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#HLS12 – The Last Day

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After another yum-tastic Summit breakfast, my roommate from this year and last year (Emily), my roommate from last year (Krista), Mindy, and I, all decided to head back to Boston and spend the day in the city before heading to the airport.  Somehow amazing weather swept through the city last night and was still in full effect today.  I’m telling you, it was the best walking weather we could have ever hoped for.

Emily went to college in Boston and still lives in Massachusetts, so we left it up to her to lead the way.  She suggested lunch at Quincy Market since we were all hungry for a solid lunch before our upcoming travel agendas.  The walk to lunch lended itself to quite the picturesque path.

I trailed behind the group, taking in the oldness of Boston.

Growing up and Florida, and Texas being the only other place I have ever lived, historic downtown architecture is something that signifies vacation for me.  I totally look forward to it!

The picture of the older gentleman playing an unidentifiable instrument with his pup was my favorite of the day.

When we arrived at Quincy Market, we quickly realized it was the perfect lunch spot as we were all craving something completely different.  We parted ways to browse and made a plan to meet up on the steps so we could eat together in the sunshine.

Emily had Greek, Krista had Italian, Mindy had Thai, and I…

I had Boston!  There were three places in the market that served lobster rolls, so I checked each of them out and settled on the place whose roll looked the most lobster-rich.  If only this hot dog bun was a warm crusty sourdough roll, I would have been in heaven.  I ate half the sandwich as-is and picked the lobster out of the second half in order to save room for pastry.

Mindy hadn’t been to the North End yet and wanted to sample Mike’s Pastry before leaving town.  After posting about Mike’s Pastry, my mom let me know that Maria’s was her favorite and suggested getting the sfogliatelli.  We went to Mike’s first so Mindy could see what all the rage was about and then headed to Maria’s to order my mom’s fav.  Mike’s definitely had a better selection, but the quaintness of Maria’s was undeniable.  We munched on our sweetness as we headed back to the hotel, gave hugs, and parted ways.
I’m so happy to report that my second Healthy Living Summit was even better than the first!  I’m going to miss everyone SOOO much but know that it will be time for HLS13 in the blink of an eye!

#HLS12 – Strolling Through Boston

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After three days of Summit happenings on the Cambridge side of town, I was antsy to cross the river and see what Boston was all about.  I convinced four other exhausted bloggers (Mary, Danielle, Emily & Kelly) to join me for a dinner adventure.  We hopped on the T and made our way to Scollay Square.

Scollay Square was decent, but it wasn’t nearly as special as anything I’d eaten on the Cambridge side.  We finished our meals at record pace and decided to walk around the city and take advantage of unseasonably cool weather.

We made our way through the bustling North End on Mission: Dessert and found ourselves in line at Emily’s favorite, Mike’s Pastry.  The line was so out of control that you just knew anything would be amazing.  And knowing this, made it impossible to settle on just one sweet.

I ordered an eclair, a cannoli, and a neopolitan, perfectly aware at how ridiculous the order must have seemed.  And honestly, the over-ordering me had little intention of sharing.  But the post-few-bites me recognized that I was seconds away from a total food coma and would need to give away the extras.  I curled up in the covers and sent Emily and Danielle downstairs with my Mike’s Pastry box so they could spread the food coma love.

#HLS12 – In Boston!

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Do you remember when you were a little kid and you got presents for say… your birthday.  And it was total sensory overload because you wanted to play with every single gift at the same time.  And play with all your friends.  And eat cake.

Well, not much changes when you’re big kid at the Healthy Living Summit.  And you want to try on every free piece of clothing (note headbands and shirts above and sneakers (yeah SNEAKERS!!) below).  And you want to get silly with all your blogging friends.  And you want to eat swag bag snacks.

I guess where I’m getting at is that I’ve been in Boston for 5-ish hours and it feels like my birthday (without the turning 30 part).

Off to dinner with Meghann, Katie, Mindy, Amanda, and Danielle!