March 1, 2014 to May 16, 2015

Anthony and Mark’s Adventures

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• Anthony and Mark met on March 1, 2014. Since then, we’ve recorded everything in our notebook.

Introduction

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• We’ve enjoyed a variety of activities in 2014-2015. Most often, we played ping pong and mini golf.

Activities

Frequency

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• We’ve tracked progress and improvements for all activities, such as the length of ping pong rallies.

Activities

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• We’ve played golf at two different golf courses near Boston. On October 18, 2014 Anthony hit a hole in one.

Activities

Photos from: McGolf in Dedham Other course: Rout 1 Mini Golf in Saugus

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• For bowling, Anthony improved his highest score from 40 to 47, an 18% improvement.

Activities

At Lanes & Games in Cambridge (Alewife)

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• We’ve watched 4 movies together, and our favorite was The Guardians of the Galaxy.

Activities

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• Our least favorite was Spongebob the Movie, with a 4.5 from Anthony and 3.0 from Mark.

Activities

Average Score

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• We’ve tried kayaking and canoeing on the Charles River.

Activities

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• We’ve explored the Charles: west towards Waltham and east towards Boston.

Activities

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• Anthony pumped Mark’s car tires.

Activities

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• All the Big Brothers Big Sisters events were a lot of fun, especially the rock climbing.

Activities

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• We’ve tried 34 different noodles from 18 restaurants. Most of these noodles were very tasty.

Noodle Tasting

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• We both scored each dish out of 5 points for “deep and profound analytical insights”.

Noodle Tasting

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• Anthony was more generous with the scoring, giving 19 noodles a perfect score of 5, while Mark had different scores more spread out.

Noodle Tasting

5.0 4.5 4.0 3.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.05.0 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 94.5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24.0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 53.5 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 63.0 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 82.5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 21.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1

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• Finding #1: Our favorite noodles were found in Arlington and Cambridge.

Noodle Tasting

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• Finding #2: Japanese ramen noodles were our overall favorite kind of noodles.

Noodle Tasting

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• Finding #3: Noodles were equally tasty across stores with Yelp Scores between 3 and 4.

Noodle Tasting

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• Finding #4: Noodles were equally tasty across stores with Yelp Pricing between $ and $$.

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• These were our favorite noodles, with a perfect 5 out of 5 from both of Anthony and Mark:

Noodle Tasting

Beef Noodles (Jo Jo Taipei)

Shanghai Udon Noodles (New Shanghai)

Laksa Curry Noodles (Tree Top Thai Cuisine)

Tropical Noodles (Thai Moon)

Pad Woon Sen (Thai Moon)

Tokyo Shoyu Ramen (Pikaichi)

Won Ton Soup (Thai Moon)

Hokkai Shio Ramen (Pikaichi)

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• The adventures, the tastings, and the improvements will continue for us both!

Conclusion