a bit more boston...

aside from walking around the snow covered city, we had some good adventures in boston last weekend too...but i didn't take many pictures, so use your imagination :).

when i arrived friday night, kara was there to meet me at the airport...which was a nice surprise but i think maybe she read my post and was afraid of losing me, hahaha.  for the record, i would've made it, i'm not a total spaz, but it was nice to have a travel buddy!  we made a stop at her apartment, picked up her roommate emily and then headed out to the north end for diner at a place recommended by our crazy cab driver (aka 'the cab king').  the food was good but the 50 year old waitress in her velour track suit was not the friendliest of characters.  luckily it was a quick meal since we had to make it to our show at the improv asylum.

the show was so good!  i really had no idea what to expect, even though i had read the website.  it was a small audience in a neat little space and the sketches were super funny.  best part was that it was a pretty reasonably priced outing and on top of it kara had a groupon which saved us...and then on top of that, the night we went was part of the magners tour so they had 2 for 1 20oz bottles.  crazy cheap event! unfortunate that i was only there until sunday afternoon though because aziz ansari was performing in the sunday night show. whaaaaatttt?!?! that would've been really insane to see!

on saturday, after our long walk, we went to bikram!  it was cool to see where kara practices and get to see her sweat it out like a champ.  the room was a little less humid than i was used to and i'm pretty certain the heaters they used made me feel i was in a hockey locker room, but it was all good and it was perfect way to end the afternoon and get prepared for the damage we were about to do to our bodies with some good ol' fashioned BARBECUE!!!

when k told me we were going to go to Redbones for dinner on saturday i could not contain my excitement!  i'd heard about this place for the past few years, from her and other friends and work colleagues so i knew it had to be amazing.  and oh yea, it was.  the menu is huge, especially for a bbq place.  it's totally laid back and just down right delicious.  we waited for quite some time since they don't take reservations - and they too had had a groupon recently and sold 10,000 in the first 4 hours!!!  we got some hushpuppies, ice tea in a giant mason jar, and i had a brisket sandwich that seriously had over a pound of bbq on it.  unreal.  i want them to cater my life.

me, k & em...full and happy!

after redbones, we stopped in at two bars...21st ammendment - weird crowd that night, left shortly after...and emmet's - which was randomly having an 80's night party, haha.  there were lots of older people dressed in heinous 80's garb dancing to all of the classics...provided by this dj who loved his job more than anyone i'd ever seen.  couldn't stop watching him! hahaha, too bad the picture doesn't do it justice!

 sunday we had a leisurely morning and a delicious breakfast at The Other Side Cafe.  fresh pot of tea on the table and beligan waffle with egg/bacon/cheddar omelet inside...not sure i can ever eat another breakfast sandwich without waffle 'bread'.  it was divine!!  in case we hadn't had enough to eat for brunch, we made our way over to Sweet after popping into a few stores.  we met up with kara's roommate from school, emily, and had a tasty snack before catching the T so i could make my way home.  such a cute shop and the cupcakes were awesome.  kara and i shared a banana's foster and a karat cake...we also both drank some sour milk, not so smart, but didn't let it ruin the sugary goodness of Sweet!

thanks for a great weekend kara!! hope you're staying warm up there!! xo!

kara at the T stop...someone used her black mountain bumper sticker bookmark to decorate!