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Boston 2024

9/27/2024

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​I wanted to share with you a short vacation my husband and I took at the beginning of June. We decided to visit Boston to see an old friend of mine who used to live at the Jersey shore, tour the city and take in a baseball game at Fenway Park. 
 
My friend’s daughter went to college in Boston and remained there after graduation. Although my friend drove a few times by herself to Boston, she decided to take AMTRAK from Metropark Station in New Jersey to Boston. I convinced my husband to give it a try and he agreed. We booked a trip from Friday to Monday leaving at approximately 9 in the morning. We selected two aisle, business class seats to allow for extra leg room and assigned seats.
 
We arrived at the station and found our car. The car was comfortable and spacious. The trip took approximately 5 hours, but we arrived relaxed and my husband wasn’t exhausted from driving.
As we weren’t familiar with Boston, we took Ubers or walked to wherever we wanted to go. It was a good thing as parking could be difficult and the streets confusing.
 
We stayed at the Newbury Guest House, a small boutique hotel on Newbury Street in the Back Bay. The hotel was charming and convenient to local restaurants, shopping and Fenway Park. Newbury Street reminded me of Park or Fifth Avenue in New York with its shops and restaurants.
 
For dinner Friday evening we dined downstairs at LaVoila which is wonderful restaurant. The restaurant is quite popular and I recommend booking a  reservation. The service and food were wonderful. For an appetizer my husband had heirloom tomatoes mosaic over cantaloupe melon carpaccio, fresh mozzarella, tomatoes dressed with aged balsamic and pesto. For entrees my husband had the seared cod over quinoa, feta cheese, almonds and green olives, pomegranate and foamy spinach bechamel. I chose pan seared sea scallops and Maine lobster, cauliflower and leek purée with peanut crumble and sweet tomatoes beurre blanc…fabulous!
 
For breakfast the next morning we were delighted to find a branch of Levain Bakery down the street from our hotel. We fell in love with  the Baguette with Butter and Jam. It’s a delicious bread with a chewy crust that has the inside spread with creamy sweet butter and slathered with raspberry jam…heaven!
 
As my husband and I have a bit of difficulty doing a lot of walking, I found a great trolley tour of Boston using Old Town Trolley Tours of Boston. I selected one-day tickets which cost $60 per person, but well worth it. The driver/guide is quite knowledgeable and allows for unlimited re-boarding. We had a bit of difficulty trying to locate the pick-up point, as occasionally the trolley signs are difficult to see.
 
For lunch we located a Luke’s Lobster Back Bay on Exeter Street. I love their lobster rolls. It’s a toasted split top bun with a light schmear of mayo on the inside, steamed lobster meat that’s drizzled with lemon butter and their special seasoning.
 
Dinner Saturday evening was with our friends. She selected a restaurant in the Italian North End at Casareece Ristorante. The North End was a hopping place on a warm June evening. The restaurant was charming and our server/owner was warm and hospitable. The portions were generous and delicious. We began with fried calamari that was accompanied with marinara and fried lemons. If I remember correctly we all had some form of pasta. My friend’s husband had a pasta dish with a sizable whole lobster. God bless him, he ate the whole thing. We were quite full afterwards and passed on dessert. We parted ways and headed back to our hotel.
 
Sunday morning, we returned to Levain before heading to the ballpark. Fenway Park was a good 20-minute walk passing Berklee College of Music. Once we arrived at the ball park, it was time to get lunch. My husband wouldn’t allow me to enjoy another Luke’s lobster roll, after all, we’re at a ball game, you eat a hot dog. We had great seats near the Detroit Tigers dugout. While our seats were quite pricy, my husband tells me that seats on the Green Monster are more expensive. The stadium sings “Sweet Caroline” during the seventh inning stretch which was great. We left prior to the end of the game, but the Red Sox won.
 
In keeping with my husband’s road trip tradition with his former college roommates, we too ended our trip with pizza for Sunday dinner. However, instead of a local pizzeria similar , we had pizza at LaPizza & LaPasta at Eataly Boston. We started with Insalata di Rucola which is wild arugula, agriform Parmigiano Reggiano DOP and lemon dressing and an Quattro Formaggi pizza with buffalo mozzarella, pecorino Romano DOP, Gorgonzola Dolce DOP and Grana Padano. For dessert, the most wonderful, rich, creamy and decadent Tiramisu we ever ate, delizioso!
 
For information on Boston for the fall visit https://www.meetboston.com/explore/seasons/fall/
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