Best Weekend Ever!

This weekend, full of firsts!  From going out to new restaurants, to trying new potato chip flavors... oh yeah, I DID IT ALL!

Let's begin with Friday.  I went over to Axel's as typical for a Friday and we barbecued.  The new thing I did on Friday though, tried a fabulous new flavor of potato chips.  BLT!! I felt this could go either way... be really awesome, or be pretty gross.  But hey, it was buy one get one free at CVS so I had to try.  To my surprise, they were really good.  You could seriously taste all the individual flavors of the sandwich.  It was pretty trippy, and also very tasty!  

#Summer

Saturday we went out to celebrate our friend Dani's birthday.  She chose an awesome restaurant called Trade near South Station for us to begin the festivities at.  This place was spectacular!  The atmosphere was chill, yet fun.  The service was great.  Our server was sweet and very accommodating.  She was also helpful when choosing dishes and was honest in her choices.  She didn't try to push anything expensive on us and was just cheerful and nice.  I also have to say for the price tag of my meal and drinks... it wasn't all that bad for all we got.  I got a pre-dinner drink called #Summer.  It was light, yet flavorful.  Almost tasted like pomegranate lemonade.  For dinner I had the lamb shank.  The meat was so tender I didn't need to use a knife to cut it.  For sides in came with a spicy pickled salad with fried chickpeas and crispy potatoes. With dinner our server suggested a red wine from Spain that had a hearty, earthy flavor that went great with my meal.  Plus, it wasn't the most expensive wine.  She actually chose one of the cheapest from me.  Have to say her honesty was great and really made the meal perfect.  And of course, as it was Dani's birthday, they brought her out a piece of chocolate cake that we couldn't find on the menu.  It was AMAZING!  It had two layers of chocolate cake/frosting, with a hazelnut wafer layer in the center.  I am honestly craving it as I write!

After dinner we all walked down to the Seaport to Legal Harborside.  We went up to the rooftop villa for some drinks.  The rooftop was pretty cool!  Very large bar, high top tables all on the inside, then two separate outdoor seating areas on each side of the indoor bar.  The atmosphere was really fun and the servers were tentative to those of us who went with the outdoor seating.  Though it was packed, we all still had room to walk around and mingle.  People wise, pretty eclectic mix.  Everyone from older couples, to fresh 20-somethings, to suits coming for an after work drink.  I got the strawberry sangria here.  Not bad, but not the best.  Actually reminded me of Boone's Farm.  So I wasn't too impressed.

Now for Sunday.  Sunday is actually the beginning of my work week.  I am fortunate enough to get out early though as I come in early to help write for the 6p newscast.  So after work I headed out to Quincy to hang with my friend Alex at a venue he has been telling me about for a while.  Ocean Club is an outdoor "experience" as best I can describe.  There are several large bars scattered all over this massive outdoor club.  Tons of VIP cabanas, a lounge area, mini pools, tons of crisp white sand and palm trees everywhere!  And the stage, oh my God the stage!  High up above the crowd so no matter where you are you can see the DJ and the screens that show awesome digital images that go with the music.  Alex and I were there to see a DJ called Eric Prydz.  Both him and the opening DJ were spectacular.  What I really loved though... being a Sunday, everyone who came out was strictly there for the music and a good time.  There was no drama, no jerks grabbing on you vying for attention from a female, all the people were nice and easy to talk to.  It was such a fantastic night!  Can't wait to get back there and dance some more.  :)

Don't judge me and my shaky video, I was totally dancing when I took this.