Boston Trip - Part 1

Chad and I’s anniversary is in March and I knew I really wanted to surprise Chad with Boston Red Sox tickets. Chad’s favorite baseball team is the Boston Red Sox but he had never been to Boston or the Fenway park. Since he was turning 30 this year I knew I wanted to do something special. I found some tickets on stubhub for a really good price. I consulted with my dad and as much as I wish I was a spur of the moment gal. I couldn’t pull the trigger until I told Chad. I printed out the website and showed Chad and he was beyond excited. Seeing his expression made it worth it so I went ahead and purchased the tickets.

We waited a few months to purchase flightss and an Airbnb. We researched very very little about this trip but the one thing we did research was where to stay and everyone said that the hotels were pretty pricey and we really wanted the full Boston experience so we opted to stay in an Airbnb. It was located close to Beacon street and centrally located to everything that we did want to do.

I left all the details up to Chad, where he wanted to eat/what he wanted to do, etc. A week before we left for our trip we still did not have anything planned. Chad wanted to wing it, and if anyone knows me they know I am not a fly by your seat kind of person.

The day we left we had inspections on our house and it was a total mess. We also didn’t know that the buyer was going to be there during inspections so we apologized as we were running out the door. We left late on a Tuesday and didn’t get into Boston until around midnight. I was wiped and ready to call it a night plus we were in a city we’ve never been to before and did not feel safe roaming the streets at night.  Chad on the other hand was too excited but of course I won that battle and told him to just look out the windows of our uber on the way to our Airbnb and as soon as we arrived we passed straight out.

The next day we woke up and just started walking to find a place to eat. We ended up eating at The Pavement, and it was one of my favorite breakfast bagel sandwiches and latte’s. We sat on the patio in complete awe. This city is absolutely beautiful and not like any other place we had been before. We started to just walk after breakfast and ran across a TJ Maxx. Of course we had to stop in, plus I got the brilliant idea that they would probably have Boston Red Sox attire for way cheaper than getting it at a specialty store or the stadium. Luckily I was right and I got a tank top, shirt, and Chad got a shirt all for the price of 1 shirt you could get at the stadium, BAM.

Since our apartment was close to everything we headed back to drop off our bags. We then knew we wanted to do something historical so we headed to Beacon Park grabbed a few beers from the Cheers restaurant and headed on the freedom walk. It is a free tour but you can pay for a guide. We ended up walking to several of the monuments but not all of them and ventured a little off path to find a lobster roll. We went to Neptunes (which I simply googled “best lobster rolls in Boston”) but the wait was over an hour long so there was another place right next door called Pauli’s, which was also on the best lobster rolls list. I should have known that I wasn’t going to love it cause I’m not a lobster fan but Chad thought it was pretty good.

We started to head back and ran across Boston’s version of “Italian City” and we saw a HUGE line for Mike’s pastry. I asked Chad if he wanted something and he said no so we went to a coffee house next door called Caffé Vittoria, hands down the best coffee I have ever had. As we were sitting there we kept seeing people with the Mike’s pastry boxes and walking in and out and taking pictures. I asked Chad again and this time he said Yes!!! The place was CRAZY, we got a cannoli and a cheesecake and rushed out of there before getting trampled. After all the walking we opted to get an uber to ride back to our apartment. That night we walked over to Fenway Park where there was a game going on and ate at the Wahlburgers restaurant. We got one of their seasonal burgers and it was heaven on a plate. Best burger hands down. After dinner we went to use the restroom at a hotel across the street from Fenway. We saw a sign for a rooftop bar and as a guest was leaving the elevator we hopped on. Pretty sure we weren’t supposed to be up there, but it was beautiful.

(this turned into a super long post so I'm breaking it up into 2, stay tuned)