For Patrick’s birthday, Brian came up from Texas to hang out for Halloween weekend. I requested some time off of work and was able to spend 2 out of 3 days with him and Patrick so that was fun. :) Here’s how it all went down!
Friday: Brian came in around 11am and Patrick picked him up from the airport. They went downtown for the day and visited all the Boston sights. They went to the Boston Commons, Fenway, Beacon Hill, Faneuil Hall, Harvard Square, Cheers, etc. There are a few pictures but I don’t know much about that time since I was at work. :) After their sight seeing, they came to get me from work and we went out for sushi at Yoki. It was awesome and fun. We then spent the night watching the Ghost Adventures Live show which wasn’t so awesome. It was actually pretty lame and they did not show any of our questions on the live chat so clearly it wasn’t live!! We went to bed at 1am after finally giving up on Ghost Adventures.
Saturday: I took Saturday and Sunday off so we decided to do something very New England-ish and went apple picking on Saturday. First we had breakfast at the Neighborhood restaurant in Union Square (which is always awesome) and then we drove to Stow and picked some awesome apples. After apple picking we drove back to Somerville and I made some apple crisp while the guys carved the Halloween pumpkins. We didn’t plan on giving out candy for Halloween but who can resist carving a pumpkin? Once that was done, we went out for dinner at Out of the Blue with Darcy so that she could meet Brian. The seafood was pretty good but it was a bit pricey. I have no idea how this place got a reputation for having cheap and good seafood because it was good but certainly not cheap! After dinner, we went to see Paranormal Activity at the Somerville Theater. Brian wanted to watch the movie in an old theater and this one was perfect. It was creepy and weird. I kinda liked it. Very clever of them. I can’t believe they made the film only spending $11,000 and made over $67,000,000!! Pretty good investment!
Sunday: We got up and decided to go to Salem. We figured that they would still be all decked out for Halloween so we drove out there. Of course, all the parking said that it was for residents and if you wanted to park in the parking garage, it was $20. How freaking ridiculous is that!? Well, I drove around for a while looking for a parking spot and ended up parking in resident parking. On my way to the museum, I looked at someone’s parking ticket and if you parked in resident parking without a resident sticker, the ticket is $15. Why would anyone pay $20 for parking in a garage when you can park illegally in Salem and get a ticket for less than the cost of parking!? Stupid. So I was parked illegally but we didn’t get a ticket so it was free parking! Yay! :) We did the museum, and walked around their small harbor for a bit. We then had lunch at some Witch cafe or something and that was good. We then drove home and invited Darcy to come over and hang out some more. We hung out at the house and I made apple sauce while the guys watched bad TV and we talked. It was fun. We went out to Mr. Crepe in Davis Square for dinner (also awesome, as usual) and then drove Brian to the airport.
Overall, it was a super fun visit and it was really nice to see Brian and hang out. It feels like it’s been so long since a visit from someone from Texas (other than family) so we had a good time. Sadly, I have to go back to work tomorrow and Patrick is already back to work today. If you want to check out some photos from the weekend, click on Brian’s photo below.








