Bachelorettes in Beantown

Hello, dear friends.  I just arrived home from a fabulous four days in Texas.  I took lots of pictures and will share them with you as soon as I get my act together.

A few weeks ago, I attended a bachelorette party in honor of one of my nearest and dearest, Susie B.  Susie and her seven siblings grew up in the house next door to ours and our parents were best friends. 

Let me tell you a little about my buddy, Susie.  I have written about her here and here and here where she recounts her time at the Kennedy Compound.  

Everybody loves Susie.  I have never seen my buddy without a smile and a giggle.  She has got a million friends.  Naturally, we were all thrilled to hear that Susie had met the love of her life, Mike.  So, about 30 of her closest friends arrived in Beantown to celebrate Susie and her upcoming betrothal.

We arrived at the hotel for a champagne toast to the bride-to-be.

All were in great spirits and couldn't wait to get down to business and start the celebration.

Susie's sis, Cathy, brought the bridal mascot.  

She is the Flat Stanely of the bridal circuit.

We enjoyed a delicious lunch at the Union Oyster House. Lucky that we had a private room because we had a lot of catching up to do.  I hadn't seen a lot of these ladies for more than thirty years!

I go waaaay back with a lot of the attendees.  Both of these lovely ladies, Mary and Nancy, were neighbors of ours.  

Cousin Mary on the left - SOB (sista of the bride) Eileen on the right.

The lady on the far right, Colleen, did a fantastic job planning every detail of this of this jubilant weekend.

SOB's twin sistas, Maura & Cathy.  I have a history of getting into some serious mischief with this lovely dynamic duo.

SOB Jeanne & my Sista.

The bride to be and her sista.

Susie & her good buddy sharing one of many chuckles of the weekend.

I had never experienced a duck tour before and was very excited to take one.

All aboard!

SOB holding the matrimonial mascot.

Twin talk.

Our driver was so entertaining and shared some fascinating stories about Boston and its history.

Selfie sistas.

What a great tour!  I highly recommend it if you are visiting Boston.

We all met at the Marriott for a drink before dinner.

That evening, we had reservations in the North End at LoConte's.  I had never been there before.  I think it was the best Italian food I've ever had in my whole life!  And believe you me, I have had my share of pasta and pizza in my carb-filled life.  

The next morning the Bride treated us to brunch.

What a great bachelorette party!

The next time I see my buddy, Susie, she will be walking down the aisle to marry her handsome prince.

Can't wait!

Until next time...