He then told the waitress 'I'm picking up this guys tab,' and then left soon thereafter. Ben smiled, and said in a voice loud enough for many to hear 'You're suspect!' 'Yeah, you' 'I don't know what you're reputation is in this town, but, after the shit you tried to pull today, you can bet I'll looking into you' 'Now the business we have heretofore, you can speak with my aforementioned attorney' He then smiled and said 'yeah, Casey told me the story.' 'I had no idea how huge and memorable that scene in the movie was going to be.' 'Anyway- thanks'. I wen't over to his table (very approachable by the way) and told him about my encounter in the bar and that Casey was there. They told me to go up to him and see what his response would be. I was with a few friends and told them this story. A couple of years later his brother put that scene in the movie Good Will Hunting.īelieve it or not, I saw Ben Affleck at a restaurant in Miami, FL in '99.

Later on that night Casey Affleck came up to me and said 'that was the most hilarious thing I've ever seen'. World renowned authors and artists have been inspired by its breathtaking. Mount Greylock is a beautiful site full of history and conservation. I then popped him in the jaw and said 'how'd you like those apples'. Bascom Lodge Opening for 85th Season on Mount Greylock. I then replied 'you must like apples- since you come from the big apple'. With my two friends behind me, I cleverly said 'so you guys are from NY'. Needless to say I don't like to be taunted, and after having a few beers myself, I got sick of his comments and walked over to his table. One of the guys was more vocal than the others, and seemed to look my way each time he made a comment, as if to taunt me. As the night progressed the New Yorkers themselves became more vocal, and started booing anytime the Pats scored or made a nice play. Since they went out of their way to wear their NY shirts, most folks in the bar became a little more enthusiastic about the Pats and cheered louder than usual. Bascom Lodge gets its name from John Bascom, a graduate of Williams college class of 1849 and one of the first commissioners of the Greylock reservation which was designated as a state preserve in 1898. as most folks from Boston will confirm, we don't like NY, and for obvious reaons we didn't like them. Bascom Lodge was one of the CCC’s many lodge-building projects in the National State Parks. You’re 17 dirt-road miles from the Appalachian Mountain Club’s pinnacle property in Maine’s 100-Mile Wilderness: a solar-powered, pondside complex of cabins. When you reach the village of Kokadjo (population: not many), the pavement ends, and your detachment from the world begins. The entire bar was watching the Pats game until a couple of guys walked in with 'I love NY' t-shirts. Medawisla Lodge and Cabins Greenville, ME. Back in late '95 I was having a couple of cold ones at Woody's L Taven in Boston.

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