Urban Dare

Today my friend Robin and I competed in "Urban Dare" - basically a one day version of The Amazing Race through Boston. I love The Amazing Race, and have always harbored a secret dream to go on the show. However, I also know I would be THE WORST PLAYER EVER due to several factors, including (but not limited to): My complete lack of a sense of direction, my lack of driving, my inability to speak any other languages, my impulsivity, my inability to read a map, and my low tolerance for frustration. I figured this was a good way to ease into it (although there was a clue that involved Spanish - arrrgh!) I knew it would be a good time, and it was.

We started at noon - Robin and I recycled portions of our costumes from the Avon Walk (why let perfectly good mesh gloves go to waste?)



We did not win the costume portion of the race - some guys in kilts did. Oh well.

We had a list of about 14 clues we had to solve. Once solved we had to figure out what order was best to do them in, how best to get there (running, the subway, etc. No taxis allowed), and then run all around either taking pictures at each location or completing tasks.

Here we are with General Patton's feet:



And me performing a task (involving getting through a plate of whipped cream with no hands to find the piece of bubble gum and then successfully blowing a bubble - bizarre). The guy in the statue is the inventor of Pullman sleeping cars...learn something new every day.




It was really, really fun. We didn't come close to winning. We had an unecessary detour to Brookline (don't ask, it wasn't pretty), got off at the wrong T stop once because we were talking and missed our stop, and never did find the Plaza named for Luis Minoz Marin(anyone????), but we consider this our "training year". Next year we will know what to expect, come armed with better maps, and see what we can do.