The Goodrums

New Years 2007 was memorable holiday here in Boston.

On Friday, we attended a performance of the Nutcracker, which was outstanding. We also discovered a new Boston restaurant that joined our list of favorites. Cottonwood Cafe had excellent southwestern dishes. Yummm! ...and that's coming from Texan/New Mexicans who are very picky about Mexican/Tex-Mex/New Mexican cuisine.

Saturday was nice and laid back. We attempted to organize our lives a bit (ha!) and made some progress on Denver house stuff.

On Sunday, we went into Boston to check out the First Night programming. It turns out that most of the afternoon programming for First Night was very family focused. There were a million people everywhere and most of the programming was not great quality. Good entertainment for families - perhaps not so much for others. At least we got to check out the Shops at Prudential Center, something that's been on Michael's "To see in Boston" list for quite some time now.

Some of the evening programming was better. We attended a concert by Eilen Jewell that we enjoyed. Michael liked the fact that she was from Idaho (he spent a summer in Idaho Falls). We also attended a show called Comedy at the Castle, which featured Tony V. and Frank Santorelli. Attending a show at a comedy club had been on my "To do in Boston" list. So, one check mark for both of us. We also saw two sets of fireworks - one in Boston Common and one in Boston Harbour. It was definitely a memorable night. We left Boston around 1am and finally got back to our hotel around 2am.

Therefore... on the first day of the New Year, we slept in, watched a whole bunch of football, called family and friends, and otherwise took it easy.

Happy 2007 everybody!