V.A.C.A.T.I.O.N.

VT/Boston/IBYC was an absolute blast. Loved it, even though it rained most of the time I was there. I flew to Boston on Saturday (picked up an "O" magazine, a "GQ" and some snacks in the aiport for $13.33) and drove up to VT, spent the night at the Essex Inn with KB and $87 on dinner and drinks (yay steak dinners!), on Sunday dropped $13.62 on gas, $7.71 on Wendy's, $35.96 on wine for to enjoy with dinner with Holli and Joe and as a thank you for letting me stay at their beautiful house, and $1.75 on a diet Coke to keep me awake through the drive back to Boston. Had a lovely dinner with H&J and Ian at their house on Sunday evening, and stayed in their oh-soooo-comfy guest bed with Ian.

And then I got tired of exposition :)

Monday:

$11.95 - gas at the airport

$4.57 - coffee

$10 - Charlie Ticket

$10.49 - Red Sox umbrella (had to spend the extra $3 to show my Boston pride)

$17 - MFA ticket (can't believe it's taken me so long to go to the MFA, but it was awesome and beautiful and I loved the John Singer Sargent paintings)

$5.30 - who knows?

$12.50 - WAMU monthly pledge

$10 - cab to Sacha's after one of the best dinners I have ever had at Eastern Standard with oysters, crab legs, lobster, ceviche, steak tartare, roasted duck, delish cheeses and lemon panacotta and three incredibly delish bottles of wine. Thank you, SACH!

Tuesday:

$9 - myfooddiary.com

$8.35 - coffee and breakfast bagel

$46 - Shay's (Harpoon IPAs, PBRs and tuna melts with Shana, just like the old days at KSG)

$22.97 - Papyrus

Wednesday:

$36 - bus to Lee to meet up with Matt

$14.31 - RiteAid

$47.27 - Baba Louie's -- delish pizza and microbrews with Matt

Thursday - $115.68 - package store purchases for IBYC 2009

Sunday:

$10 - Collin's Diner - very hung-over breakfast post-IBYC

$7 - Vitamin water, water, and a 3 Musketeers

$10 - Chinese food with Lauren & Ben in Boston

Monday:

$9.42 - coffee, breakfast sandwich and brownie from Blunch -- love this place!

$13.10 - New Yorker, diet Coke, fruit Mentos -- airport sustenance

$6 - MARC ticket to Union Station

$18.78 - Boli's order-in -- pretending I am still on vacation and can eat whatever I want

Vacation Total = $614.06