boston week: part one!

[thewonderkitten.livejournal.com]

Welcome to Boston, Massachusetts! We hope you've found your accommodations to your liking. It's Christmas week, so the streets are bustling along nicely, the trees are up, and decorations line Faneuil Hall. No snow just yet, but we hope you like the 30°F weather! (Might want to bundle up.)

Even around this time of year, there's much to be done in the city -- take a gander at some of the potential attractions on your brochure and get out there to go enjoy the sights!

((Host note: I'm starting the week off easy with a general RP, but come Wednesday, expect a new post with -- gasp -- tasks! Unfortunately, I just won't be a stable enough presence to maintain what I have planned until then. So for now, get settled in and have fun!

Feel free to go all around the city -- I've outlined/summarized some key areas to hit up in the list up there. If you're stumped on somewhere to go, hit up the mod thread and I'll make sure to point you in the right direction!))

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_eyesofpride_/]

*smiles and nods*

Mmhmm. The harvest ceremony was kind of like Thanksgiving, I think. We just had a larger dinner, except it was earlier, when the kids would go off to school. And the first warm day of spring, lots of kids would go out and go swimming in the lake.

*his cheeks twinge pink and he looks down*

The...the toasting. People in District 12 couldn't really afford big wedding ceremonies, so when they wanted to get married, they would get a loaf of bread and toast it together in a little, personal ceremony. Some merchant people would have a small family ceremony, but you weren't really married until you had a toasting...

-Peeta

[http://users.livejournal.com/_eyesofpride_/]

*nods*

I like swimming too. We should do that when it's warm enough. That will be fun.

*smiles wide, excited*

You want to do that too? Really? I know other people don't do things like that but...it's important to me...Yeah, just the two of us. Kind of saying we are going to share everything from now on and something about the burning fire. Something nice like that.

-Peeta

[http://users.livejournal.com/_eyesofpride_/]

We could! That would be a nice change after this cold weather.

*hums happily, running his hand down her back*

Mmhmm. That's really the point of the toasting...it's not flashy, it's just real simple...intimate. We...we used to make this special bread, a special braided roll, for toastings. It was a special occasion for some people to even have bread at all, so we tried to make something good for them.

-Peeta

[http://users.livejournal.com/_eyesofpride_/]

*looks more excited*

Yeah! I can. I can make any kind of bread we want and just braid it. We usually just made classic Italian roll, but I can do anything. It's easy to break off that way, to make for a nice way to eat it slowly and just talk by the fire.

-Peeta

[http://users.livejournal.com/_eyesofpride_/]

*speaks happily, drumming his fingers against her back*

Well, there's a poppyseed roll, which is almost the same, but with seeds on top. A grain roll, which has some whole grains and a few nuts in it. An onion roll has onions, but just on top usually. Then there's a roll that has berries in it, usually blueberries and raspberries, or just one of each.

-Peeta

[http://users.livejournal.com/_eyesofpride_/]

Yeah! I can. There's a really good bread you can make with cranberries. We don't have cranberries around back home, but cranberries and nuts in the bread are really good. But you have to be careful and watch while it bakes, since the berries and nuts changes the consistency of the dough.

-Peeta

[http://users.livejournal.com/_eyesofpride_/]

*smiles wide, his eyes shinning - he really likes talking about bread*

Yes! Definitely. We can order the best cranberries from wherever they have cranberries. I wonder if we can get fresh walnuts...and then the trick to that bread is to add a hint of orange. That makes it taste absolutely fantastic!

-Peeta

[http://users.livejournal.com/_eyesofpride_/]

Yeah! I can definitely do that. You braid it before you bake it, just like you braid hair.

*goes pink, realizing he's been talking a lot*

Thank you. Sorry...you don't want to hear about bread...

-Peeta

[http://users.livejournal.com/_eyesofpride_/]

*blushes even more*

I like baking...and I like talking about it with you. Or...well, I like telling you about it.

*smiles sweetly and nods*

Mmhmm, I can. Right now? Or do you want all that food first?

-Peeta

[http://users.livejournal.com/_eyesofpride_/]

*sits behind her, running his fingers through her hair*

You may end up looking like bread. Fair warning.

*runs his fingers thoroughly through her hair, just playing with it now*

I love your hair...

-Peeta

[http://users.livejournal.com/_eyesofpride_/]

*he's a little surprised, continuing to fiddle with her hair aimlessly as he thinks*

Oh! Um...yeah, I guess that would be good. It couldn't hurt, bringing in some more money for us.

-Peeta

[http://users.livejournal.com/_eyesofpride_/]

He does? Hmm...

*he finally smooths his finger through her hair, sectioning off three pieces*

Do you...do you think I should paint some happier things to show them? Not just the Arena pictures...oh, and definitely not showing anyone the picture of you.

-Peeta

[http://users.livejournal.com/_eyesofpride_/]

They are powerful, I'll give you that.

*he rolls his eyes, smiling as he begins to braid her hair*

Yeah, a lovely picture of my beautiful girlfriend naked. And the cat, of course. I could paint you not naked? Or maybe I can paint the cat.

-Peeta