Summer Vacation Starts!

Friday was my last day of school. It was my first "real" last day of school in several years and it's such a weird feeling. You're so excited for summer vacation but you've worked with these kids for 180 days and then it's over. I'm going to miss my class. They had such great personality!

We headed out to one of my favorite places in the city, Top of the Hub, for a friends surprise birthday outing. I love Top of the Hub, even on a stormy night when you can't see out the windows. I had such a fun time catching up with Tara and enjoying the beginning of my vacation!

We headed back to Central Square just in time to hit up the Cambridge Dance Party. I've been wanting to go to this for a long time and this year we finally were able to go. I'm so glad we went. This event just shows what a great city Cambridge is. The city closes down a section of Mass Ave. in Central Square. They bring in a great dj and light show to throw it's citizens a huge party to celebrate the summer. We stayed for about an hour and half and had so much fun. There were people of all different ages, races, and backgrounds celebrating together. I absolutely love my city!

The fun continues tonight when we head over to TD Banknorth Garden to see Dispatch and tomorrow morning when I head in for my first morning in Harvard Square!

Why I Love the City!

Why do I love the city so much?

After an exhausting Field Day I needed a recharge in the form of dinner at Teatro and drinks at the bar at KO Prime. The deviled eggs with truffle oil are way better than they have any right to be and the wild mushroom risotto will leave you nothing short of speechless. Seriously! It is absolutely amazing. Usually we would follow up this dinner with drinks at The Last Hurrah but we decided to be spontaneous and try some place new. Enter the bar at KO Prime. The bar area is pretty small but it wasn't crowded at all. The bartenders were super friendly and we enjoyed the quiet relaxed atmosphere.

After an unbelievable time (but rather wet and rainy time) at the NKOTBSB show at Fenway Park we had a 15 minute drive back to our apartment. It wasn't so bad being soaked to the bone knowing that our apartment, and dry clothes, were so close by. I couldn't imagine getting on the train in that condition.

It's a beautiful Monday night you say? Roof deck at Daedalus it is.

A quick walk through the Radcliffe Gardens discovering just how beautiful they really are after the most amazing meal trying out our wedding food at Nubar at the Sheraton Commander Hotel in Harvard Square.

Gourmet sandwiches at All Star Sandwich Bar.

Five minutes before leaving for a wedding and you realize you forgot a card? No big deal. Walk down the block and stop at Boutique Fabulous.

I love my city! I am so lucky to be able to live this life!

Lord Hobo and the RRs

JO and I recently went on a spontaneous Inman outing to try Lord Hobo, a local pub. This has been our list of places to try for a while and I'm glad we finally did.

We started with the chicken lolipops and I am going to tell you now- if you go you must get these. They are the most delicious fried chicken drumsticks on an exposed bone soaking in a soy and sesame seed sauce that is so good the waiter told us to keep it and dunk our fries in it! Our entrees were also good, but to be honest they were a bit underwhelming because the lolipops were so yummy! The restaurant is really open and has a really awesome Cambridge feel. We'll definitely be going back!

In a not so awesome turn of events our neighborhood has gotten some new RRs (Riff Raff if you know what I mean.) We've always had a few, and for the most part they have been more of a nuisance than anything else. RRs are just a part of city life and I'm fine with that...but this new guy is pushing it. Especially because he set up shop on the street corner right outside my door.

Yesterday when I got up to go to work I noticed an older, skinny man walking across the street. He seemed to be moving a bunch of things from one side of the street to the other. When I drove a bit further I realized that he had set up what I can only describe as an outdoor living room, furnished with all of his worldly possessions- including brooms, boots, a mattress and 2 office chairs, on the street corner.



When I returned from work the guy was still there but he was creating some sort of art display with all of his trinkets.


It was extremely strange. JO and I tossed around many theories about this guy including: he was evicted, he was in between leases (it was May 31st after all), and he just really liked to sort coins and hair clips and decided to become his very own living art installation.

We decided that if he wasn't gone by Thursday we would call the police. Lucky for us it didn't come to that because when I left for work this morning he, and all of his possessions except for the art display, were gone. We did find two empty crates of his stuff further up the street. We'll never know what happened to "Super RR" as we nicknamed him but I'm glad he's gone!

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Mission stated- This Friday night JO and I are going to get drinks at Upstairs on the Square. We have always wanted to eat at this restaurant but their menu always looks just a little too strange for us so we decided this was a nice way to check this place off the list :-)