The enormous and unnavigable...
yet architecturally sound, with its art installations and modernist curves...
Natick Mall.
Not so, the Red Roof Inn, where we have chosen to stay. The roof is not red and the traffic outside the room is relentless...
The staff is freindly enough, but you don't really ever see them after you check in. The rooms are relatively clean, if not sparse and tend toward being on the insanely hot side. We turned the heat completely off at night and it still felt like it was 80 degrees or more. I suspect there might be a fiery chasm beneath the building that heats the place with geothermal gases and possibly punishes the souls of the wicked.
The job itself is just a few miles from the motel and sits on a little pond/lake near the Wayland town line.
The job is Kurt Snyder's of Stonescapes and we are all grateful for the work. I mean, no one really wants to drive to Natick and stay away from their family for a week at a time, but it's work in the winter and anything is better than being unemployed.
The stonework is a round-rock veneer with 3/8 joints and there seems to be alot of it. Stone veneer on the house was completed by the previous masons and so we are trying to match that work, which is often difficult. Eveyone's styles vary and all masons follow different rules as to what is stylistically acceptable.
My work around the pipes...
Damon's work around the corner...
Kurt and Nate working on the stairs...
The twelve-inch short wall...
Nate, Mike Fitz, Damon and I picking rock...
And of course, no stay out of town is complete without a visit to the local hot-spots, which on this particular night was the Samba Steak and Sushi House in Framingham. The hibachi chef put on a marvelous culinary show and the food was excellent. Kurt was also nice enough to cover the entire bill, which is saying something when drinking masons are involved.
Grateful for the work, but glad to be home.
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