Monday, August 27, 2007

Salsa Harbor Cruise Boston

It was touch and go until we got over the bridge, but we made it to a lovely evening.
In the heat of the afternoon, before 3 PM, we had to make our decision - or else pay $5 more per person. Luckily, I had another lady who wanted to go, and not just a lady but Ali, my dancer daughter-in-law.
Off Cape traffic on a Sunday afternoon was tripled with the Air Show, so we went the most back road possible, County Road, Bourne.
Visiting the aging grandmother is always good.
I hate to jinx it, but the Big Dig seems to be working. Getting there was easy with the map from the website. Fanciest parking ever, 75 State Street, marble lobby, for only $12, plus we could have had our ticket validated for an extra $2 off if we'd remembered.
The harbor is easy enough to find. Look around - Buildings? no. Sky? yes.
Plenty of other cruises leave from the same wharf. I didn't check the price for say "Godzilla" speed boat, but ours was only $19.50.
The food looked very good for only $10 if we hadn't eaten with aforementioned aging g-ma. Next to the food and the bar, in an enclosed space, was the merengue/bachata/raggaeton room overly amplified with colored lights - your typical Latin club and dating bar.
Upstairs, salsa music played in the open air. Thin plywood (luan)was duct taped to the non-skid floor. Gorgeous young people did multiple turns next to older couples with wonderful musical sense. We were in between. Sam and Ali, who learned for their wedding, took a piece of luan off the main dance space to remember their moves.
Meanwhile, Boston is beautiful at night. We recognized many of the sights, people fishing off the Aquarium, Old Ironsides, the Institute of Contemporary Art, the Customs House, the Zacum Bridge, and on and on. 3 airplanes on their way to land at Logan almost took off the observation deck.
Back at 10:30, we were offered free tickets to continue the party at Mojitos, but we preferred to be home by midnight.

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