2008 December at retrofocus ramblings.

For some unknown reason I’m sitting at the computer ripping a few old VHS tapes into MPEG format using EyeTV. This is taking some real time, so I got to thinking….

Drove over to Patriot Place in Foxborough a bit earlier this evening. The snow cover on the roads was pretty mixed. It was obvious that plows had been around, but the pavement was by no means black. With flurries still falling I was interested to see what the crowd was like at this new “lifestyle center” outside mall.

After a quick stop at the ATM to deposit a check I walked around for a few minutes. This is an outdoor mall, it’s pretty cold out if it’s snowing. At one point I waited for five women toting Victoria Secret bags to cross in front of me. There was only one relatively safe place to walk and they filled it for a moment. Moving over to the crowded Bass Pro Shop I discovered something amazing. It’s a huge store, no doubt, but they have opened a restaurant inside the store. The menu looked to be standard pub fare, but as I looked into the place I could see the typical stack of booze bottles behind the bar. Amazing.

When did it be come normal practice to hand out liquor licenses to outdoor stores? Jeepers, Bass Pro only seems to have 10,000 different styles of fishing rods and 100,000 different lures. Love the big aquarium in there, however, that whole forest scene in the middle of the place is cool.

That said, Patriot Place is rife with places to get a drink. Now late December with snow falling might not be the perfect time to do this but I propose a Patriot Place Pub Crawl when the time is right. Start at CBS Scene, and head South. There’s at least 7 different places that serve – including Bass Pro – and a free shuttle that takes you from one end of the complex to the other.

Could be fun.

Way more fun that editing video clips from the past!

Written by j.

December 20th, 2008 at 11:20 pm

Posted in personal,thoughts