Fabulous Boston Spring!

Play in Boston 2

WHoo..the quote 'Whoever said shopping doesn't bring happiness doesn't know where to shop' is true! Yesterday was a saturday. I was at the hospital by 6am to do rounds cos my intern and resident were on call. We started at 6 and ended at 11! Cos we had to cover other teams as well.. By 10.30, my intern was grumbling that is was starting to feel alot like a medicine round. Haha guess some things cross cultures!

I was quite exhausted by then, and was ecstatic when my resident said to me 'Why don't you do yourself a favour and get out of here?' So I hit newbury street immediately! It's boston's quaint yet exciting street of shops--8 blocks filled with fabulous dining, boutiques and salons. I was happy as lark walking down the street, taking my time to browse through vintage clothing, 2nd hand kate spade bags & dkny dresses, people-watch the al fresco dining at Armani cafe, Stephanie's on Newbury's and Tealuxe, and spent a whole afternoon in Sephora at the nearby Prudential centre--I love the packaging of Philosophy, Too faced, Benefit, Cargo & Stila!

And to end off an already great day, Sabrina's brother and wife invited us to their place at MIT for dinner--Home cooked Hainanese chicken rice! It was Tracy's first time cooking but she did a great job! And it was just so great being in a homely environment eating home-cooked food!

Though we were stuffed, we still had cheesecakes from The Cheesecake Factory for dessert--fresh strawberry cream, godiva, vanilla bean, chocolate peanut butter! I think i've probably tried most of their flavours of cheesecakes already..Tsk tsk!

ANyz Mark's friend Sabrina is a really nice girl and we hit it off quite well. Here's some other pics..
We had dinner at Harvard's square's famous Bartley's burgers, where their burgers are named after presidents! Haha. But the burgers are fantastic..the meat is sooo thick and juicy and amazingly good..It makes the thin beef patties at Macs seem so miserable. And last week we walked an very long distance in the cold boston rain till our shoes & socks were soaked with cold rain water and our faces were beaten cold by the coastal winds just for good seafood. It's called the No name seafood i think..by the pier. We had totally yummy hot clam chowder, garlic bread, fried scallops and shrimps and the best best best boiled lobsters ever!

mark,lydia,tracy,sean,sabrina,steph