Reply #76: I will try.

[TayTay]

I can have my husband call in some favors, though the WELCOME thread had a person check in with more pull than I have.

I would, in all seriousness, contact the Friends of John Kerry PAC and tell them our intent. After all, we are friends of John Kerry and we would like to meet with him. He's not that hard of a guy to get to, it's not like he's the Pope or something. If we get 12 people or more, you can get the deluxe Welcome to Boston, 'we heard about you through the DNC Convention and we would like to be pampered' treatment that they promised us would happen if we were nice to visitors last summer and didn't run anyone over. Might work.

I can also give you the exclusive guide to how to talk like a Bostonian. Otherwise, you won't understand a word I'm saying. It usually comes out like this:

Sentah Kehree lives in Bawstan on Beekon Hill. He has a big frickin' house up theyah somewhayah. He nevah pahks his cah anywheyah neyah Hahvud Squayah, cuz it would get towed. (Senator Kerry lives in Boston on Beacon Hill. He has a large residence up there somewhere. He never parks his car anywhere near Harvard Square as it would be towed away rather quickly.)

Trust me, you need this. And for some reason, people usually want lobsters. Can't stand them myself, I think of them as sea cockroaches but visitors do seem to like the creatures. Let me know, I will arrange to get some. Just found out one of my nephews has a friend whose Dad is a lobsterman. Fresh smelly things.