Boston

Boston was an amazing trip. The best thing that we did is to purchase a Go Boston Card--worth every penny! We did the trolley on-off tour, the duck tour, the Old State House tour, the bay cruise, Paul Revere's House, Museum of Fine Arts, the Museum of Science, and I think that is it! The Go Boston Card covers a tour of Fenway, but we didn't do that since we went to a game.

We walked Boston Public Gardens the first afternoon there. There is a statue honoring the book Make way for ducklings. You will pass this on your duck tour, but it might be fun to also go and see it. There is also a George Washington Statue here. If you are standing in front of George, turn left and walk to the edge of the gardens--CHEERS! Cheers (Bull and Finch) There is not much to see inside, but you can take a picture outside.

Duck Tour - we woke up early one morning and took the T to the Science center--this is where you can sign up for the Duck tours and where the tour leaves from. We put our name on the list early one morning, and then we milled around the science center until it was time to board our duck.

We took the T to State Street. You will not realize it, but you come up through the Old State House Museum. This was an interesting tour! We walked part of the freedom trail to Faneuil (pronounced FAN-yul) Hall and Quincy Hall which is across the street from the Old State House. From there, you can walk to to the Oldest Restaurant in the US (or so they claim), Ye Olde Oyster House. We just stopped there for a beer. then we walked to Paul Revere's Home, The Old North Church is just a few blocks from there and we loved seeing that. This area is part of "North End" and there are some amazing italian restaurants there. We ate at Paglucias, but the locals said that any of the restaurants there are excellent. Can you tell that most of our trips revolve around researching and visiting restaurants???

Fenway Park-Red Sox Game (Red Sox vs. Tampa Bay Devil Rays)

Appetizers at "Top of the Hub" in the Prudential Tower if you want to, you can go to the top of the prudential tower. they have an observatory that you have to pay for, OR--you can go up (or maybe it is down) two floors, and there is a restaurant called, "Top of the Hub." You will enjoy an amazing view; you can see for 80 miles on a clear day, and can have appetizers and a drink or even just dessert. It was really a treat!

Boston Public Library – We loved the library so much more than the Museum of Art. When we were there, they had a WWII poster exhibit on the 2nd or 3rd floor. It was really neat, and the entire building is beautiful!

Granary Burial Ground—where John Hancock, Paul Revere (and most of his 16 children) and Samuel Adams are buried

RESTAURANTS:

La Verdad-Mexican—adjacent to Fenway Park
Legal Sea Foods --everything we ate was excellent.
Finale (Voted the best desserts in Boston—we got the dessert sampler!)Paglucias—amazing Italian—we had lunch there.
Finagle a Bagel--we ate breakfast here at least 2 out of 4 mornings.

Travels

Since we've been married, we have been fortunate to travel many exciting places (Boston, Chicago, Miami and West Palm Beach, Key West, San Francisco, New York, Jekyll Island, to name a few!) We have collected some tips along the way for friends/family who may someday travel to these places. The next few posts will be dedicated to some of the places we have been over the last few years. Enjoy, and please let us know your travel tips...

Introducing Melissa Louise (a.k.a Missy Lou)

This is our sweet Missy Lou. She came into our lives 5.5 years ago. She is the smartest and sweetest dog I have ever known. When I think of Missy, the Queen song, "You're my best friend" comes to mind. Welles says that is cheezy.

See the videos below for my favorite Missy tricks:

My Dad taught Missy this trick.


Missy Rings the bell when she needs to go outside...

Playing with a new toy...

This is a Test

So many people have told me that we should be on Facebook. Well--honestly neither Welles nor myself have any time to do Facebook. I do enjoy checking in on our friends' blogs, and thought that everyonceinawhile I could post to keep people updated with our exciting life. You'll hear more about Missy Lou than anyone else at this point, but that's just the way it is. I will attempt to post her "tricks" in the next post.

Now...back to work!