Reunion at the Ritz

My college friends try to get together as a group around the holidays.  Usually we meet up for dinner somewhere because our schedules are so crazy and don't allow for much more than that.  This year we had a lot of trouble finding a date that would work until we realized we could all meet up over vacation.  Everything fell in place and we were able to have a full blown reunion, complete with staying at The Ritz Carlton.  The only bad thing was the stupid Polar Vortex that had settled over New England.  We had grand plans of ice skating and wandering around Faneuil Hall but with temperatures dangerously low we had to change things up a bit.

Looking for a place to keep warm, we stopped in the Black Rose for a drink.  We got some seats by the window and placed all of our puffy coats, hats, mittens, and scarves on the counter to get them out of the way which elicited the keene observation, "You can tell we're in our 40s now.  Look at all that winter weather gear." 😱😱😱  After drinks we decided to go back to the hotel and hang out in our room since frankly, it was too cold to do much else.  Our view was pretty stellar!

 

We enjoyed some bubbles and chocolate covered strawberries before heading over to Bin 26 for dinner.

I was in charge of making the dinner plans and I felt like Bin 26 would be perfect.  Charles Street is beautiful and since it's a tapas bar, we wouldn't be rushed and could hang out for as long as we wanted.  Bin 26 is a great restaurant.  Cute atmosphere, great wine list, and delicious tapas.  They also have entrees and pasta so you can pretty much satisfy even the pickiest of eaters.

After dinner it was back to the Ritz for reminiscing about college life and reliving some of the crazy things we did.  The next morning it was 3 degrees out and we were looking for a place for breakfast that didn't involve having to be outside for very long so it was back to the Explorateur before ubering home because there was no way I was walking home from Central in that weather.