Archive for October 22nd, 2007
Sawks Win = Free Furniture
It’s not much of a secret that I love the city of Boston. In fact, if I could find one reasonable excuse, I’d dump as much stuff as I could fit into my car and move there tomorrow. There are a lot of reasons for this but the top 3 are:
1) The sports vibe. New York City is a fun sports town, but the it’s almost a detriment to have so many people and so many teams. We have to deal with 2 baseball teams, 2 football teams, 3 hockey teams, and 2 basketball teams. With so many people and so many choices, people aren’t as in to the teams here as they are in Boston. They also loathe the Yankees as much as I do.
2) It’s still considered a city, but it has just enough small-town backwardness to make a guy who grew up in the suburbs comfortable. New Englanders are like southerners: unless you go back 9 generations you just aren’t one of them.
3) The fact that the city pays like NYC, but you can get 2 bedroom apartments on a subway line for less than $2k, and a whole townhouse for $400k.
Back in April, I was out visiting The Big Show. Baseball season had just started and Sawks fever was in full force. At one point, we were watching television and a commercial came on for a local furniture store. The gimmick was thus: buy whatever you want… if the Red Sox win the World Series, it’s yours free.
The Big Show and I looked at each other and shared a “that is AWESOME!!!” moment.
Turns out, it wasn’t a joke and the guy is standing behind the promotion.
God, I love that town.