We Beat L.A.

Working in downtown Boston as I do, I saw the streets filled with Celtics fans streaming toward the victory parade this morning. I didn't go to the parade because the whole experience doesn't really appeal, but I really like the way that, at least for a couple of days, everybody seems to be friends here in Boston. Though we'll be back to cutting each other off in traffic and flipping each other the bird probably as early as this afternoon, at least for a day and a half, there's been a real feeling of bonhomie in the city. And yes, I did construct that sentence just so I'd have an excuse to say "bonhomie."

And here's another plus--the Celts have been so bad for so long prior to this year that you just haven't seen many people wearing their gear. So it's been red white and blue for the Sox and the Patriots, which is fine, but I'm delighted that green is now going to be part of our municipal color palette. It just helps mix things up a little around here.

And I'm going to go out on a limb here and say I've just had the first ever use of the phrase "municipal color palette".