Living Life: Anniversary Getaway

For my birthday in January my brother gave me a gift certificate to Eastern Standard and said we could have his condo for the night while he would go sleep over a friend's house. I saved it until our anniversary weekend so we could use it then. We celebrated 16 years on the 16th, although I actually celebrated my anniversary with my friend Jess on the 16th at Mezcal (which was delicious and so enjoyable due to company). Sam and I headed off for our overnight on the 17th. My parents took Lucy and Toby. Lowell and Barbara took Amelia. She had packed her bag almost three weeks in advance she was so excited.

My brother dropped us off at the Public Garden and we spent the afternoon walking around, enjoying the beautiful weather and scenery.

We watched The Grand Budapest Hotel which I enjoyed and Sam really liked. He likes quirky movies like that. From there we took the train to Eastern Standard for dinner. Our reservations were for 9:30pm, but we walked in at 8:15 and they had a table for us. I had a delicious drink, parsnip ravioli, and duck confit. Sam had a pork panino and we finished with butterscotch bread pudding.

In the morning my brother came back and we all headed to Flour bakery. I have a list of places in Worcester and Boston that I want to go to and this was on it, so I was excited to go. Ultimately, it was very crowded, but my coffee and almond meringue were very good. My brother remembered that the SoWa area of Boston has markets on Sundays so we headed there and enjoyed a pleasant morning wandering through various vendors and shops. Sam got dumplings from a food truck and I got cold noodles with peanut sauce and pork. Yum!