As I’m getting increasingly settled in Boston, I’m trying to find balance between fun playtime activities and all the logistical stuff that needs to get taken care of after a move. Lucky for me, a lot of the logistics stuff has turned out to be pretty fun too.
To start…a trip to a car show! No, this was in no way part of moving logistics since I am not in the market for an extremely expensive classic car. But it was fun! Throughout the summer, the Larz Anderson Auto Museum in Brookline has been hosting car shows. Each week, there is a different theme and cars are displayed on the museum’s lawn. Noah likes cars and I like it when he tells me things about cars, so we went to an Italian car show there!
There sure were a lot of cars! There was a whole section of Ferraris that seemed to be getting a lot of attention…
I recognized the name of this car right away from doing crosswords…
I was interested in the crazy door action on this car, but Noah said he prefers a more classic look:
There were a lot of Fiats at the show as well, but this one caught our eye in particular:
This car was built for Gianni Agnelli, the chairman of Fiat. The car was designed because Agnelli wanted a car that he could carry aboard his yacht, so he needed something small, light, and that could be easier lowered off the boat and used for transportation on land. This car – a Fiat Jolly – was the result, and less than 400 were made between 1958 and 1969! They were sold only briefly in the U.S., so they are very rare here. Check out the inside!:
We also went furniture shopping! This was, obviously, a matter of necessity (#no furniture #movingin5days), but it ended up being a lot of fun. 🙂 We went to two stores (so far), but we’re planning on going to at least a couple more places before making a decision. For this shopping excursion, we ventured out to Natick because there were two big furniture places we wanted to check out there: Bob’s and Jordan’s.
We went to Bob’s first and spent about an hour sitting on various couches and asking sales people information about delivery, fees, etc.
Bob’s had some stuff I really liked (especially this extra wide chair that was soooo comfortable)…
…but there was also some stuff that was pretty gaudy. Leather couches with cupholders? No, thank you.
Jordan’s, however, was quite the experience. First of all, the store is on top of a big hill that seems to overlook the rest of the town, so even when we were at Bob’s, Jordan’s was literally looming over us. When we made our way up the hill to go to the store, even the outside was way beyond expectation. It kept going…
and going….
and going….
Noah said it best, “This is the Taj Mahal of furniture stores.”
Inside, there were more surprises:
What is that?!?!
It seems as though the inside of this Jordan’s has a New Orleans theme. And an IMAX Theater. And an escalator where paintings of paparazzi “take” your picture (complete with camera flashes and shouting). No big deal.
After the initial shock of our surroundings, we looked around at furniture. That endeavor, however, proved to be no less overstimulating.
Wow – what a store. The search for furniture continues, but I think it’s pretty likely we’re going to return to Jordan’s furniture warehouse (cheaper priced furniture) for a couch. Stay tuned!
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