"I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory…"
(aka: travel days always feel a little unreal)
✅ Arrival
- Land at BOS (~3:40 PM)
- Pick up bags / Uber to hotel
- Check into Homewood Suites – Peabody
- Change into comfy-but-cute outfits
🍽️ Dinner (Near Hotel)
- Station 62 Kitchen & Bar
- Entrées (protein-forward = travel recovery)
- One shared app
- Dessert if the spirit moves us
🌙 Night
- Back to hotel
- Lay out Saturday outfits
- Early night (big magic tomorrow)
"History has its eyes on you."
☀️ Morning
- Hotel breakfast (hydrate!)
- Uber to Salem
- Coffee stop: Front Street Coffeehouse
🖼️ Late Morning
- Peabody Essex Museum
- Historic Salem galleries
- Yin Yu Tang House
- Gift shop browse (limit yourself 😌)
🍽️ Lunch
- Gulu-Gulu Café
- Crepes / sandwiches
- Sit. Breathe. People watch.
🕯️ Afternoon Wandering (Choose What Calls)
- Salem Witch House (inside or just admire)
- Old Burying Point Cemetery
- McIntire Historic District walk
- Salem Maritime National Historic Site
- Witch City Mall (kitschy joy)
"If you stand for nothing, what'll you fall for?"
🍺 Early Dinner
- Notch Brewing
- Pretzel
- Sausage / light fare
- Water between drinks (future you says thanks)
👻 Evening
- Ghost Story Pub Crawl
- Birthday cheers 🥂
- One last Salem stroll
- Uber back to hotel
"There's a million things I haven't done… but just you wait."
(Today? We rest.)
☀️ Morning
- Sleep in
- Casual breakfast / coffee
- Drive or Uber to beach
🏖️ Beach Pick
- Good Harbor Beach (lounging + swimming)
or
- Crane Beach (dunes + drama)
☕ Coffee
- Two Sisters Coffee Shop (Gloucester)
🍽️ Lunch
- The Lobster Pool (Rockport)
- Lobster roll or fried clams
- Chowder
- Picnic table moment
🎶 Afternoon (Optional)
- Rockport Bearskin Neck stroll
- Shops, galleries, street music
- Ice cream stop
🌙 Night
- Back to hotel
- Pack Boston day bag
- Early night or quiet TV
"I was younger than you are now…"
☀️ Morning
- Hotel breakfast
- MBTA or Uber into Boston
- Comfortable walking shoes (non-negotiable)
🚶♀️ Freedom Trail Highlights
- Boston Common
- Massachusetts State House (outside photos)
- Granary Burying Ground
- Old State House
- Faneuil Hall
🍽️ Lunch
- Quincy Market
- Eat what sounds good
- No overthinking
"I'm past patiently waiting…"
(for dinner)
🕯️ Dinner — THE MOMENT
- Union Oyster House
- Clam chowder
- Entrées (no sharing stress)
- Birthday dessert
- Toast to history
🍺 If Energy Allows
- Warren Tavern
- One drink each
- Revolutionary vibes
- "Can you believe this?" moment
"Who lives, who dies, who tells your story."
(You're telling it together.)
- Early breakfast
- Uber to airport
- 10:30 AM departure
- Text each other from the plane like "that was perfect"