Summer Days!

I have so much to write about after an amazing city weekend.

Friday
I spent Friday morning reading in the Square and doing a little shopping. I was back in the Square at night for dinner. Thanks to amazing timing by our good friends we got a roof deck table at Daedalus. It's hard to get a roof deck table at Daedalus at any time during the day, but for dinner on a Friday night it's pretty impossible... but there we were! As usual, the food and drinks were delicious and the company great.

After dinner we wanted to continue to enjoy the beautiful summer evening weather so we headed over to Legal Seafood's Outdoor Bar at The Charles Hotel. This is one of the real Harvard Square gems and luck was on our side again as we were able to get a four person table with no waiting.

Saturday
Saturday night we headed into Boston for a good friend's birthday. Unfortunately she had to cancel the event. Since we were already in the city we decided to hit up Alibi at the The Liberty Hotel. I have recently developed quite an obsession with this place.

Sunday
JO and I headed into Harvard Square with the specific goal of hitting up the Farmer's Market that is held at The Charles Hotel on Fridays and Sundays. As we walked pass Grafton Street we realized that the England vs. Germany game was on. We were a bit disappointed to be missing it. Since I had just bought an iced coffee we couldn't really eat anywhere so we walked over to the Farmer's Market. After checking out the delicious looking fruits and vegetables we realized that there was a crowd forming at the outdoor bar at Legal's. The bartenders were prepping the bar for the afternoon and were letting people watch the game on the flat screens. We grabbed a couple of seats at the bar. One side was English fans, the other side German fans. It was a lot of fun.

At the half we headed over to Tory Row to grab an early lunch and watch the second half. Oddly enough, Tory Row was full of German fans. It was a lot of fun to watch the game there and my salad with pickled shallot "pink" dressing was very yummy!

We left with just about ten minutes to go in the game so it was over by the time we got back to our apartment. Just as we arrived home a group of disgruntled English soccer fans started a mini melee across the street. Luckily this older woman took charge, clapped in their faces, and gave them a look!

We spent the rest of the day at Jordan's Furniture shopping for a new sectional. Back when we started this quest a month ago we didn't think this would be that difficult. Unfortunately, most furniture is super-sized. This poses a lot of problems for us since we have four large windows in our living room. Not only do we love the light, but if we block the windows how are we supposed to soak in the neighborhood. We actually spend a lot of time watching the goings on. From goat deliveries, to soccer fights, to people falling in the snow, a lot of fun stuff happens out there and we don't want to miss any of it. We've been so frustrated by our couch shopping we were getting real close to learning how to build our own couches! Luckily today's trip left us with some options so we won't be signing up for woodworking classes anytime soon :-)