another weekend getaway.

this time, however, not as scary as the last vacation!

shane and i traveled to boston a week and a half ago (yeah, i know, a little late to post, but better late than never!) to go and visit my mom who was stopping over as she toured the northeast. i haven't seen my mom since christmas, so it was great to see her, even if it was for just a quick trip! shane and i have also never been to boston before so we were excited to see the city.

we woke up early friday morning and took the amtrak from penn station. such an icky train station. just being anywhere in the general 34th street vicinity is usually a bad look. we were looking forward to a nice, calm train ride. unfortunately, the train was fully booked and we couldn't even sit next to eachother! we were lucky enough to get 2 isle seats that kind of looked at eachother. we spent a good amount of the time sending eachother text messages about the weirdos sitting around us. the nosy guy next to me was super curious and kept trying to casually look over my shoulder. so i proceeded to mess with him and wrote dirty messages. he finally turned away.

after about 3 hours, we finally arrived in boston! when we got out of the train station, we could have sworn that we were back in herald square!! tons of horrible shops like city sports, sneaker stores, trashy clothes, and yes, a macys! quick! off to the the hotel!


my mom booked us a room at the fancy-shmancy Omni Parker House, where she was also staying. we couldn't wait to get into the hotel and actually relax for a minute.


our room was very nice, with big soft, comfy beds!! (but 2 beds, mom??)


naturally, we had to jump all over the beds. yay! vacation!


and they provided these luxurious bathrobes.


perfect for lounging!!

i know, your lovin' the green chinese slippers! hey! you don't know what is on these hotel floors!

after a power nap, we went for a little walk to grab a bite to eat. strangely, a lot of the restaurants were closed early.


i liked the sign for this chocolate shop. what a cute little strawberry!


someone just got and idea for something to do later that evening !!!
(click on the picture to see who is playing at the theatre! very exciting!!!)

we met mom and her travel-mate, lorraine for dinner in the Parker house dining room.

mother and daughter. everybody say "awww"!

we had a pre-fixe meal and the food was so-so. but the restaurant's claim to fame is being the birthplace of the boston cream pie.


shane appetizer w as a boston cream pie martini. a little too strong and sweet for me.


and here it is, the moment we were all waiting for. the Parker House famous Boston Cream Pie! well, it was ok. not what we all expected. very, very rich. my mom says she makes a much better boston cream pie!

after dinner, we headed off to the Cheers bar for a drink.


this sign is the only thing about the bar that is the same as the tv show.


hey! where's norm?!?!

the next morning was another early start to have breakfast with mom before she left on her cruise. shane and i were not quite awake but my mom insisted on taking a ton of photos before she left.


i had to make this one big so you could really see me. my "i hate pictures at 7am" pose, holding corn cobs.


need more coffee!!!

later, an aimless stroll around the city. we had no clue where we were going, but we had a few hours before our train left.


now this is my idea of boston cream! america runs on dunkin - especially boston! we couldn't go down a street without passing a dunkin donuts!

care for a little nuget of information? the first dunkin donuts was opened in quincy, massachusetts. about 9 miles outside of boston.


this place looks familiar!


alley view with a church in the background.


a view in the Public Gardens.

and that ended our trip to bean town!