Last week, the public gardens were full of people dressed for prom.
I just love that I can walk anywhere in the city and witness stories unfolding. Why make plans? Just pick a direction and go.
I'm not sure if prom-photos in the garden is an annual tradition, or if it was just a nice day for them to get some pictures in the sunshine before the special dance. It seemed more like a spontaneous thing - like everyone had the same idea on the same day.
It was just a coincidence that I decided to detour through the gardens on my walk that day. But I wasn't the only one taking pictures.
(Can you spot both the photographers in the next photo?)
Nor was I the only one checking out the "scenery."
It wasn't just the ladies who looked nice. A few of the gents were dressed up too. Some even had their expensive corsages out, boxes awkwardly held so that they could be quickly sealed and cooled again until needed that evening.
(I am not ashamed to admit that I love that guy's shoes.)
I felt for the guys, though. It was pretty hot out, and all those black heavy suits couldn't have been comfortable. This was one day where something a bit more revealing was more weather-appropriate. (Although walking around in those sandals can't be easy for the women, either. The sacrifices we make for beauty!)
My own high school experience was a mixed bag, but I have to say I un-ironically loved prom. I went to three. It helped that we had our own oddball circle of friends and could be comfortable dressing up as much as we wanted - or not.
It was a pretty square scene in those days. The dance was full of bad music and hormones and people who'd gone to the trouble to make themselves look as gorgeous as they ever had. What's not to like?
Post-prom sleep-overs were held at someone's house, monitored by generous parents who put out lots of food and no booze and then just left us to ourselves. We played board games and no one got pregnant. What do you know?
These days, the post-prom parties are overseen by the schools and monitored as "Lock-Ins." Even at the end of high school, our kids are being taught to celebrate the limits put on their freedom - as if they can only have a good time while under lock and key.
Anyway, that got a little too political. Let's just focus on how good everyone looked on the first beautiful spring day of the year, and hope that everyone had a great time on a night they'll remember for the rest of their lives.
How about you? Did you enjoy your high school prom?
Would you go again, if it were held today?
We used to go there to get high... I guess you know that that bridge is a replica of London Bridge.
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Hah!
I didn't know that about the London Bridge. Cool!
I haven't seen any drinking or drugging in this area. Chinatown, however... It's pretty blatant there.
Things must have been so much different. The combat zone a couple of blocks away, for one thing. And we used to keep a loaded .45 at the store, I've been told. When someone tried to steal the antique scale, the gun was instrumental in getting it back.
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I wonder if the old Intermission Lounge is still up & running. Probably not, it was owned by the Bolero brothers... most of them wound up in Walpole or Concord.
Chinatown was where we used to go eat in the middle of the night... There was one little place that had a big cat that sat in the window- if he was there, we figured it was safe to eat. Someday, I'll tell you the story of "Arnold Miller the cat killer."
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Ugh. That sounds morbid! But fascinating.
Is there anything you'd like me to take a picture of? It might be fun to track down some addresses and share what they look like today.
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I think most of the places I remember probably aren't there anymore. Let me think on this for a bit and maybe I'll come up with something. The Intermission was on Washington st I think in the Combat Zone. I used to play in a band there, we were kind of the house band at a gangster bar.
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Hmm. There is an Intermission Tavern on Tremont Street.
I'm trying to work out if it's the same building as show in this vintage picture.
If so, I walk within a hundred feet of it every day. I was just interested to learn (Wikipedia) that Lagrange street, where I took my picture of the construction site, used to be the epicenter of prostitution in the city.
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Now that's the Intermission I remember. The second floor above The Scene was Bruno Bolero's "office" where we used to fence stolen stuff. Bruno's brother Duffy's girlfriend took a shine to me when we were playing there, so for safety's sake I didn't go back!
Lagrange St is long. It runs down by the projects on the JP/Roxbury line. The BPD detectives used to have a bar there with a back room that rivaled Jordan Marsh. You could buy anything there- I got my girlfriend a full-length fox fur coat for $100.
Ah the memories of a life of crime!
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Hah!
I didn't know that about the London Bridge. Cool!
I haven't seen any drinking or drugging in this area. Chinatown, however... It's pretty blatant there.
Things must have been so much different. The combat zone a couple of blocks away, for one thing. And we used to keep a loaded .45 at the store, I've been told. When someone tried to steal the antique scale, the gun was instrumental in getting it back.
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Hah!
I didn't know that about the London Bridge. Cool!
I haven't seen any drinking or drugging in this area. Chinatown, however... It's pretty blatant there.
Things must have been so much different. The combat zone a couple of blocks away, for one thing. And we used to keep a loaded .45 at the store, I've been told. When someone tried to steal the antique scale, the gun was instrumental in getting it back.
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I'd love the opportunity to people watch a prom photoshoot. I must be getting old, because I find it entertaining watching high school kids interact.
I never did prom myself, it wasn't my scene. I do regret not getting a showy dress and trotting off to a park to have my photo taken. Seems like a milestone of some sort :)
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