digging out

now that nemo has come and gone, we have finally dug out of our place here... kind of.  the blizzard didn't put too much of a damper on our weekend fun with mom, and we were mostly able to do the things we wanted to do [which was mostly taking her to some of our favorite restaurants].  since we were snowed in but never lost power, we were able to have a daniel craig bond marathon, drink bailey's + coffees all day, and fantasize over mom's wedding plans! 

the snow is definitely fading now, and since it rained all day yesterday we are left with heaping piles of snow, along with big puddles of water and slush all around us.  it's not quite as romantic as some of the snowed-in-imagery would have you believe.  but luckily mom and i were able to have the day all to ourselves out of the loft yesterday.  we celebrated our birthdays [hers was on christmas, but i haven't seen her since then and mine is thursday] by shopping and then having champagne and tea at the boston harbor hotel right on the water.  it was so lovely and i can't recommend it enough.

this week is a little low key, but i'm ready for a few boring days because in about a week it looks like we will be heading to cali to visit family, friends, and little baby james... i'm pretty excited! 

here are some of the pics of what nemo did to our neighborhood and a few other highlights from our weekend. 

walking along the south end saturday night

philip's snow art     : ]

dinner at stella!

snow at least two feet up the fence

birthday tea for my mom at the boston harbor hotel

til tomorrow ladies and gents!

well, it's a blizzard!

guys, i think there's a blizzard here in boston.

i can't tell if the snow is blowing up, down, or sideways - but there's a lot of it. we are so lucky mom got here yesterday - the flight she would have been on today was cancelled, and by 6pm the T was shut down and gov. patrick ordered all cars off the roads - and a $500 fine for anyone caught driving (including cabs).

we slept in, had a pot of coffee, and laughed to gag reel of the office all morning before deciding to venture out to buy bailey's for our coffee :)

EVERYTHING was closed. i can't say enough how strange it was to walk down newbury street while it is deserted -
no people on the sidewalks, no lights in the shops and no cars in the street. we found a liquor store still open, grabbed out booze and haven't left the loft since.

we still have power for now but strangely our internet has been flickering... it will be very interesting to see what we wake up to tomorrow...

laughing and cuddling over coffee

getting bundled to brave the snow

it's not so bad out here!

snow piling up our 2nd story window