June = Outside Bars

It is already June and the weather is finally getting better so for this month we decided to check out some outdoor bars near the harbor/waterfront area of Boston. Our first stop was the Landing which is right by the aquarium and on a dock (kind of). It is a completely outdoor bar with tables to sit at and space around the bar. They were playing country music which was fun and different and it was just a really nice place to be in Boston. You could people-watch and enjoy the ocean breeze. There were actually a lot of men at this bar and Rachel and I tried to strategically place ourselves in opportune spots and make eye contact. Unfortunately no conversations were struck up but I would go back to this place for sure because the atmosphere was great.

Tia's

Next we decided to hit up Tia’s which is right in the same area. It has kind of a beach club vibe because the inside building is all opened up and feeds into a back patio and a side with tables for sitting. Tia’s was bumping when we got there, lots of different types of people of various ages and such. Again we got a drink and then actively circulated around the bar trying to find a single-looking group of men. During our circulation we found a sign that proclaimed Tia’s to have the best summer singles scene…. hmmmm. After all of our circulating we decided to rest at the corner of a bar. After a few minutes we were approached by a nice gentleman in the 40s age range named Danny. Danny was originally from Lebanon so we chatted about our different schooling experiences and education in America. It was a very pleasant conversation and things were looking good when Danny said he was at Tia’s for a bachelor party! However he then explained that all the guys at the bachelor party were already married and were showing each other pictures of their kids on their iphones. I think it is interesting that the only guy to approach us was a few decades out of our age bracket. We parted ways, did a little more circulating, and then headed to one of our favorite spots in the area, Rumba.

On the way to Rumba we ran into yet ANOTHER bachelor party (I guess we really are in wedding season!). These gentlemen were hanging around outside of a limousine and called at us. At this point in the night we were 4 rum drinks deep so we stopped to talk. They were very native Rhode Islanders with accents to match and they said they were going to Providence. They asked where we were headed, saying they wanted to join in with us. We told them we were going to Rumba and bantered for a bit more. I think we expressed interest in going to Providence and so I was disappointed that we were not invited into the limo. So we trekked on and reached Rumba. Rumba was hopping, with a lot of people around. We got the official Rum Connoisseurs books and picked out two rums we had not tried before; one from Brazil and one from Grenada. We picked a few free seats in a conversational grouping that was already partially occupied. At this point I was feeling all the rum and this balding middle-aged business man tried to impress us by saying that his friend was an heir of the Chef-Boyardee Corporation. But then when I mentioned spaghetti-os he seemed to get offend. It was much too confusing so we focused on tasting our rums. The one from Grenada was delicious but the Brazilian one was so strange. It seemed ok at the beginning but then had a very strange barbecue/wood smoke after-taste. Rachel downed the rest of the Brazilian rum so she was done for the night. And after this being the 2^nd gross Brazilian rum we had, we will no longer be experimenting with rum form this country.

All-in-all it was a lovely outdoor evening in downtown Boston and I would definitely go back to any of the bars we visited this summer. In fact happy-hour could be an even better time to meet other people. Sadly the night was not so good for interacting with males. Short of wearing a bikini on our next adventure and throwing ourselves in men’s laps, I don’t know what we could do to make contact with some of the people in these venues. But, we go forward, and next month look for an out-of-town blog from the Jersey Shore!