I am not sold on big fireworks displays. For the last 5 years my sister and her family has trudged down to the Museum of Science to watch the Boston Independence Day fireworks display from roof of their parking garage. I went with them last year and I must say the experience was disappointing. This was the year that the Boston Pops concert was being simulcast by CBS and not A&E. There were commercial breaks and the fireworks were not until around 10:00. There were mostly young families on the roof and my sister had a 6 and 3 year old of our own to deal with. We were all very grumpy and the whole experience was a downer for all. So we will not be going this year.
This year we went to the local fireworks display. Okay, the show lasted just 15 minutes and there was no live orchestra. They were shot over the high school practice fields and there were maybe only 2-3 thousand people around. They were nothing fancy, just plain old fireworks. But, we were about 500 ft from the launch area, you could feel the concussion from explosions. They started on time at 9:30, we could walk back to my sister’s house in 10 minutes. The kids were asleep by 10:30, in their own beds and not their car seats. Add on a wonderful dinner prepared by my sister and brother-in-law and in the kids and a perky friend of my sister and you has a wonderful day. Not decided yet if I will venture the crowds this evening. That though is better done without kids. I’m starting to see why people move to the suburbs when they have families.
