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How to celebrate a Dorchester kid's birthday

By adamg on Sat, 02/01/2020 - 1:23pm
Birthday cake that looks like the Ho Chi Minh gas tank in Dorchester

Adam Balsam shows off the birthday cake he made for his son Arlo on his fifth birthday yesterday. He adds:

I spent way too long on Ho Chi Minh.

Neighborhoods: 
Dorchester
Topics: 
Parenting
Free tagging: 
Gas tank


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Comments

By Beanzzz on Sat, 02/01/2020 - 1:49pm.

Nice job; nailed the HCM too.

I remember how everybody was up in arms when that painting first appeared.

By anon on Sat, 02/01/2020 - 2:20pm.

I want to give you a grin
Something with a chin
My son has his fifth
I grab the cake mix
Do you see Ho Chi Minh

By Cake Boss on Sat, 02/01/2020 - 2:29pm.

Meanwhile the kid is like WTF is this??

By adamg on Sat, 02/01/2020 - 2:40pm.

Or possibly you underestimate five-year-old kids in Dorchester.

By tachometer on Sat, 02/01/2020 - 4:53pm.

I grew up a bit further south, but even for us when I was a kid and we were driving home from northern New England or from the airport seeing those tanks (yes, I was a kid when there were still two) was definitely a "We're almost home" signal.

By Roxres on Sat, 02/01/2020 - 6:30pm.

to see HCM after 30 years of looking.

By anon on Sat, 02/01/2020 - 10:59pm.

Ah ya blind?
It is definitely Ho Chi Minh-esqu
Awesome cake. I may have to steal that idea!!!

By Div2Supt on Sat, 02/01/2020 - 11:10pm.

As a wee lad from Fields Corner I got a brand new train set for my fourth birthday: The Red Line 01800s!

"Mommy, mommy! It's the SAME man from the other shiny train!"

"Yes, honey, they have robots doing the announcements now."

By SwirlyGrrl on Sun, 02/02/2020 - 11:31am.

Otherwise, I'd have attempted to make one like this when my boys were little:
IMAGE(https://2ssus4mbuza3wsibg4d4tfzz-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/1-BET-1000x561.jpg)

They used to get so excited when we passed that building just north of North Station.

By necturus on Mon, 02/03/2020 - 1:50pm.

...until it was rebuilt a few years ago.

By Bigbadleroybrown on Sun, 02/02/2020 - 2:14am.

I wish I had a natural gas tank birthday cake when I turned 5