Aquarium & dinner date

This past Friday David took a half day at work so that we could go into Boston and redeem our Living Social coupon for the aquarium as well as our Eversave dinner coupon for an restaurant in the North End. Around 2:00 we took Ash for a nice long walk, then we hopped on the T at Davis Square to start our adventure! 

The aquarium was fun, but the tank in the center was not nearly as tall as David and I remember it being when we were kids! We both commented on how when we were there before it seemed that we walked around and around and around and that it took quite a while to reach the top of the tank. On Friday we learned that, in fact, it's not that tall at all! It was still very cool to see the huge fish, the sharks, the rays and the big turtle that has been living there forever. One of the coolest parts was that the staff was in the tank feeding the fish while we were there, and it was neat to watch the ray suck the fish into its mouth. The sea lions lounging around outside were also adorable, and kind of reminded us of Ash.

We finished at the aquarium earlier than expected, so wandered through Quincy Market, and then over to Mike's Pastry to get dessert to bring home. We've had Mike's before that our friends have brought back, but never actually been to the shop ourselves. It's a popular place! The tasty cannolis we had once we got back home reminded us why everyone loves the place so much. 

After picking up dessert to go we went over for our dinner date at Antico Forno. We gorged ourselves on delicious soft bread, followed by a sausage and ricotta pasta bake for David and a bowl of gnocchi for me. Both were delicious! 

We were pretty excited to get home because we wanted to see Ash. He'd been alone for about 5 hours, with one visit from Christine when she got home from work. That was the longest amount of time we've left him alone in the house, and we were braced for potential damage when we walked through the door! Luckily our puppy behaved perfectly and the only evidence that he'd been left alone was our rearranged shoes and his toys strewn about. He was certainly excited to see us!! 

We enjoyed our desserts from Mike's while watching an episode of the Cosby show. It was a very fun afternoon and evening, and it was great to take a break from the house and relax!