30 Hours of Relaxation

Andy and I had our long-awaited overnight getaway last night—first time in three years we've been away together alone! Everything was great. We spent the day yesterday strolling around Newbury Street, had lunch out, and even bought ourselves some lovely pottery at Bellezza. Then, when we went to check in at the Charles Hotel, we were told that there was a problem and we'd have to wait 30 minutes. So we waited, and when we came back, we were told we'd have to wait another 30 minutes! So we made a stink and got upgraded to a suite immediately! Yippee! Andy went for a swim; I was happy to stay in the room and burrow into a pile of fluffy pillows to read my book. Then we had some drinks at the hotel bar and went off for dinner at our favorite romantic special-occasion restaurant, Hamersley's Bistro. It was perfect, as always. The next morning Andy went to exercise at the hotel's health club while I enjoyed the fluffy pillows some more; then we had breakfast delivered by room service. We had planned to see "Mystic River," which was enjoying a brief re-engagement at our little art film house, but it wasn't there anymore, so we saw "Kill Bill Vol. 2," which we both liked a lot. Then we went home to our kiddies, who had had a lovely couple of days with Laura. Wheeeeee!