Quick Trip to Boston

Posted on February 9th, 2016

If you thought it was strange for us to go to Boston on a non-holiday weekend in February, I don’t blame you– but I promise there is a good explanation!

Friday night was the opening of the Hasty Pudding’s newest show.  The Hasty Pudding is both a social club and the country’s oldest theater company.  It also happens to be a drag show– twelve men on stage, but six of them are playing women.  Ian had the honor of writing their musicals the past two years with two of his roommates/now groomsmen (I know, he’s kind of a big deal), but it was so great to be back just for fun with so many alumni.

Their opening night is a black tie spectacle that also features a celebrity  honoree as their “Man of the Year.”  The Man of the Year is roasted, participates in a skit about which they know nothing about in advance, and receives a golden pudding pot.  We had enjoyed events with Neil Patrick Harris and Chris Pratt the past two years, but this year we enjoyed…

Joseph Gordon Levitt!  Who, in this particular photo, is doing a Seth Rogan impression while wearing remnants of a Robin costume from earlier in the skit.  He also voluntarily took off his pants at some point; I honestly can’t remember why.  It’s fine.

But let’s back up.  Want to know why I look cuter than usual in Friday night photos?

I got my first blow out!  I knew we would have time to kill on Friday afternoon, and I definitely knew I would need a little pampering after the red eye, so it seemed like the perfect opportunity to head to Drybar off Newbury Street.

And the champagne?  Yes, please.  The only difficulty was dodging all the busy Friday afternoon Newbury Street shopping traffic.

Just kidding.  I meant “protecting my hair from the crazy swirling snow.”

Back to the weekend.  On Saturday, we had brunch with family and I went with my godmother to see the most incredible production of Pippin at the Boston Opera House— if you’re in the area and can see it in the coming days, you must!!

But then a small wrinkle… Because of our schedule, Ian kindly brought my Saturday night party clothes/makeup/etc. from our Air BnB to Harvard.  Except… he forgot the one really important part?  The dress!!!!

Mint Julep to the rescue!  Always my favorite boutique in Harvard Square.  By some miracle they were having a fantastic sale, so I scooped up this Julie Brown dress at a great price!  I like it better than the dress I was planning to wear.  Hopefully Ian will forget my clothes more often 😉

We had dinner and drinks with friends, and then went to another party at the clubhouse before our very early Sunday morning flight.

Let’s just say Monday morning reminded me why we don’t live like that every weekend.  But in the meantime– cheers!