Are you really City Vicky?

The week of Thanksgiving was absolutely brutal at school.  I put in two and half days at school and close to fourteen hours of work at home.  Between the coloring in of bubbles, the correcting of test after test, and trying to finish report cards I was completely frazzled.  Wednesday was a half day but it was also tropical outside making my classroom almost unbearable.  As a result, when I finally returned home at 4:00 p.m. I put on my newly purchased fleece "Give Up Pants" and curled up into a ball on the couch.  JO and I had made plans to go out and enjoy the night free of responsibilities but I wasn't feeling it.

JO tried everything and I just wasn't budging.  That was until JO pulled out the big guns.  He threatened me with moving to the suburbs if I wasn't going to take advantage of nights like these out in the city.  He rallied me with shouts of "You're City Vicky not suburb Vicky."  (disclaimer- many people love the suburbs.  I'm not judging.  That's great if you love the suburbs but it just doesn't work for me.)  This totally worked and I snapped out of my funk and quickly started searching for reservations.

We met up with our good friend at Marliave, pretty much my favorite restaurant in Boston, for dinner and drinks.  We got a great table upstairs and ate some delicious food while reminiscing about all the great things about the past year.  When dinner was over we all agreed that the night was young and that we should take advantage of the city so we headed over to Highball Lounge in the Nine Zero Hotel.

I had just heard about Highball earlier in the week when I read an article about it's grand opening.  They did a great job renovating the space.  It has the rustic modern vibe that's so popular right now.  The bar is made out of old library card catalogues which was pretty cool.  The drink menu is a Viewfinder:

They have a game closet with lots of card and board games to play at the table.  They even have a live dj but the music is just the right volume as to allow costumers to actually talk with each other.

In fact, I think this bar was made for people in our age range.  There are lots of retro throwbacks:  ViewFinder, UNO, Battleship, etc.  The place has a hip vibe and live music but like I said, you can actually carry on a conversation.  It's upscale but not stuffy.

When I go out to a bar I want to enjoy the space and enjoy my friends.  Definitely different priorities that the youngins :-)

Overall the night was a smashing success thanks to the city!