Taking it to the Next Level

Friday night was a night to have fun with good friends and live the high life for a little while.

We headed out around 7:00 and splurged with what proved to be the longest cab ride to Copley Square ever. Anytime a transfer to the Green Line is in store the sticky subject of walking arises. The last time I ended up with ice packs on my legs.

Our first stop of the evening was the Oak Room at the Copley Fairmont. Although this place is a bit pricey it's totally worth it if you're looking for an injection of Boston sophistication. Another huge plus is the big comfy chairs and couches. It was such a nice way to start the weekend after such a crazy week.

Our second stop on the tour was dinner at Smith and Wollensky's in the Castle. Normally this would be a restaurant reserved strictly for only the most special of occasions but it's Restaurant Week here in Boston so we were able to take advantage. I'm not a huge steakhouse fan but this place was super! The atmosphere is so relaxed but it still feels so special. We were seated in a large room with a fireplace and the chairs were big arm chairs (once again over sized, comfy chairs are awesome!) There were four choices for dinner and they all looked so good so it ended up being really hard to pick.

I started with a mozzarella, tomato, and portabello mushroom Neapolitan drizzled with Balsamic oil. That mushroom was the best mushroom I had ever eaten...until I tried some of the mushrooms that were served with dinner :-) My main meal consisted of three huge short ribs, which looked more like dinosaur bones, served over deliciously smooth mashed potatoes. Delicious is not an acceptable word for this meal.

I spent all day in a food hangover lounging on the couch, watching March Madness! Anyone who knows me knows that I live for March Madness! Bracket Sunday is like Christmas Day when I was a kid! I'm loving the new tv format...I can literally watch three or four games at once...throw in the women's games and it could be as many as six!

Saturday night we went out with friends to the Thirsty Scholar. Back in November we went to see Social Network and unknowingly had gone to two of the places featured in the movie the day before, one of which was the Thirsty Scholar. The opening scene of the movie was shot at the Thirsty Scholar. Saturday night we ended up sitting at the table the scene was filmed at which was kind of neat. Thirsty Scholar was also a great place to go on Saturday because they simultaneously showed all of the basketball games on their 8 different tvs, which for me was March Madness awesomeness! It was also great to hang out with such great friends. We made it home in time to watch the UConn men's team fight their way into the Sweet Sixteen...I'm not really sure I should watch UConn games in public :-)

Sunday we got up early in order to be at Gampel by 11:15 to watch my UConn Huskies in the first round of the women's tournament. It was a pretty strong start for the Huskies and I'm looking forward to going down Tuesday for the second round game!