<p>my husband had a wonderful time meeting my son’s new friends and girlfriend. He said everyone seemed so polite and nice. There was a lot of down time for them so they were able to spend lot’s of time catching up. Our son is really enjoying his time at Harvard and is especially loving the experiences that Harvard has to offer. The diversity of the students, the professors, the lectures etc. </p>
<p>Thank you all for raising such fine individuals. It’s a real honor to have my son among your wonderful kids.</p>
<p>Had a great time as well, just got back yesterday. Loved meeting the friends and roommates parents etc. Did wear my parents badge upside down for a short time, had three people tell me my button was upside down and switched it! Glad Gadad and Loki5 were able to meet by chance. What hotel did you stay at, would you recommend it for next time?</p>
<p>Well, Loki and I agreed that we ought to swear an oath of secrecy about it, but the Irving House is a wonderful place to stay. It’s three blocks from Memorial Hall (Annenberg) on a residential street, and calls itself a bed & breakfast, which it clearly is. But it’s the only B&B I’ve ever heard of with 44 rooms! They have a basement with a breakfast room and a parlor with a computer and printer that make it feel like an extension of home. During major weekends however, it’s not a bargain price-wise - the Harvard Club three miles away is cheaper, but my wife doesn’t like to have to ride the bus there and back.</p>
<p>Of course you can visit any time, but your next formal invitation will be a little over two years from now when you go back for Junior Parents Weekend. That event is held in the early spring.</p>
<p>The LowKeys held an impromptu mini-concert in one of the upperclass houses for their parents - they were great BTW! I’m always up for an excuse to visit Boston / Cambridge (and to eat Italian food for that matter!).</p>
<p>This might seem like an odd suggestion, but while spring can (of course) be lovely in Cambridge (lots of flowering things that we don’t have here in the Midwest), visiting in, say, February can be even better in some respects: cheaper air fares, cheaper lodging, fewer tourists to compete with at the museums and restaurants, etc., and in the midst of such a long, cold, dark stretch of classes that the novelty of a parent’s (or two) visit can be that much more welcome.</p>
<p>^^How about this? If the Crimson win you will post on the Yale board, as the first post in a new thread, the entire lyrics to the final verse of “Ten Thousand Men of Harvard.” If by some miracle the Bulldogs pull out a win, I will post some similar Yale song of your choosing over here. In case of a tie, nobody posts.</p>
<p>The gambler whose team loses has to write a couplet, haiku, limerick, sonnet, or villanelle extolling the opposing school’s team- and then set it as their signature for one week. :)</p>
<p>Examples:</p>
<p>I was confident, I must confess,
In the Crimson’s athletic prowess.
But with frightening speed,
the Bulldogs took the lead,
And left Harvard’s defenses a mess.</p>
<p>There was a football team from Yale,
And though I’ll spare gruesome detail,
In one brutal game,
They met with such shame,
They were run out of town on a rail.</p>
<p>Not great poetry, but you get the idea. (You’re welcome to take either if you lose).</p>
<p>With your permission, Admiral and coureur, I would love to carry your challenges to the Yale Parent Thread. </p>
<p>In the meantime, Admiral, I’ll take your wager. And I do not need the charity of the free limericks you offer, but thanks anyway Yale parents can limerick with the best, I assure you.</p>
<p>Please do bring my wager to the Yale board. If there were some easy way to keep track of students that accept (so we can enforce it through pressure later), like putting them all on one thread, that would be great.</p>
<p>I’m looking forward to seeing the results. I’m sure the Yale parents can rhyme with the best, and equally sure I’ll find out in a week. :)</p>
<p>Sure, take the wager to the Yale board. I’ll be surprised if they are up for it though. 307 years of perpetually being in second place has no doubt worn down their spirits. They may concede the bet even before the game begins. They’re used to it.</p>
<p>I’m so glad you said that, coureur. Things were becoming entirely too cordial. Must go to book group. I’m sure you’ve heard of them. I’ll post the challenge a bit later.</p>
<p>Okay, but I’m not hopeful. Memories of last year’s blowout are probably still so painful that most Yalies would probably prefer to pretend that Yale has a bye this Saturday. “Game? What game?”</p>
<p>Well, after one day the Yalies over there are not exactly clamoring to take up the bet. Apparently they are still too stunned from last year’s crushing rout to contemplate facing Harvard again so soon. Who can blame them? The game last year was a work of art.</p>
Yale parents can limerick with the best, I assure you.</p>