The Public Garden, Old City Hall, and Sam

I walked through the Public Garden (est. 1837) and saw the swans and many summer revelers. There's now a Ruth's Chris Steak House in the Old City Hall; can you believe it?

I saw a statue of Sam Adams (one of the country's founding fathers; I recommend their Summer Ale). I was headed to a bar where I met some strangers for happy hour. It's a meetup.com group, and they ended up being really nice people. We had fun and played trivia, which our team won.