boston day seven

Last day in Boston. I had a fantastic time. I am a city girl.We brunched at Petit Robert Bistro. I ordered the quiche lorraine with bacon...
Adam had the crabcakes...
Somewhere over Boston..
The rainstorm ruined my expensive miu miu bag. Leather and rain is not good. Also buying expensive things is dumb...

Boston Rain

It started pouring this afternoon in Boston. I figured it couldn't stay raining hard forever so we started our trek (about two blocks) to the subway. We got to the subway pretty wet but not enough to ruin our spirits. Due to weather problems, some of the subways were taken out of service. It delayed our trip back to the hotel quite a bit. After four subway changes (normally would take one only) we got off at our exit. It was pouring. There wasn't much we could do but run to the hotel about five blocks away. We got so drenched I couldn't help laughing. It was pretty fun running in the rain looking crazy... Adam was not thrilled since his blackberry got wet and he has a ton of work contacts he has to get back...We did not look ask cute as Spike and Michelle on our walk home and we had to change in the hotel bathroom (because we checked out that morning). That part was pretty awful. :)

Cape Cod

Yesterday we took a ninety minute ferry from Boston to Cape Cod..Bye Bye Boston...

We had brunch at Devan's in a town called Provincetown. Smoked salmon plate for me.
Adam had the mozzarella, tomato, basil omelette.
We hung out collecting rocks and sea shells on the beach...


Checked out homes...
Had homemade ice cream at Lewis'...
Made sure we ordered more oysters...
Fish and Chips and beer..
We picked up a malasades (Portuguese fried dough) for the ferry ride back home...

Good-bye Cape Cod!

boston day five

Adam skipped the conference today. Instead we took a bus to Harvard Square for brunch at Henrietta's Table.

I ordered the two eggs over easyAdam had the flannel hash (?). This dish was pretty excellent.
After browsing record shops and Harvard University we took a short subway ride to Toscanini's. Apparently it is Boston's best ice cream.
Adam ordered the strawberry
I read all the yelp reviews and ordered the burnt caramel. Not sure if I like it..
You know, out of all the cities I've been to I wouldn't mind living here. In a brownstone of course. Adam doesn't see himself here. I guess we would o.d. on oysters and martini's.

b & g oysters

Tonight we had dinner reservations at B & G Oysters in the South End area of Boston.Adam had the Harpoon IPA (from Boston) and I had a glass of rose...
We ordered a dozen oysters to start. Our waitress helped us choose six of their finest. We had the Tatamagouche (Nova Scotia), Summerside (Prince Edward Island), Riptide (Mass), Chincoteague (VA), Fanny Bay (WA), and the Penn Cove (WA). Adam enjoyed the Riptide.. which was creamy and I liked the Penn Cove.
Fried soft shell crab with avocado, radish and frisee..
Adam had the lobster gnocchi. Delish!

The waitress offered to take our photo since she said we are so cute. Okay, I lied about the last bit.

Boston day four

There are two baby head sculpture's in front of the Museum of Fine Arts. Not sure what message the artist was trying to convey...
Lunch at the Museum restaurant. I ordered the sangria. The waitress convinced me that the full carafe was a better deal (drinking in the afternoon).
My $17 lentil salad with chicken. It was pretty good though...

Kara Walker
This was a collage of works by kids in the Boston area..
What this kid did was really interesting I thought. "Do you legally own a home?"

A Picasso...

the Ray and Maria Stata Center by Frank Gehry. It was funded by the Strata's as well as Bill Gates.. really interesting building. I wonder if Gehry will be in the likes of Gaudi in the future?

boston day three

Today I visited two Boston attractions. The first was the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston and the second was the Boston Aquarium.



The Boston Contemporary was in between exhibitions so half of the museum was closed off. My ticket entitles me to a second visit but I will be back in Michigan. I had lunch at the museum cafe, soup (clam chowder) and sandwich (ham + cheese on sourdough) and walked over to the aquarium. The Boston contemporary had works by Marlene Dumas, Cindy Sherman and Nan Goldin in their permanent collection. I have previously seen their work at the Lacma and Moca.



The Boston Contemporary was pretty interesting but the Aquarium was the highlight of the day. It has a huge tank in the center with turtles, sting rays, fish, sharks, etc. I felt a little bad that they were confined to that space (and not in the ocean).
The jellyfish were so beautiful. I think I stared at them for a long time..
Shark.
Penguin chilling by the vent.

We ended the day by eating dinner at Oleana's in Cambridge. It is a very popular Turkish restaurant. So good.

boston day two

Adam's conference started today.. Museum's are closed on Monday's usually so what is a girl to do? Shopping! I took a subway to Newbury Street and visited the Anthropologie, Madewell, Apple stores. They were having 4th of July sales so I got a few good deals. I haven't been solo shopping in such a long time and it was awesome.



The highlight of the day was having dinner at Legal Sea Foods in Cambridge. I ordered the New England Clam bake. Our waiter said I was ordering the best thing on the menu. I ordered the smalled lobster but it was huge. It came with sides, clam chowder, etc, etc. I didn't like the clam's too much though.Oh yeah, we also had oysters. Our waiter gave us two extra so we could sample all the oysters available that day. Lucky us!

Yeah, I wore a bib.