We were down in Boston over the weekend. Got 2 days of sailing in and stayed in the city on Saturday. Might be the last 2 days of sailing this season, so we didn't want to miss the great weather.

We knew about the protestors, we even saw one of them walking along with his sign (although not holding it up since he wasn't with a group). Little did we know there was also a movie being filmed (RIPD). And since it was a holiday weekend there was also a parade. Whew! Add the warm weather and you can see why we were happy to get out on the water and away from the crazy.

I have pics that I haven't uploaded yet.  They aren't very good since they're iphone. Some might be interesting.

The movie seemed to have taken over everything in our part of the city.  I didn't see any of the "stars". This was a good thing as far as I was concerned because there were too many fans hanging around waiting to see their idols. All we wanted was to find a way around the closed streets... get to the hotel, get to Starbucks. It was annoying mostly.

I have never seen so much large equipment all in one place when they aren't trying to fix a road or build something. Blocks and blocks of semis with equipment, all kinds of cranes, lights, fans... they trucked in everything. There were security guards all over, every corner you'd be able to trip over at least one usually more. I was wondering why they were around since they appeared to be more concerned with chatting on phones or talking with friends who stopped by than actually watching anything. I should look into a gig like that.

There are many many many many extra people milling about a movie set. The primary activity appeared to be (once again) standing around and talking. If they all get credited at the end, no wonder it takes 15 minutes just to show all the names. There should be a category called "Best Conversationalist".

Luckily sailing was great. The restaurants and most of the bars were great. The exception was the hotel bar. It had reserved tables... spend level was minimum $60... Okayfine. We left and went down the street to another bar for a last drink. Maybe they made some money on the reserves... maybe the big stars came in later. All we wanted was a last drink and a place to sit. We found it. I mentioned this since the hotel insisted on sending me one of those surveys (how tiresome those are)... I told them it would have been nice if the table charge had been mentioned when the bar was being presented as a place to go at the hotel... I'm guessing nothing will come of that.

In the meantime... speaking of movies. It seems the Zombies are trying to make sure Brad Pitt's new movie does not get filmed.

Police seize weapons from Brad Pitt film

Personally I figured the police were annoyed because the film crew wouldn't let them talk too...

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