BOS-to-the-TON.

koalas @ the san diego zoo.

took a red-eye flight to boston thursday night. it was my first time on virgin america, which is really great, except i stupidly booked the row in front of the exit row, so our seats were non-reclining, which meant no sleep. arrived at 6am, and got dunkin donuts coffee before even leaving the airport - mmm. we stayed at harv&cindy's place in allston for the weekend, and got to their place just around 8a. after a quick run, harv took us to breakfast at zaftigs in coolidge corner. dan showed me around BU before i headed to the four seasons to have afternoon tea with lily and maddy for lily's birthday. i can't believe they're both in boston now and how much i miss them. but i'm also glad to be blessed with such amazing friends, even if most of them are on the other side of the country. that night we dinnered with john, harv and their families at shabu zen. so good! and natalie and dylan are getting so big now, yet adorable as always.

while friday was overcast and a bit drizzly, saturday was just lots and lots of rain. despite the weather, dan took me on a tour of the city, starting with an amazing breakfast at the paramount in beacon hill - seriously, best turkey sausage ever. the real bummer about the rain was that i couldn't bring my nice camera out with me so i had to settle for my little point&shoot. after walking around all morning, we met with some of dan's college buddies for lunch at stephanie's on newbury. that night, we went to the tampa bay rays vs. red sox game - it was my first time at fenway so i was so excited - which was supposed to start at seven. even though it was no longer raining, the game was rain delayed because they were expecting rain. it 8.30p it drizzled for 5 minutes, and the game started 2 hours late. at 10.30p or so, after only five innings, it actually did start raining and we go into another rain delay. the game would have been over if they'd started on time!! we stayed until midnight, when they decided to call the game, and spent our last half our there watching the dodgers vs. giants game on the jumbotron. oh, the irony.

sunday morning we got up early again to explore a bit more of boston, this time the area around government center, quincy market and the north end (split a cannoli from mike's pastries - yummmmm). the clouds were big and fluffy and the sun came out, so at least our last day in boston was nice. met up with family for chinese breakfast (but for lunch) and then headed over to harvard square to meet with a couple of dan's hometown friends before finally heading to the aiport and flying back to LA.

also, finished the lovely bones on the flight back to LA.. guess i need another book for next weekend.