Transcript Generated by AI 00:05 Hey, Mark Parkinson back with Park Place. 00:07 And we're here to talk about the AHCA conference in Boston coming up on October 00:12 11th to 14th. 00:14 Super excited to go up to Boston for that conference. 00:16 And to welcome us to that conference, we have Tom Lavallee here, 00:21 who is the Chair of Mass Senior Care. 00:23 He's also the COO of Alliance Health Services, a great provider in Mass. 00:29 Tom has the longest serving chair of any state association existing and maybe in 00:35 nursing home history. 00:36 He's been the chair for seven years. 00:37 And there's been a great reason for that. 00:40 He didn't want to leave during and, and shortly after COVID. 00:44 And then when the convention got scheduled in Boston by AHCA, 00:47 he wanted to stay on to welcome everybody to that convention. 00:50 So Tom, welcome back to Park Place. 00:52 We've interviewed interviewed you before, but it's great to have you back. 00:56 Thanks for having me, Mark. 00:57 Good to be here and congrats on a great seven years, 00:59 an incredible service on the work that you do for Alliance, 01:02 but also the work that you do for all providers in Massachusetts. 01:06 We really appreciate it and I'm so glad that you're going to get kind of the 01:10 glory of welcoming everybody to Boston. 01:13 Record sign ups. 01:14 There's going to be thousands of people there. 01:17 You you got to be excited about the conference. 01:19 I'm excited, perhaps a little bit nervous as I get to 01:24 welcome the entire country to Boston with a 2 minute introductory speech that has 01:30 been written very carefully by AHCA for me. 01:34 But yes, very excited and proud. 01:36 Yeah. 01:36 I, you know, would speak in front of that same group 01:39 for the 14 years that I was there. 01:41 I always dreaded it, you know, but it, and once it was over, I could have fun. 01:45 So I understand getting in front of, you know, 01:47 4 or 5000 people can be challenging, but I know you're going to you're going 01:50 to crush that. 01:51 So as people come into Boston, Tom, what are the three things that they 01:55 should do, You know, when they're in the city? 01:57 What what give give us some advice. 01:59 Sure. 01:59 I, I think visit the State House. 02:01 It's beautiful, the Golden Dome, worth a visit. 02:05 You can do tours there. 02:06 I definitely recommend the duck boat tours. 02:10 You drive around the city and you actually go into the water, 02:13 into the Charles River, a fun thing to do, and you've got to visit Fenway Park, 02:17 notwithstanding what happened last evening. 02:19 You've got to visit Fenway Park. 02:22 Yeah. 02:23 Yeah. 02:23 Well, that actually leads into a question I was 02:25 going to ask about sports, so I'll ask about it now. 02:27 Yeah, unless you're from Boston. 02:29 You hate the Boston sports teams because they win so much. 02:33 The Pats have won six Super Bowls, including crushing my Kansas City Chiefs 02:36 multiple times. 02:38 The Celtics have won 18 NBA Finals championships, 02:41 The Sox despite getting knocked out this year of 19 World Series, 02:45 the Bruins have won 6 Stanley cops. 02:48 If you could just pick one team is what, what what is Boston's town? 02:53 Is it? 02:53 Is it a football town? 02:54 What is it? 02:55 Well, I for me, it's the Red Sox. 02:57 And I think most of my friends of my generation would would agree with that. 03:01 We suffered through so many years of of hardships and challenges. 03:06 I think it's kind of shifted a little bit to the Patriots, but for me, 03:11 it's it's Red Sox all the way. 03:14 That's great. 03:14 And again, sorry about the Yankees and the decades 03:18 of losing that you've had. 03:20 OK, so favorite restaurant, the people people want to eat out when 03:24 they're in town. 03:25 Where, where should they go? 03:26 Well, you got you got a couple of quick choices 03:28 here. 03:29 To me, you've got to go to the North End and a 03:32 place called Giacomo's is outstanding, although you can't, you can't lose. 03:36 If you go to the North End, you'll you'll you'll find great Italian 03:39 restaurants everywhere. 03:41 And if you're into seafood, I'd recommend Row 34, 03:44 which is really close to the Convention Center where everybody will be. 03:48 Those would be my two to go places. 03:52 Yeah. 03:52 And so coming to Boston, I think you got to have lobster. 03:55 Is that the place that you just mentioned is a place to go Row 34? 03:58 Absolutely. 03:59 Super OK Boston's also famous for bars. 04:04 I can see people at the PAC event. 04:06 They've probably already had too much to drink, 04:08 but they want to go out and drink some more. 04:10 So what's your favorite bar? 04:12 Where should people go? 04:13 You know, maybe thinking a little bit kind of like 04:15 close to the Convention Center. 04:16 What where would you go? 04:18 Well, close to the Convention Center. 04:20 I don't know about that. 04:20 I'd go to the Dubliner, which is an Irish pub not too far away. 04:24 Or if you want to go back to some TV nostalgia, go to Cheers and Cheers. 04:32 It it's really called it's really the Bow and Finch, 04:36 but that's the the bar that was created the the TV show. 04:40 Cheers. 04:40 Right next to the State House. 04:42 Neat little spot. 04:44 You can get some some souvenirs there. 04:46 And that's a good take as well. 04:48 That's cool. 04:49 So I didn't know that. 04:49 So it's still set up the same way it is on the TV show. 04:52 And you can see the whole deal. 04:53 And absolutely. 04:54 Who would have thought that the bartender would go on to become like one of the 04:57 greatest actors of all time? 04:59 So I know I know it. 05:00 It's Woody Harrelson. 05:01 Amazing. 05:02 OK, the weather, it looks like it's a little early, 05:05 but the weather, the changing of the turning of the leaves, 05:08 tell it, tell us what, what it's going to look like and feel 05:11 like. 05:12 And then, you know, so that's happening. 05:14 The leaves are changing color. 05:16 It should be beautiful for for all of our guests and visitors. 05:20 Drive around a little bit. 05:21 I mean, we're not too far from, from the New Hampshire border, 05:25 the Maine border. 05:26 If you want to see some foliage, it's worth the trip up that way. 05:29 But you'll see plenty right in Boston itself. Tom, 05:32 I think it's going to be a fantastic three or four days. 05:35 And again, congrats on a great career, a great run at Mass Senior Care. 05:40 Thanks for all you've done. 05:41 And I hope everybody's getting excited. 05:44 We're all going to have a great time in in Boston and thought thanks for thanks 05:47 for welcoming us in this segment. 05:49 You bet. Thank you, Mark, good to see you. 05:52 And thanks all of you for your continued support of Park Place.
