Boston, bite by bite

Quick rundown of our recent 24-hour visit to Boston this weekend:

6/3, FRIDAY

• 9:00PM - Pick up Lara, in town for a site visit, in front of Copley Marriott in Back Bay.
  
• 9:30PM - Drive to B&G Oysters in the South End for dinner. Good calamari and great clam stew!
  
• 11:00PM - Failed attempt at getting chocolate mice at L.A. Burdick in Cambridge. Zut! Return to hotel.

6/4, SATURDAY

• 6:00AM - Lara gets picked up to go to Logan, to return to Chicago.
  
• 9:30AM - Roger and Gen, needing coffee, go in search of alleged local Boston outpost of Burlington-based Speeder and Earl's in Copley Square. Settle for Starbucks instead.
  
• 10:00AM - Roger and Gen consider buying tickets to Coldplay concert in August. Ixnay.
  
• 10:30AM - Meet up with Anita in back of Back Bay T Station. Head out to Tremont 647 in the South End for brunch. Yes, we love the South End.
  
• 12:00PM - Begin "ambitious" trek to the Fens. Feeling slightly dehydrated, stop by Cassava Boba Lounge for refreshing drinks.
  
• 12:30PM - Tour a small corner of the beautiful Victory Gardens. Loved the poppies!
  
• 1:00PM - After a failed attempt to walk down Yawkey Way, the three walk through Kenmore Square and back toward Newbury Street. Assuaged our disappointment with a visit to Newbury Comics.
  
• 4:00PM - Drive to Cambridge and tour the year-old Stata Center (see picture above).
  
• 4:30PM - Roger and Gen drop Anita off in Central Square and begin two-hour trek to Coolidge Corner. Ack! Where is Soldier's Field Road? How do we get from North Harvard Street in Allston to Harvard Street in Brookline?
  
• (ANSWER: Take JFK Street over river; JFK becomes N. Harvard Street; Take N. Harvard Street to Cambridge Street; Right on Cambridge Street; left on Harvard Avenue; Keep straight and Harvard Avenue becomes Harvard Street. Yuck.)
  
• 6:30PM - Finally made it to Harvard Street! We park and enjoy last bit of the sun by walking down to Brookline Booksmith.
  
• 7:00PM - Ah! No visit to Boston is complete without a day-ending meal of carnitas burritos at Anna's Taqueria.