We arrived in the late afternoon and by the time we got our rental car squared away, the sunlight was turning butter yellow outside. We decided to drive around and do some sight-seeing. Unfortunately, the first thing we encountered was an unavoidable toll road and very confusing streets. We drove in circles for a while and decided it just wasn’t the day for us to go sight-seeing after all. So we drove to Norwood, Mass, to check into our hotel.
We got changed and headed out to Boston as the sun set. We took side streets the entire half-hour drive there and when we crested a hill, the metropolis spread out glittering before us. Excitement rose.
We found a place to park at the Prudential building and took the elevator up to the lobby of the Top of the Hub restaurant. When I told them my name and reservation time, they stared at me blankly. Some research ensued, and we eventually discovered they’d put my name down for the wrong date! They seated us by a window anyway.
The Top of the Hub is on the 52nd floor of a skyscraper in Boston, and the view was incredible. I ordered Michael to get his camera out. He did… and realized he had no batteries. So there’re only a couple crummy cell phone photos of our experience at the Top of the Hub.
I ordered from the Three Course Prix-Fixe menu. My first course was a creamy spicy lobster soup with Riesling. My next course was the Vermont Misty Knolls chicken with roasted fingerling potatoes, bacon lardons, and braised Swiss chard. This was served with a red zinfandel. My last course was a maple crème brûlée with a small glass of moscato. Everything was great, but it wasn’t as fancy and gourmet as I expected. Mom and Michael said the same about their meals.
We left the restaurant considerably tipsier than we had entered, and we went to the Skywalk Observatory on the 50th floor. This offered a panoramic view of Boston… that is, if half the floor hadn’t been shut down for a special event. Ah, well.
We enjoyed what view we did have and ultimately left. We went back to the hotel and crashed. We had an early Sunday ahead of us.
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