Jacqui and I arrived in Boston early last Thursday morning to a freak cold snap - wet, windy and freezing! We had booked a flight with Continental from Burlington to Boston but when we got to boarding, we realised it was a Regional Express type airline operating on behalf of Continental... and our First Officer was also the Flight Attendant! Anyway, it was a short 46 minute ride straight to Boston. We arrived at our hotel - The Onyx, which turned out to be a great little Boutique Hotel right next to Little Italy.
As our flight was an early morning arrival, after checking in at the hotel we ventured to the South End of the city to have breakfast at a local diner we had read about called Mike's City Diner. It was a great and extremely cheap (read $5 for 3 slices of French toast with bacon and coffee). Back out into the cold again, we started our shopping expedition at Copley Place not too far from the South End. Copley Place was a very upmarket shopping centre where Jacqui and I kicked off our spending spree with my first ever purchase from Tiffany's, followed by my long desired sunglasses from Prada. Jacqui also made her first ever Manolo Blahnik purchase... I'm not quite ready for that yet!
After a hearty start to our shopping spree at Copley, we then trekked in the cold and rain over to Newbury Street. Newbury Street is an eclectic mix of shops in renovated brownstone buildings, with stores at all levels physically (basement, street level and above), stylistically (elegant to shabby), and financially (upscale to cheap). Though often described as "fashionable," and "chic" part of the charm of Newbury Street is its inclusion of everything from high-end clothiers like Chanel and Armani to The Gap. We made many stops along this street and also discovered Filene's Basement... a department store that sells off excess and end of season designer goods. We definitely found a few bargains there. Then we stopped off at a great restaurant called Stephanie's for lunch - which turned out to be some of the best food I've had all trip. The most exciting part of the day was when we arrived at Marc by Marc Jacobs to find that they were having a 40% off shoe sale! Just my kind of sale!
As our flight was an early morning arrival, after checking in at the hotel we ventured to the South End of the city to have breakfast at a local diner we had read about called Mike's City Diner. It was a great and extremely cheap (read $5 for 3 slices of French toast with bacon and coffee). Back out into the cold again, we started our shopping expedition at Copley Place not too far from the South End. Copley Place was a very upmarket shopping centre where Jacqui and I kicked off our spending spree with my first ever purchase from Tiffany's, followed by my long desired sunglasses from Prada. Jacqui also made her first ever Manolo Blahnik purchase... I'm not quite ready for that yet!
After a hearty start to our shopping spree at Copley, we then trekked in the cold and rain over to Newbury Street. Newbury Street is an eclectic mix of shops in renovated brownstone buildings, with stores at all levels physically (basement, street level and above), stylistically (elegant to shabby), and financially (upscale to cheap). Though often described as "fashionable," and "chic" part of the charm of Newbury Street is its inclusion of everything from high-end clothiers like Chanel and Armani to The Gap. We made many stops along this street and also discovered Filene's Basement... a department store that sells off excess and end of season designer goods. We definitely found a few bargains there. Then we stopped off at a great restaurant called Stephanie's for lunch - which turned out to be some of the best food I've had all trip. The most exciting part of the day was when we arrived at Marc by Marc Jacobs to find that they were having a 40% off shoe sale! Just my kind of sale!
After all that shopping our tired feet deserved a well earned rest so our day finished up with drinks at The Taj (formerly The Ritz) on Arlington Street. A great day... maybe not for the credit card though!
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