...wow, I think I spelled that right, I hope that means that I am ready to go back to school...I start on Monday, crazy?! My friend, Cami, and I took a day trip around MA today. It was a blast, one of those relaxing, perfect days. I met at her house at 9 am and we headed out in her car. We drove to Salem to the Peabody Essex Museum, where we saw a special exhibit entitled, "Wedded Bliss" with history and details of weddings and different cultures, and what some of the symbolism really means. I saw a beautiful wedding gown, I would have stolen it, but it's immodest, so that wouldn't do. I saw a fabulous cake. I was also reminded of what a blessing it is that in my country, I get to have the choice as to whom I will marry for time, and for all eternity. After walking around some of the other exhibits, and stopping in the museum shop (which I sometimes find more exciting than the actual museums), we headed out for a stroll of Salem, no witch tours...just a walk around part of the quaint town, and we found a place called, Finz, where we stopped for lunch, and ate outside along the water...yachts parked...and I enjoyed some great fish and chips. After a walk back to the car we decided to head to a town called Marblehead. There is so much history packed into all these little towns. We went to the Jeremiah Lee Mansion, there wasn't much about it in the book, but we are glad we did...it was beautiful, so well preserved, and our tour guide had lots to share. We walked around town, over to the town hall to see the famous painting, The Spirit of '76, and then we got in Cami's car and drove along the water, onto a little cape, out to the lighthouse, and back out of town. I cannot tell you how much I LOVE NEW ENGLAND HOMES! They are so...well, Cami's word is best...CHARMING! I could drive and look at these homes and towns for hours. We got some super yummy ice cream and ate it at a bench on the beach. Then we headed another direction, with plans to go to the Revolutions soccer game (they were playing David Beckham and teammates), but we made a stop at the Outlets-they were great! And guess what...Ally and Ruth, I bought that cute black/purple dress top from Banana Republic, they had the same one that was in Colorado...I HAD to buy it! I justify it as my one new back to school clothing item. So after some shopping and browsing, we headed over to the game, traffic was horrific, so we decided we would rather avoid the drama of going home late in all of it. So we just drove back to Boston, ate some dinner-I had an awesome hamburger, and you all know that I am picky about my burgers, but this one was fabulous. Then Cami and I did our grocery shopping, where she likes to go...I am just trying to find something not so expensive, but alas, that's impossible in Boston. So all in all, I had a fabulous 12-hour day with Cami-great company, great conversation, great food, and lots of fun. There is so much to see and do here, the trick will be to find some time once school starts...I would love visitors...then we could go on some fun excursions like this one. Pictures of my place have been requested, that will be my Sunday project...so expect photos to be up in a day or two of that. Later.
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