Liz and Shane in Boston (Part 2)

After some pad thai and a little resting on Saturday afternoon, we started to get our second wind. The LGOs were hosting a "Liquor Treat" Halloween party again this year and we decided that would be a great way for Liz and Shane to meet a lot of our friends. I had warned them about the party earlier in the week, so they came prepared with Halloween costumes. We invited a couple of people over to meet at our apartment before we all headed to the first stop on Liquor Treat and somehow that turned into more than a couple of people and we kind of had a pre-party at our house.

I went as a nerd (most of my costume I borrowed from Liz. Thank God she packed half her wardrobe in her suitcase). Chuck went as Abraham Lincoln, again. Though he was a little more casual version this year.

Liz and Shane went as pageant parents, or as her shirt says "pajent" parents.

Here's our group, minus Abe.

We saw a lot of good costumes at Liquor Treat but here are a couple of my faves.

Pot o' Gold. It's funny because her name is Gold.

Bert and Ernie, snugglin'.

We stayed out late and had greasy pizza at the place on the corner before we went home and crashed.

The next morning, we caught up on sleep because we were pretty tired and it was raining. We made some pancakes and then got ready to head out for a busy day two. Our first stop was a tour of MIT's campus. We walked from one end to the other and Chuck got to show off some cool parts of the school.

Then we played around in a classroom in the business school building because we're really mature adults like that.

Her equation (or as Shane corrected us, her "expression" because it has no equal sign) has an & sign in it. Thank goodness she teaches high school English and not math.

After some delicious lunch at Cosi, we headed into Boston to do the Freedom Trail. It was a little cold but our guide was a stand up comedian (seriously, he broke character and told us that's what he does for a living when he's not pretending to be Isaiah Thomas or William Dawes) so that made it really enjoyable despite the cold.

We then had drinks at the Green Dragon,  the pub where they supposedly planned the Boston Tea Party back in the day, and then went to the North End for a delicious Italian dinner and pastries at Mike's Pastry.  We didn't take any pictures because we suck.

Monday, Chuck had school all day so Liz, Shane and I spent the day exploring Harvard and then ventured out to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.

That night, for their final night in town, we had dinner at one of our favorite Boston restaurants, Border Cafe in Harvard Square, with some friends. There were a lot of margaritas and a lot of trivia questions about Disney movies. It was a good time.

Sadly, all vacations come to an end, and after the 4 of us had brunch on Tuesday, Liz and Shane had to leave. We felt so sad when they left and had to eat a LOT of kit kat bars to subdue the pain. We wish they could come visit every weekend but of course, they can't. We had a great time while they were here and made some excellent and ridiculous memories. Best friends are the best.