Inside HBS » breakfast http://www.insidehbs.com Harvard Business School, MBA Blog Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:15:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Fort Independence Park http://www.insidehbs.com/fort-independence-park/ http://www.insidehbs.com/fort-independence-park/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:38:39 +0000 rob http://www.insidehbs.com/?p=348 Continue reading →]]> The first beautiful weekend of the year!  Weekends like this help me appreciate Boston.  After a long and dreary winter, it’s wonderful to lay out in the sun and feel like you’re in someplace with bearable weather.  Along the drive to Fort Independence, you pass through South Boston (Southie?).  We stopped in at the Sidewalk Cafe which has, quite possibly, the BEST breakfast sandwiches I’ve ever had in my life.  Highly recommended.  Fort Independence itself is a big fort:

The Wind-Blocking Walls

The Wind-Blocking Walls

I can’t really say all that much about the history, but the star-shape offers nice stretches of grassy field that are blocked from the wind!  That’s the essential element for not freezing in Boston.

We lazed around for a while and enjoyed our high-calorie breakfast sandwiches, the sun, and a few cases.  While everyone talks about reading cases on car trips and in parks, as much as I’ve tried, I’ve never been able to do that very effectively.  Regardless, it was a beautiful weekend:

Beautiful Vista of the Harbor

Beautiful Vista of the Harbor

100,000 People Agreed

100,000 People Agreed

Oh, and there was one crazy guy trying to swim.  Seriously, the water must be 32.5 degrees F or something.  Weird Northeasterners…

Seriously, Swimming?

Seriously, Swimming?

]]> http://www.insidehbs.com/fort-independence-park/feed/ 0 The Luxurious HBS Dining Hall http://www.insidehbs.com/the-luxurious-hbs-dining-hall/ http://www.insidehbs.com/the-luxurious-hbs-dining-hall/#comments Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:43:56 +0000 rob http://www.insidehbs.com/?p=62 Continue reading →]]> I thought my undergrad dining hall was pretty amazing, but it’s nothing compared to what HBS has.  Hand-rolled sushi, full Starbucks-style coffee bar, rotating gourmet meals, chandelier-clad dining area… they go out of their way to make sure that everything about it oozes prestige and wealth.

Thankfully (and surprisingly), the prices aren’t bad at all!  They must be subsidized to some degree.  In the lower-class “Grille” in the basement, they’ll grill fresh salmon for you with two huge side items for only $6!  I’m not sure you could even buy an equivalent piece of salmon for that price.  Anyway, it’s definitely worth checking out if you ever find yourself in Cambridge area…  Here are some photos from my dinner the other night (a design-it-yourself skillet-cooked pasta combo: cheese tortellini, sausage, spinach, artichokes, tomatoes, and brocolli for $6):

The Salad Bar

The Salad Bar

The Sushi Line

The Sushi Line

The Dining Area

The Dining Area

A Dinner & Case

A Dinner & Case

Oh, did I mention that the breakfast is also fabulous?  I meet my learning team every morning at 7:30 am, and breakfast consists of my choice of: freshly-cut pineapple, strawberries or oatmeal with pecans and walnuts or croissant with egg, cheese, and ham… Mmmmmm… Almost makes it worth waking up that early (but not quite).

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