I love long weekends

This past weekend was Memorial Day long weekend and I started it out right. On Friday we were let out of work early at 2! woohoo! The weather was beautiful and the outdoor pool at our apartment opened for the summer on Friday. Coincidence? It was was made to be! I drove straight home, put my swim suit on, applied layers of sun screen, and headed straight for the pool. It was DEVINE!

Enjoying my first pool day of the season

After laying in the sun for a couple hours, I got ready to meet Pat and some friends for dinner at a restaurant in Cambridge. We sat on the patio and enjoyed the fabulous weather. mmm there is nothing better than fajitas and a glass of gin and tonic. I was in summer heaven.

After dinner we reached a compromise on where to go next. Pat wanted to watch the Bruins vs Tampa game, most wanted to drink beer, and I wanted ice cream or chocolate...naturally. So we went to The Miracle of Science, a bar close by, which satisfied all our needs. I had chocolate ice cream...in case you were wondering.

Oh and in case you live under a rock and didn't hear, the Bruins WON! Pat was ecstatic. Off to the Stanley Cup Finals, which starts tonight. Too bad we don't have tickets :(

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Ok, so that was Friday....Saturday we went to Haymarket, a large outdoor produce market in Boston. We bought some super cheap raspberries and cherries. Our fruit ended up being pretty tasty, but I was a little underwhelmed by the quality of the overall produce at the market. We should have gone earlier because it looked like a lot of the good stuff was gone. Lesson learned!

After Haymarket we made our way over to Hanover street in North Boston....the Italian area. As if we didn't already have our fill of Italian food from our trip. We went for coffee and cannoli at a cute shop. Both were delicious and they made little hearts in our lattes with milk, but I forgot to take a picture.

Later that night we went for a romantic dinner cruise on the Boston Harbor. It was my early birthday celebration. I love any chance to get all dressed up! The food was great and so was the view. And best of all I got to spend that night out with my hubby.

About to set sail

My special birthday drink including a blue light!

Yeah, I know, we took a lot of pictures....but we had so much fun!

On Sunday we lounged by the pool and then that night we watched Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. I thought it was an ok movie, but was a little long and at times hard to follow. A few interesting twists though.

Pat lounging by the pool

Monday was Memorial Day here in the US, so we had the day off. Pat went golfing in the morning and then we ran some errands in the afternoon. Before dinner we went for a nice walk around the Upper Mystic Lake just north west of our place. We have so many lakes and parks near our place that it's so great to explore a new one every time.

Italy pics coming soon.....b/c we shoot in raw format we're still working on processing them.

NOW off to watch the game with my hubby!