Blizzard City Style Part 2

I left off yesterday with JO and I planning our Inman Square outing for the evening.  With the travel ban lifted more restaurants were open.  Normally we would've headed over to Trina's Starlite Lounge but they didn't have a full kitchen staff.  As a result they were serving grilled cheeses courtesy of Roxy's Grilled Cheese Food Truck.  This would usually be a no brainer for me, seeing as I love grilled cheeses, but we had eaten so much cheese earlier in the day that we decided to go in a different direction.

We tried the Druid but it was super crowded so we ended up at the Ginger Exchange.  We we were certainly glad they were open.


We haven't eaten here in a long time and they've added some new items to their menu.  The garlic chicken stir fry was quite yummy!

After dinner we continued down the street for drinks at Puritan and Company.  We've been looking for a reason to go here since trying it out a month or so ago and we thought it would be the perfect place to celebrate the end of the blizzard.  It was pretty crowded and there was only one seat at the bar but we made it work.  The bartender was super nice and when two seats opened up at the end of the bar he moved us over there.  He was telling us that he was enjoying the evening since it was mostly locals and he was having fun getting to know everyone.  We asked him what was opening next door and he told us that that will be a CSA pick up location for the Potager Farm.  We didn't want the night to end so we ordered a slice of the chocolate cake and it was pretty delicious.  The layers are separated with caramel frosting and the cookie was crunchy and delicious.

The snow mound where we threw the snow

Today we spent a couple hours shoveling out our cars.  I preferred the "kicking the snow off the car" method to the more traditional shoveling method.  I recently taught my kids the meaning of the word fruitless and at some points I thought that was the only word to describe our efforts.








But eventually we uncovered my car, although I don't know when I'll be driving it since school is cancelled tomorrow.  No complaints from me.  I've come to realize that makeup days in June are a lot less stressful than regular days in February.

After lunch I decided to test out the T's "limited service."  I really wanted to go to the Skywalk Observatory to see the blizzard from 50 floors up.




After the Skywalk I decided I didn't want to head home right away so I walked around Newbury Street before waiting for the bus at Mass Ave.

Unfortunately, the bus never came.  Typically this would send me into a bit of a "freakout" but I embraced the situation and decided to walk over the bridge to take some more pictures before grabbing a cab home.

Now I find myself with another free day tomorrow!  I'm thinking of breakfast at the S and S followed by checking out Inman Oasis for a soak in the hot tub.