Haaa-vard and the Aquarium

On Thursday night my boyfriend came to visit for the weekend. We headed across the Charles River over to Cambridge on Friday. It was about a 25 minute ride on the T. The area around Harvard is beautiful and has a bunch of cute stores and restaurants. We happened upon some of the graduation foot traffic so there was a lot going on that day. Of course there about 10 stores carrying the university merchandise since wearing the T-shirt is the closest most of us will ever get to the Harvard experience. If you wait and buy your shirts or other logo-gear at the entrance to the Harvard T Station on the Red Line you can save at least 50%.

On Saturday we headed to the New England Aquarium off the Blue Line. The price seemed steep at $17.95 for adults, but if you combine the ticket with the Imax theater right next door it only costs $5 more. We saw "Sharks in 3D," a little lame compared to what we expected, but I guess a talking turtle as your guide through the ocean is more kid-friendly than sharks attacking other mammals in slow-mo. In the aquarium the main attractions are the open penguin exhibit (which we watched for probably 45 min) and the large cylindrical tank with a wrap around ramp all the way to the top. This has everything from moray eels to sharks to sea turtles. The changing exhibit was on jellyfish, while they aren't the most active of marine animals it was pretty interesting. I think Alec and I were probably the only people there without small kids but we still found it a fun way to spend the afternoon. We also found probably the only Panera Bread Restaurant in the Boston area for lunch, which made Alec happy since it's one of our favorite place to eat on the weekends in Chapel Hill (we are easy to please).

My company, TRP Sports and Entertainment Marketing, is sending me back down to North Carolina for 5 days. About 8 of us are going down to help with the Scene First Film Festival in Wilmington, NC. It's a combination of accepted student film screenings and workshops by well-known industry people. Check out the website