A lot has happened since we posted last. We try to go out and see something new every weekend, and we have been pretty successful.
Our first week we went to visit Cambridge with our friends Josie and Taylor. We got to see the Harvard Natural History Museum and then walk around Harvard Square. It was pretty neat and they had some really cool buildings. We also drove over to the MIT campus. It was a pretty cold day, but really fun. It has been nice to have friends close that know the area and it makes it fun to explore.
I heard at work that there are some really big outlets only 20 miles south of our apartment, so we decided to go check that out one saturday when it was snowing. It was unbelievably cold, this meant that every time we left a store we wanted to get back into one as soon as possible. I am pretty sure went into 75 different stores. It was pretty awesome but by the end of the day we had spent our shopping budget for about the next 10 years. We also got suckered into walking into the Lindt Chocolate store. They had a giant bin full of truffles but the price sign was facing towards the inside of the store. We stepped in to see how much, and POW!!! they got us. The store clerk gave us a truffle to sample and we walked out with a pound.
Another Saturday we made a trip to Rhode Island. First stop was Newport. It was a cute city with some famous mansions and a great ocean drive with a good view of some awesome beach houses, plus a cool rocky shore. We took a tour of "The Breakers," a mansion built by the Vanderbilt family. It was unbelievable. The tour guide pointed out that the ceiling was covered in 24 carat gold leaf, and the chairs in some of the rooms and some paneling was covered in platinum leaf. Next time we go, I am going to bring a ziplock bag and scrape off a few hundred dollars worth. I am sure they wouldn't miss it too much.
On the way home we stopped in Providence. We had heard that they had a cool shopping center. It really big and had a lot of stores and some fun restaurants. We got samples at some places in the food court including an indian restaurant. The next stop of Foxborough, MA. This is where Gillette Stadium is and a week before the superbowl was a good time to be there. It had some great shops and it was really cool to see the stadium. We found out the next day they had a big sending off party. It was really fun to be here for the superbowl. Everyone was so excited. Most of the people I work with came to work decked out in Patriots gear all week. It was quite a contrast to the next week when a lot of people wouldn't even talk. I sure wish they could have won because the parades and parties would have been fun. It was rough to go to work the next day. It really felt like someone had died.
We did watch the game, even though Jenn wasn't near as excited about it as I was, she humored me. About a week before she started planning our "super bowl party" for the two of us. I don't think I have ever seen so much food. We had everything you can imagine and enough for 10 people. It was amazing. However, I don't think I will hear her making fun of her mother for making "too much food" ever again. I am pretty sure that disease is genetic...but I am not complaining that is for sure.
