I hope you are all having a wonderful new year!
It was extra special for us because it was the first time we were able be together to celebrate NYE and the new year together!
The obligatory NYE celebration photo =)
and of course, the other obligatory photo of us being us haha
David had been talking about the new Star Wars movie ever since it came out, so we decided to go watch it before having dinner. Little did we know, it would be all sold out... all weekend... So instead, we tried to go to the Boston Commons only to drive around for half an hour trying to find parking. At this point, it was looking a lot like our first anniversary misadventures... haha We gave up on Boston Commons, and tried to find something else to do. By then, we didn't have much time until dinner, but we decided to try the Faneuil Hall anyway since it was only a few blocks away.
Thankfully, we were able to find parking, and we had a good time poking about in different stores. In one, I found a Princess Leia's hair-esq fluff muff, and we called that good enough for our Star Wars experience for the night ;)
with the tree =)
It wasn't anything special--just walking around and shopping, but it was fun to just spend some time together.
For dinner, we decided to try a spot in Cambridge, recommended by our friends Daon and Tristan. They couldn't say enough good things about Oleana, so we got a reservation (which I highly recommend), and crossed the river!
We weren't really sure what to get, so we started with the chef's choice vegetable sampler. Because they were chef's choice, I'm not sure what they were called, but we had some sort of carrot hummus, followed by these amazing falafels...
another carrot dish, but roasted this time, with some amazing crunchy something happening. Maybe it was fried quinoa? I'm not sure, but it was delish!
The next dish was made of some sort of vegetable from the broccoli family, but it tasted a lot like kale!
And of course, we have to continue our tradition of getting lamb at date night! It was quite literally falling off of the bone, and we thoroughly enjoyed it!
I think my least favorite was the dessert, which was a fried cream puff sort of a thing... but I think that's usually what happens with me at most restaurants. It's so difficult to get dessert just right at a restaurant! I much prefer bakeries for desserts.
It was so wonderful to spend NYE together and to ring in the New Year. (yes, I actually stayed up until midnight, which took effort for this grandma ;) haha) The next day, we left the hustle and the bustle of the city to hike Mt. Holyoke, but more on that will come in the next post!
Happy New Year, and thanks for stopping by!
--Janny
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