Husband had a big birthday approaching and I couldn't let it go unnoticed. While he thought we were heading south for a quiet weekend at the Grand, I had something else up my sleeve.
The night before his birthday we celebrated his last day of 39 with sushi. He thought we were just meeting a friend for dinner, but was surprised by a group of friends and family that came to celebrate with him.
Little did we know that one of his friends had a lot more in store for him....At 5:15 on birthday morning she snuck into our house to be the first to welcome him to Forty!
While the picture alone is hilarious...you have to know that my dear husband has a fear of clowns! Now you're laughing even harder, right? This is his best friend from high school that could not let this day go quietly by. She's been planning this for months! This Clown then went to wake up the girls so they could be a part of the morning excitement.
Then she rushed home to post this picture on Facebook for all to see. As if that weren't enough, she then sent this email to anyone with an email address:
Here is the link for the "Happy Birthday" part of the WSFA morning show from this morning. I just couldn't let him not be included when it's such a special birthday! :-)
Have a super weekend!!
Hmmm...so are you wondering what more surprises could this birthday possibly bring? I shall tell you. As we were getting ready, I told Husband that we weren't really going to the Grand. In fact, we were going somewhere much cooler. Like...BOSTON. "Really..." he asked, "What are we doing?" I repeated that we were going to Boston and that we had dinner plans with some friends up there. He responded with "No. Seriously?" Third time's a charm, right? When I told him the third time and that we were taking off at 11:30, he jumped in gear!
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Then it was time for dinner at Assiggio's, one of the most delicious Italian restaurants in the North End. Have I mentioned how much I love pasta? Well, I do! Yummmmmmmmmm!
You simply cannot go to the North End without having desserts! Modern Pastry had so many exciting things that I almost went into a diabetic coma just looking around! We went with the chocolate dipped cannoli with chocolate sprinkles...and all was right in the world.
A good time was had by all. I'm starting a petition to move these guys to Alabama!
Seriously, look what great friends we are already. Let me tell you about the first time I met this girl. Her crazy husband put me on a train in Boston (alone, solo, all by myself) and said Listen for your stop and she'll be there. Good Luck! I did find her and then we spent the day with their two beautiful daughters at the beach
These guys are dangerous together and should not be left unattended.
I really thought that I'd never be able to eat again, but amazingly enough, we woke up on Saturday morning STARVING. We wandered over to Quincy Market for breakfast.
Here is an aerial shot of the area where we roamed.
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We jumped on a bus to take us to the Constitution Museum where we checked out the boats while waiting for theeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee....
This combination vehicle takes you around town, pointing out all the historic treasures on land.
I. Love. A. Duck. Boat.
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| ***from the Super Duck Boat Website*** |
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| USS Constitution |
The Intermission Tavern was recommended to us as a great spot for lunch while as well as a good place to catch a few football scores. This cute little tavern (are taverns supposed to be cute?) is smushed right between two really tall buildings.
It is a really cool place with interesting artwork, masks, and other random things tossed about. They did turn on the Alabama-LSU game for us.
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| ***Tavern Pic from their website*** |
Later that night we strolled down to Paul Revere's House, which is downtown Boston's oldest building and one of the few remaining from colonial America.
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| ***from Paul's website*** |
Our favorite restaurant, Carmen, happens to be right beside Paul's house. Our reservation was at 9:45, so it was too dark for a picture, but I found this one online for you to fully understand just how tiny this restaurant really is.
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| **Google Images** |
It is an extremely narrow space that may seat about 24 people! But the food is sooo delicious that people don't mind waiting outside while others finish up their meals.
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We'd gone by it before, but this time we actually went inside. Don't you love how old building smell and have the wooden floors that creak with each step?
Husband's favorite part about old buildings is the glass in the windows. The really old glass has a 'wavy' look to it because the glass was rolled by hand.
Oh, and I almost forgot. The leaves! Look how amazing!
One of our final stops before heading back home was The Park at Post Office Square.
If I worked near here, I would certainly take advantage of the WiFi and work from one of those benches! Lovely!
We will be back! (when its warmer)
1 comment:
Mel I am so glad you guys had a blast! It looked like fun! I also love the clown! Too funny!
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