Bagels in the morning

Bagel with cream cheese and lox

Deciding to walk to Faneuil Hall on a holiday weekend probably wasn't the best idea. But I was only in Boston for half a day and I really wanted to see it. This is what I happened upon:

It was crowded but not too bad - then I walked into the food hall...

 

The food hall was completely packed. It took me about 30 minutes to make it from one end to the other.

It was 84 degrees outside and it was about 10 degrees hotter in the food hall.


I headed back to the hotel to cool off.

I ended up having dinner at the hotel because there were still buckets of drunken revelers stumbling about and since I am traveling solo - I was not about to wander around by myself. 

The next morning I walked over to Faneuil Hall for breakfast and it was a completely different experience.

Ahhh, now that is more like it.

Even though it was early in the morning there were a smattering of people wandering around. I love getting to places so early that the morning deliveries are still arriving.

 I ended up here for breakfast:

A bagel and coffee was a perfect way to start the day.

Have a great Tuesday everyone!

Grilled cod

Hi all,

Just a quick post because the wifi in the hotel keeps cutting out. I grabbed the train to Boston this morning for my one night stay in the city.

Hopefully when I get back from doing some sightseeing I will manage to get some photos posted.

Oh, yeah, I had grilled cod for lunch 




*imagine a picture of a piece of perfectly cooked cod here*


I am off to walk around Boston!!

Destination east coast

I have arrived in Boston!

Things have been so hectic lately that I took 2 days off from blogging - which is a rare occurrence for me. 

The clear sign that you are on the east coast?

Dunkin' Donuts at the airport!

 

 

Just to keep you up to date - my mother died almost a year ago. Me and my siblings have been waiting for a time when most of us could travel back to Massachusetts to bury my mother's ashes.

It is a somber event but all of us have had time to deal with the loss and we are all using this time to celebrate all of the things my mother loved.

So, I am looking forward to going to the Wayside Inn tomorrow - one of my mother's favorite places.

The drive to Framingham was very nostalgic for all of us.

The tunnel after you leave the airport and on the way to the Massachusetts turnpike.

A blurry view of the Boston skyline.

The toll ticket looks exactly the same.

We didn't get to the hotel until around 9pm. We were all exhausted and it was getting too late to get dinner out so we ran over to Stop&Shop for some groceries.

I came back to the room with this haul:

Green apples, low fat soup, soymilk, mushrooms, Pellegrino, salsa, broccolini, hummus and lettuce.

I whipped up a quick dinner in the cute little kitchenette in my room:

Vegetable soup, Pellegrino, a green apple and some raw broccolini with some hummus for dipping.

I am off to bed - hoping to get an early workout in tomorrow before we head off to the Wayside Inn.

Night all!

Travel plans- Boston and NY

Sorry for the delay in posting this morning. I was busy making travel plans!!

I will be in the Boston area the first week in October and in NYC for the second week. 

If you live and either of those areas - I would love to schedule a blogger meetup - just send me an email:-)

Breakfast was easy peasy.

The rest of the Dawn's Vegan Salad from Specialty's.

There was a lot left!

Any suggestions for good hotels to stay at near MOMA in Manhattan? 

After reading the bedbug reports - it seems every hotel in NYC has reported incidents - I will be ordering a big supply of bedbug killing paraphernalia:-)