We had a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend in Provincetown. We got there mid-day on Friday and stayed until Monday afternoon. We stayed at Howard's End Guest House which is close to the monument and a good place to sleep if you are looking for quiet and affordable accomodations. We spent some time with other friends who were in Provincetown for the weekend. We went to Tea Dance at the Boatslip. Tea Dance at the Boatslip is nice because their deck is bigger than the Pied's and looks out over the ocean. We also spent quite a bit of time at the Clem and Ursies Happy Hour. Clem and Ursies has a happy hour from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. where they sell $1.00 oysters and shrimp. I don't eat seafood, but their watermelon lemonade is quite tasty. We had breakfast one day at Tips for Tops'n which is a local diner with standard american fare mixed in with some portuguese specialties. We had pizza at George's. I like George's because it is open year round and consistent. We also consumed a lot of espresso shakes and pizza at Spiritus. I love their espresso shakes so much that I am often tempted to drive all the way from Boston to Provincetown just to get one. We ate dinner at Cafe Edwige one night. Cafe Edwige is the only higher end restaurant I have eaten in Provincetown (other than Gallerani's) where I had no complaints. Edwige is definately worth a trip. We stopped into the new Bacchanal Wine Bar at the Vixen one night. I think this is going to be a nice place once they work out some of the new business kinks. They only offer an extremely expensive port by the glass, they notified us that the plumber hadn't been able to get there yet and the only thing I could order on the menu was water etc. We went for walk one morning. There is something wonderful about the early morning quiet of Commercial Street. We tried renting a skiff (16' wooden boat with a quipped wth 8 HP outboard motor) at Flyers Boats . Well...we did rent it, but had to turn around quickly when I realized that I was having a hard time driving straight. They were good to offer us four round trip Long Point shuttle tickets in return. It was an adventure. We laugh now. On Sunday Brenda's friend Janet came to spend the day with us. She took the Fast Ferry from Boston to Provincetown. I love the Fast Ferry. It gets you there in an hour and a half. You cannot beat it. We hung out downtown, went to Happy Hour at Clem and Ursies (I said we spent quite a bit of time here right?), and went for a walk on the dune trails at the ProvinceLands Visitor Center. The trails are nice there, but I wouldn't suggest exploring in the woods. We saw a lot of poison ivy. Unfortunately we had to head back to Boston on Monday, but we did get a chance to spend some time at the beach on our way out of town.
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Memorial Day Weekend 2006
We had a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend in Provincetown. We got there mid-day on Friday and stayed until Monday afternoon. We stayed at Howard's End Guest House which is close to the monument and a good place to sleep if you are looking for quiet and affordable accomodations. We spent some time with other friends who were in Provincetown for the weekend. We went to Tea Dance at the Boatslip. Tea Dance at the Boatslip is nice because their deck is bigger than the Pied's and looks out over the ocean. We also spent quite a bit of time at the Clem and Ursies Happy Hour. Clem and Ursies has a happy hour from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. where they sell $1.00 oysters and shrimp. I don't eat seafood, but their watermelon lemonade is quite tasty. We had breakfast one day at Tips for Tops'n which is a local diner with standard american fare mixed in with some portuguese specialties. We had pizza at George's. I like George's because it is open year round and consistent. We also consumed a lot of espresso shakes and pizza at Spiritus. I love their espresso shakes so much that I am often tempted to drive all the way from Boston to Provincetown just to get one. We ate dinner at Cafe Edwige one night. Cafe Edwige is the only higher end restaurant I have eaten in Provincetown (other than Gallerani's) where I had no complaints. Edwige is definately worth a trip. We stopped into the new Bacchanal Wine Bar at the Vixen one night. I think this is going to be a nice place once they work out some of the new business kinks. They only offer an extremely expensive port by the glass, they notified us that the plumber hadn't been able to get there yet and the only thing I could order on the menu was water etc. We went for walk one morning. There is something wonderful about the early morning quiet of Commercial Street. We tried renting a skiff (16' wooden boat with a quipped wth 8 HP outboard motor) at Flyers Boats . Well...we did rent it, but had to turn around quickly when I realized that I was having a hard time driving straight. They were good to offer us four round trip Long Point shuttle tickets in return. It was an adventure. We laugh now. On Sunday Brenda's friend Janet came to spend the day with us. She took the Fast Ferry from Boston to Provincetown. I love the Fast Ferry. It gets you there in an hour and a half. You cannot beat it. We hung out downtown, went to Happy Hour at Clem and Ursies (I said we spent quite a bit of time here right?), and went for a walk on the dune trails at the ProvinceLands Visitor Center. The trails are nice there, but I wouldn't suggest exploring in the woods. We saw a lot of poison ivy. Unfortunately we had to head back to Boston on Monday, but we did get a chance to spend some time at the beach on our way out of town.
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