12 Dates of Christmas :: Harvard Square (No.5-8?)

I'm not sure we'll technically get to 12 separates "dates" of Christmas, and there are actually several other things we have done that I haven't documented as an official date- like the wedding, lunch with Chris' grandma, and some other meet ups/dinners with friends. Ooh, and the hours in the evenings we spend watching movies on Netflix. Therefore, I'm going to count all the separate places we visited yesterday in Harvard Square as different "dates." 

We primarily headed to Harvard Square to go to Bon Chon for lunch. We first had Bon Chon back in NYC, where it was all the rage and probably, in my opinion, single-handedly started the whole "doubly fried chicken" trend. Though that may sound strange and unhealthy, it's actually rather good and crispy (can't comment much on whether it's healthier than the Colonel, but it surely does taste that way!). We haven't had it in what, 6 years? Chris still thought it was preeety on par with what he remembered, though. So, success. While we were in that area, it seems that more and more of our NYC favorites are coming to Boston. It seems that Shake Shack is setting up in Harvard Square as well- meaning we won't even have to go as far as…Chestnut Hill (not really even that far).

We stopped by the Curious George Store, which is a children's bookstore, to pick up a birthday gift for Chris youngest nephew, Liam. It was funny to eavesdrop on conversations between kids in the store and their parents, discussing whether or not they would be able to go home with some cool new toy or sticker book and whether that meant that they wouldn't be getting a Lego set for their birthday- heafty decisions at an early age. Doesn't seem like a good trade to me!

We also spent time in our favorite, the Harvard Coop Bookstore. Golly was it packed. I found some good ones that I'd consider reading. I always say, "so many books and so little time!" or I'll mention how "learned" we'd be if we read just one of the books amongst many we find interesting. A new New Years resolution perhaps?

Finally, we picked up a hot chocolate from L.A. Burdick, a chocolatier. I have often found the hot chocolate a little too thick for my taste, but the milk chocolate one is pretty good and less bitter than the dark chocolate one. We still watered it down a tad and added half and half after we got home, but it was tasty. And toasty.

L.A Burdick. One of our first date locales 14 years ago.

The first photo is also inside the chocolate shop- so dreamy!