Time flies. Seriously.
Last weekend was Thanksgiving weekend, and it was a jam-packed one.
Wednesday night, a couple friends and I hit up Green Street Lounge, where a quick drink and bite to eat turned into a full night of cocktails.
Thursday morning I pulled myself out of bed to meet friends for the annual Turkey Trot in Davis Sq. at 845am. Following a lovely 4-mile run, we headed into the Burren for some 10am beers, then I headed home to relax for a bit and prep bread and popovers to bring to Thanksgiving dinner. Dinner was hosted at a friend's place, where I an about 10 other friends chowed down, played informal group Family Feud, charades, and euchre, at which point we were all sufficiently intoxicated.
I and a friend then took Black Friday head-on, hitting the stores for a solid 7 hours, beginning at 2pm, downtown to fill out a new set of sweaters. Most of my sweaters I've had since probably early undergrad, so it was high time to renew that collection. Though it was quite busy, apart from the 30-minute wait in line at Express (there was a whole set of cash registers that were deliberately closed for some inexplicable reason), I'm not sure I would have known that the day was different from any random Saturday. And with nearly every store having a big sale, including my favorite store, Banana Republic (40% off everything!), it was a no-brainer for me.
Saturday was full of culture. I met friends at 11am at the Boston Aquarium, which turned out to be a bit of a disappointment since they are renovating the giant tank at the center and removed the penguins that swim beside it. The big fur seals outdoors were very cute, and many of the smaller tanks inside had a lot of amazing aquatic life, but for a big-city aquarium it certainly felt a bit lacking.
Afterwards, we grabbed lunch at the Barking Crab and then a couple of us continued on to the ICA to check out their exhibit celebrating the 1980s. It turns out that the ICA is free for MIT students... its a shame that I haven't taken advantage of this fact more in my time here! In any case, in the 1.5 hours we spent there, I actually only managed to see the 1980s exhibit but hadn't realized that there was an additional 70% of the museum with many other exhibits that apparently were quite cool.
Finally, on Sunday I relaxed a bit and caught up with life.
Last weekend was Thanksgiving weekend, and it was a jam-packed one.
Wednesday night, a couple friends and I hit up Green Street Lounge, where a quick drink and bite to eat turned into a full night of cocktails.
Thursday morning I pulled myself out of bed to meet friends for the annual Turkey Trot in Davis Sq. at 845am. Following a lovely 4-mile run, we headed into the Burren for some 10am beers, then I headed home to relax for a bit and prep bread and popovers to bring to Thanksgiving dinner. Dinner was hosted at a friend's place, where I an about 10 other friends chowed down, played informal group Family Feud, charades, and euchre, at which point we were all sufficiently intoxicated.
I and a friend then took Black Friday head-on, hitting the stores for a solid 7 hours, beginning at 2pm, downtown to fill out a new set of sweaters. Most of my sweaters I've had since probably early undergrad, so it was high time to renew that collection. Though it was quite busy, apart from the 30-minute wait in line at Express (there was a whole set of cash registers that were deliberately closed for some inexplicable reason), I'm not sure I would have known that the day was different from any random Saturday. And with nearly every store having a big sale, including my favorite store, Banana Republic (40% off everything!), it was a no-brainer for me.
Saturday was full of culture. I met friends at 11am at the Boston Aquarium, which turned out to be a bit of a disappointment since they are renovating the giant tank at the center and removed the penguins that swim beside it. The big fur seals outdoors were very cute, and many of the smaller tanks inside had a lot of amazing aquatic life, but for a big-city aquarium it certainly felt a bit lacking.
Afterwards, we grabbed lunch at the Barking Crab and then a couple of us continued on to the ICA to check out their exhibit celebrating the 1980s. It turns out that the ICA is free for MIT students... its a shame that I haven't taken advantage of this fact more in my time here! In any case, in the 1.5 hours we spent there, I actually only managed to see the 1980s exhibit but hadn't realized that there was an additional 70% of the museum with many other exhibits that apparently were quite cool.
Finally, on Sunday I relaxed a bit and caught up with life.
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