Exploring the Seaport

I love long weekends, especially long 4 day weekends! After a great few days back in the classroom it was nice to have four straight days off. Thankfully Hurricane Earl only stayed for a day and I was back in the Square Saturday morning.

I woke up pretty early for me on Saturday, before 8:00 a.m. so I headed off to the Square to enjoy the sunny weather. The Square was so empty. I went for a quick walk around the Charles River. It brought back so many memories from last fall when my Charles River walks were a means to escape my work stress! I left the Square in a great mood, ready for a fun evening at the Seaport.

One of our friends organized a Seaport adventure for Saturday night. I have to admit, I've done a few things in the Seaport area, but for the most part I never venture down there. Big mistake! The Seaport area has some great places... and I think we went to all of them last night :-)

First up was Drink. I've read about this place in Boston Magazine a bunch of times and was very excited to try it. A little hint- if you've never been it's pretty hard to find. It's in the basement of Sportello and the sign is a 3 inch tall black etching on the door. I highly recommend this place, and it may just actually be my new favorite. They don't have much a menu because they will basically make anything you want. The atmosphere was really relaxed, but trendy... a sometimes tough combination to pull off.

Next up we headed over to one of my favorite restaurants the No Name Restaurant on the Fish Pier. When I was younger my parents would take me here for special occasions, even though it's definitely not a typical "special occasion" restaurant. The menu is no frills and that's just how I love my seafood! My favorite dish is the broiled sauteed shrimp plate with broccoli, cauliflower, and carrots. It's such a simple dish but the flavors are so fresh and clean and everything is cooked perfectly. I was so happy that everyone seemed to enjoy it just as much as I do!

After the No Name we headed over to the Atlantic Beer Company to enjoy the roof deck. I'm slightly disappointed that I just discovered this place at the end of the summer. Maybe it was because it was Labor Day weekend but it wasn't crowded at all, and the clientele were mostly our age. In my opinion, a Boston outing is always better with less 21-24 year olds. I just can't take them sometimes :-) The roof deck has an awesome view of the harbor! Even though it was quite blustery, thanks to Earl, we all agreed it was refreshing after the heat wave from the past week.

Our next stop was The Whiskey Priest conveniently located right next door. I ended up liking this place a lot more than I thought I would, especially with the young crowd I spotted heading in before us. Once inside I realized there was a nice mix of ages. The bar is right on the water with large open-air windows. I also really enjoyed the mix of music which inspired us to go out dancing in the near future. We had a fun conversation about how you can tell a lot about a woman based on her footwear choices and amount of product in her hair. On our way out the door, at the late hour of 10:00, we were greeted with a huge line to get in. Apparently we were the trend setters that evening :-)

Our final stop for the evening was The Barking Crab. The Barking Crab is a fun, very casual, harbor side restaurant and bar. It was a great place to wrap up the evening!

Now, I'm off to review lessons on latitude, longitude, and hemispheres! Things are a bit different for me this year but I'm definitely much happier at school... and I still have one more morning in the Square to look forward to tomorrow. Now if only my tables were back!