Menino to make pilgrimage to Mac mecca

First we discover that Mayor Thomas M. Menino is a bicycle enthusiast; today we learn he may be an Apple buff.

According to his press office, Menino is scheduled today to get a sneak peek and a tour of the new store from Apple Inc. on Boston's Boylston Street.

The media is advised that there could be photo ops with Menino, presumably posing against a backdrop of iPod Nanos and MacBook Airs.

For the true Apple geek, the opening of the first Apple store in Boston is a case of high excitement only painfully restrained; the store is scheduled to open to the general public tomorrow night. For some background about the store, please click here to read a recent Globe story.

No word yet on whether Menino will leave a memento of his presence during his Apple pilgrimage.

A Globe story from earlier this week chronicled how store neighbor Michael Oh of Tech Superpowers recently planted his company's T-shirt in wet cement while construction workers were putting the finishing touches on the new store.
(By Chris Reidy, Globe staff)