Spontaneous Night Out~ Alibi, The Common, and the North End

A few Fridays ago, our plan was simple.  Get some take out, watch Christmas movies, and go to bed early.  It was the first Friday of the "December Crazies," that lovely time period between Thanksgiving and Christmas that is absolute torture for teachers.  I was dead tired and wanted nothing to do with going outside, but....

Then JO had this great idea to go to Alibi since there was a plea deal made in Russia Gate and he thought that would be really funny!  I couldn't resist because I love the Liberty Hotel.  Plus it would give us a chance to kick off the Christmas Tree Challenge, our annual tradition of seeing as many hotel holiday displays as possible.

Before getting a spot at Alibi, we went upstairs to see the famous upside down trees!  The pictures don't do them justice, it's definitely worth checking them out...and getting a class of bubbles in the upstairs bar. 😀

 We had a really good time at Alibi!  We got a mozzarella appetizer which I highly recommend because it comes from Scampo, and they have an entire section of their menu devoted to mozzarella.  We also split a pizza which was quite tasty as well.  We also enjoyed some bubbles because who doesn't love bubbles!

It was only seven o'clock when we had finished dinner, so we decided to extend the evening with a stroll down Charles Street.  I love Charles Street any time of year, but especially during the holiday season.

When we reached the Common we decided to check out the big tree.  Then we decided to go see the tree at Faneuil Hall which led us to Christopher Columbus Park...

which led us to the North End and Caffe Vittoria.  I love Caffee Vittoria and it has been years since I last visited.  It's a super cute dessert and coffee cafe that also serves wine and beer.  We both agreed that we don't go to the North End enough!

The lesson of the evening was~ spontaneous city outings can be really successful!