BOSTON FINALE

After that scrumptious dinner at Erbaluce I went to see a performance of HAIR at the Colonial Theatre. The troupe is part of Broadway Across America. I had a seat near the front and on an aisle. What that meant was having contact with the actors. They come out to the audience quite often running up and down the aisles and in many instances doing stuff like ruffling an audience member's hair or sitting on the lap while singing. This troupe did no less of a great performance than the one I saw on Broadway in Manhattan. In fact I just heard that HAIR is returning to New York at the end of June as part of Broadway Across America. I'm looking forward to seeing this cast again. I love the music!

Getting back to my tour of Boston. I chose orange juice and quiche for breakfast at the Charles Street Inn. I didn't want to eat too much as lunch was scheduled for 1 p.m.

Since it wasn't raining I took a short walk on Charles Street. There was this shop called Isabelle's Curly Cakes that's all about cupcakes. They make their basic cupcake, scoop out a part of the top and put in the frosting and then add more frosting. I sampled a small cupcake just to taste the quality. Moist cupcake and delicious frosting.

I decided to do a Pedicab tour with Boston Pedicab. The tour took me from the Charles Street Inn to the Quincy Market area dropping me off at Union Oyster House for lunch. The Union Oyster House is the oldest restaurant in the US.

When in Rome...I had a cup of a very creamy clam chowder, a combo of Welfleet and Bluepoint Oyster, a sample of their lobster ravioli, and a 2-pound lobster. I skipped dessert.

I was later picked up at this location and taken back to the Charles Street Inn so that I could pack my bags and Jetblue back to New York.

JETBLUEING TO BOSTON

Jetblueing to Boston due to cheap fare of $39 each way from JFK. Plus taxes, of course. Rainy weather caused a delay but still managed to get here at original time.

I could have taken a $20 cab ride or $24 share ride (which doesn't make sense) to my hotel if it weren't for the option of public transportation option of paying $2 for the Silver T bus, taking me directly to South Street Station and taking the Red Line subway to Charles Street Station, 3 blocks from the Charles Street Inn. It took about 45 minutes and personally would have not done if heavier baggage. Let's add that it was raining.

Upper Deck bus tour just down the block from the inn. Great way to see Boston and Cambridge with this new Upper Deck sort of double decker bus. Not only can you see the sights from a higher position but the $39 fare for two days includes an extra tour of Cambridge as well as being able to chose another tour for free, such as a Boston Harbor Cruise.

I had the Louise May Alcott room on the 5th floor (they have an elevator) with a great view of Charles Street. Each of the 9 rooms are named for an historic female regarding Boston. The room had a king size bed, desk, coffee table, Bose radio, one of those flat screen tvs, a fireplace and bathroom with a jacuzzi. No charge for either local or long distance calls and free wifi as well.

The bathroom also had a robe, slippers and fridge with water and soda inside and snacks on the shelf above. Cabinet above had wine and drinking glasses as well as utensils for breakfast. You order breakfast from a small menu and fork it over to the front desk the night before. The breakfast gets delivered to your room.

Lobby also has snacks, books, magazines and a small library of DVD's in case you want to simply watch a movie as the fireplace is aglow.

I wanted to test out the bed by just relaxing while watching the tv. Two hours later...in other words, the bed is more than comfortable!