Why Beantown to D.C.?

Let me start off by saying that I should be in Japan right now. I've been to Japan three times over the last six years and I was looking forward to my fourth trip. However, stuff happens and I'm in the position of having a great, inspiring journey without sitting in a half-sized plane seat for 14 hours straight. In fact, I think things worked out exactly as they should have.

But why Boston? As a die-hard Yankee fan, Boston has frequently been the object of my...enthusiastic sportsmanship. Also, I consider Boston's 'More Than A Feeling' to be one of the best rock songs ever written. I even dig the cream pie.



However, the two reasons I'm ostensibly going to Boston for are Jamie and JFK. The latter is the reason I took interest in politics at an early age. I grew up thinking the world of President John F. Kennedy and his brothers. I still have a fascination with the Kennedy legacy, though I've come to embrace its complexity. The JFK Presidential Library has been high on the list of places to visit. It will also by my fourth presidential library visited, including Franklin D. Roosevelt's up in Hyde Park, New York, Lyndon B. Johnson's at the University of Texas at Austin and Harry S Truman's in Independence, MO.

Jamie, on the other hand, is not a U.S. president, nor does she have a library and museum. However, I don't have much doubt that she could one day if she wanted to. She is, however, a wonderful friend and former co-worker. She lives up in Massachusetts and a good portion of this trip is to spend some time with her to catch up.