Boston

Last week we were on our way home from New York. One of our best trips ever! Dean was in Connecticut for work & I flew into Boston to meet him. I got there on Wednesday afternoon & we had tickets to the Red Sox game that night. Dean's company has season tickets & the seats are amazing. 

That's the Red Sox dugout! I was sooooo excited! I've wanted to go to Fenway since I was in high school. 

Big Papi during warmups. 

That's Big Papi behind us doing high kicks. If he was shorter he could be a Rockette!

It was weird seeing all of the flags at half staff knowing it was because of the police officers that were killed in Baton Rouge just a few days before. Anytime people asked where we were from & we said Baton Rouge the response was the same - "there's a lot going on down there?". Yep. 

It's Big Papi's last season.  I'm so glad we got to see him play during his final season. We saw a good game too. The Red Sox beat the Giants & there was a lot of scoring & a lot of home runs. 

Thursday morning we toured Fenway. That was really interesting. It's such an amazing place with so much tradition 

They even grow everything that they serve in the stadium bars & restaurants.

There's a section of the stadium that has pictures of all the different events they've had at Fenway besides ballgames. This was my favorite!

I love New Kids On The Block!!!

The grounds crew were busy bees during the tour. 

The famous Citgo sign. If you're a fan of running & the Boston Marathon you know about the Citgo sign.

Next time we go to Boston I want to sit on top of the green monster. They have these cute little bar stools that swivel.

So much history!

Our hotel was only a mile from Fenway so we walked. After the tour of Fenway we got on the Hop On Hop Off Trolley tour. We went all over Boston and we took a Harbor Cruise.

The city of Boston from the boat.

Quincy Market had street performers outside. Fun fact - you have to try out to be a performer. 

I had a lobster roll for lunch. It was good but if there would've been some Tony's or other Cajun seasoning around I would've used it! 

The bread was super fresh! Dean thinks mayo is the devil so he went with the old Boston stand by - Chinese food. *rolling my eyes* 

I was taking the pic of Bolyston St. not Chinatown! Speaking of - why in all of these big cities do they all have Chinatown? Now I'm thinking Dean eating Chinese food wasn't so weird. I guess it would've been better if it came from Chinatown though. 

We went in & had a drink at Cheers. 

We also saw a lot of historical stuff on our tour. The last driver we had on the tour was so great. He had the Boston accent, lived their all his life. He was great! If it wouldn't have been for Wahlburgers I would've stayed on to listen to him. 

We went to the Bleacher Bar for a drink.

This place was so neat. It's built under the outfield bleachers of Fenway & there's a big window where you can watch the game & you don't need a ticket. 

Next up was something else I've been waiting on for awhile.

There was no Donnie, Paul or Mark sightings but our waitress said Paul & Mark are there all the time. Figures.

I had a cheeseburger with "government" cheese. The homemade pickles were sooo good! Dean had chili dogs & the fried onion strings were amazing!! 

After dinner it was time to pick up our luggage at the hotel, ride the T to the Amtrak station to catch our train to New York. It was my first time on a train & I really liked it. The seats are bigger than a plane. It was a 4 hour train ride & I slept a good bit of the time so it flew by. 

Next up - New York Day 1

Toodles!

A Break

Unintentional but a break nonetheless. There really hasn't been much going on. Working out, eating, work, start over. 

Last week I managed 3 runs & a couple of workouts. 

I'm trying not to pay attention to pace because it's HOT. Like really, really hot. Yes at 4:52 in the morning it's hot. 90% humidity, over 70 dew point. Just miserable.  That would also be why only 4 miles was ran. 

Friday night we went to Caliente with some of the group. It's been awhile since we were all together so that was fun. 

Saturday, I did some shopping with my friend Suzy. She had surgery on her Achilles & is in a cast & can't drive so I played chauffeur. We had lunch at Mellow Mushroom. It was so good! I love their pizza crust. 

Saturday night we had friends over to plan our trip to Napa. 

Planning a trip to Napa has to involve wine. We're going in October. 

Dean takes trip planning very serious. Everyone loves vacationing with Dean because he does all the thinking! All we have to do is pack & show up.

A sign of a good night!

Monday morning I got myself out of bed & managed 5 miles. It was hot but better than last week. Thank goodness!

I don't know why my watch says yesterday. This was today. I must have hit something. Cindy is training for a triathlon & hates to run but she needed to do some intervals so I went with her. My plan was to just walk but I ended up doing the intervals with her. Run a minute walk a minute after a mile warm up. The time definitely goes by faster doing intervals & having a friend. 

Next up for us is a trip next week to Boston & New York. I've never been to either & I CANNOT wait! 

Toodles!

Father's Day Fun!

Still playing catch up. Me & Dean spent the day at our house for Father's Day with both of our families. Dean grilled. His burgers are the best ever. As usual everything was delicious. We played in the pool for awhile too.

Logan always makes us laugh.

Cannon balls 

and fake cannon balls. 

It was a fun day.

I got back on the workout train last Monday. Things had been touch & go with vacation & being tired. Always tired. I'd really like to figure out a way to function on 5 or 6 hours of sleep. I'd get so much more done. Anyway, I started the week off right & went for a 4 mi. run.

I had a pretty view as I was finishing my run. 

Toodles!

More from Cancun

We were lucky that we had good weather the entire time we were in Cancun. There was a good chance of rain every day but we only had one shower that lasted about 5 minutes. 

We could see Cancun from the beach.

Cindy managed to have her phone in the pool with us taking pictures without drowning it.

Kitzia, me & Dean - there was a table with stools in the pool. It was so cute.

Me, Dean, Brad & Cindy

We met some people from Omaha & hung out with them one afternoon.

The whole crew

The girls with our new friend Sarah. She was on her honeymoon. Her husband saw my hat & said that he'd always wanted to go to a LSU game & now we're all facebook friends! 

We had lunch by the pool one day & they had these adorable coconut drinks. They were good too!

I just couldn't get over how pretty the resort & views were.

Happy Tuesday!

Toodles!

We're Back!

As sad as it is, we are back from vacation. Insert sad face here. Seriously. It was such a great vacation. 

We started out with cocktails in the airport at 6:00 am. Cindy is terrified of flying so a drink is a must & we couldn't let her drink alone. She also takes a "happy" pill but we didn't partake in that part. LOL.

We flew from New Orleans to Houston to Cancun. The flight from NOLA to Houston had the lady that didn't take a breath the entire flight. Seriously. I know her entire life story along with everyone around us because she was loud.  "I don't have anorexia but I have something", "The car wreck was worse than the cancer" & it went on & on & on & on. 

After making it through Customs we found our shuttle to the resort & were on our way.  When we drove up to Royalton it was beautiful! All you could see through the glass doors was the ocean. We stayed in the Hideaway portion of the resort which is the adult only section.

We were greeted with cool towels & champagne! 

After we checked in our Butler took us to our room & showed us how everything worked. 

This was on the TV. We put on swimsuits & met up with everyone to explore.

We ended up on the beach.

Everything was really pretty!

We had dinner at the buffet & I was amazed. Everything was really good & there were soooo many choices! It was like Vegas. Fresh seafood grilled to order, the best pizza, Mexican food, sushi - which now I'm a fan of, pasta, you name it they had it.

We had an early night since we were up since 4 am. 

The view from our balcony was fabulous. This is what you saw when you looked to the right.

And this is what you saw when you looked to the left.

We had gorgeous clear days every day but one & it was only cloudy for a little while with a really short shower.

Friday morning we had breakfast at the buffet. Again, amazing!

Then we were off to the beach.

Aren't our cups cute?

Fake Yeti's for the win! They work just as good as the real thing! Cindy decorated them for us with our monogram's on the back.

More pics to come! Have a great weekend!

Toodles!