Memorial Weekend

I have been putting off this post, and not for any other reason than I don't have many great photos that really captured our trip. We left our camera behind for one whole day. And lets be honest, that is all anyone is really interested in.

After recognizing that Memorial Weekend was a few days away, we quickly made plans to drive to Boston to take advantage of the holiday. After a few days, we finally convinced our friends the Riches that they needed to come along too. We set off early Saturday morning. The drive really wasn't bad at all. Traffic was smooth and the lush vegetation made the it quite lovely and relaxing. One of our goals before we leave New York is to pack as many east coast destinations as we can in before we move. It was nice to drive through Hartford, Greenwich, & Rhode Island, all on the way to Boston. The east coast, is a great place for weekend getaways,everything is close, and the scenery is amazing. We took a couple of opportunities along the way to let the kids out and enjoy the country.

We pulled into Boston around noon. Our friends the Kelly's were so nice to offer up there sweet cozy apartment in the quaint neighborhood of Brighton. They unfortunately made plans to go away just before we contacted them so our hanging out consisted of seeing them off on their road trip to Canada.

We met up later at the Boston Commons to ride the swan boats. It was a beautiful way to start our sightseeing.

I did make a promise to myself that I wouldn't go shopping or even step foot into a store while we were there, but that night we happened on an H&M and Newbury Street. Newbury street, for those that haven't been is quite possibly the nicest shopping destination in America. It is comparable to my favorite parts of New York but minus the trash, and street vendors. I was good, and only bought a few things. We did finish off our day with some tasty burgers and a beautiful sunset.

The next morning we set off for Beacon hill for some breakfast before church. Such a cute charming neighborhood. I wish I had photos. Cobblestone streets, beautiful brownstones, steep hills, I was ready to move in. The neighborhood even has zoning laws to keep the continuity of the charm . Note the 7 eleven.

After breakfast we took the train to Cambridge for church. I was also equally impressed with the meeting house. Imagine looking at exposed wood beams and ducts verses carpeted walls and pastel upholstered furniture. Even the exterior of the church was great.

The rest of the afternoon we spent exploring the two front runners for Luke's college education. Hard to decide Luke looks good in front of both MIT and Harvard.

The only bummer  part of the day was the kinked neck I woke up with. I had a hard time seeing anything that was higher than Luke. Katie got a good laugh out of this picture, I wasn't laughing when she took it.

The next morning we explored some of South Boston. Also very charming. We grabbed brunch after walking several miles only to find the famous Charlie's was closed. Memorial day isn't always the best day for Boston city hot spots we found. Mainly we spent the day walking around downtown and the beautiful Charles river. We failed to take many pictures.

I love Boston. I would move their if the winters weren't so rough, and our families lived there. The architecture is amazing and not to mention the people are incredibly friendly. If you took New York's best neighborhoods, cleaned them up, and placed friendly people on the street, you would have the entire city of Boston.

For a better written perspective of our trip read Katie's post.

Comments

[katie r]

i am so so glad you put the kinked neck picture in! it was sad, but i'm cruel so it made me laugh, and thinking about it still does. . .

[Tara]

I'm so sorry about your kinked neck but Katie is right, she is cruel and so am I cause I got quite the giggle out of it myself. Also love the last picture where everyone looks so nice (waves to cute little Eve) and then there's Luke trying his best to get away. Ahh memories.