSC_0177-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"307\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/files\/2017\/10\/DSC_0177-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/files\/2017\/10\/DSC_0177-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/files\/2017\/10\/DSC_0177-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sitting on my rock provides me an enormous sense of comfort, and I\u2019ve realized just how important it is for me to have a place in the city that really feels like home to me.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/comblog\/files\/2017\/10\/DSC_0172-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"307\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/files\/2017\/10\/DSC_0172-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/files\/2017\/10\/DSC_0172-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/files\/2017\/10\/DSC_0172-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My favorite place in Boston is a rock. Now, it isn\u2019t just any rock, in fact, you have to do a little bit of traveling to get there. You start the journey at the entrance to the Long Wharf, by the Marriott hotel and Faneuil Hall. Follow the wharf down until you approach the water\u2026 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/2017\/10\/13\/megan-my-favorite-place-in-boston-is-a-rock\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Megan: My Favorite Place in Boston is a Rock<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2018,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[44422],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3312"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2018"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3312"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3324,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3312\/revisions\/3324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}