Maybe it's a good thing Tom Menino is flying to Peru

On some federally funded junket (so thanks, taxpayers of Iowa). It'll do us all some good for Hizzona to widen his horizons a bit, since they seem to be kind of narrow these days. Spatch notes that in his Metro column today, Menino seems pleasantly surprised that somebody from Newton would come all the way into Boston to enjoy the city:

... Next, Menino will heartily congratulate a citizen from Somerville for "finding a way across that river thing to make it over to our nice city." ...