Spooooky Salem! :)

Hope you enjoyed my Mystic recap!  It really is such a cute little town...but if you want TRUE HALLOWEEN FUN, you MUST hit Salem, Massachusetts!  (I would have waved hi had I known you were so close, Carolyn,:)  Yes, Salem, Mass is covered in dark and really sad history...but today, Halloween time in Salem is all about fun ghouls & spirits...complete with psychic fairs, ferris wheels and 'Bewitched' in bronze :)

Oh, and did I mention fair food vendors???  Which we hit as SOON as we got into town, because we were in NEED of a SNACK after hitting a WALL of traffic heading into town.  We were SOOO happy to park our car at the hotel and head right over to the fair alley:)  Anddd...I got to try my first corn dog..ever!  Sad and oh-so-unAmerican of me, right?? :)

Dinners were a little on the fancier side:)  We actually liked this place so much....we ate there both nights!

Can't really beat waterfront dining complete with a fireplace, right?? :)  Plus the food was awesome, so we figured why mess with a good thing:)

The first night I started by nibbling on my friends roasted beet & goat cheese salad with bacon dressing...Thanks for sharin, Aim! :)  This was awesome!  Tangy & salty fabulousness:)

But I had to save room for MY MAIN COURSE....When in Rome, right?? ....

Can't really beat fresh lobster in New England:)

Night 2's dinner was just as ridiculously decadent:  I went with the surf & turf.  Charcoal grilled filet mignon, shrimp, scallops and the piece de resistance:  LOBSTER RISOTTO!  Oh yes...it all was good as it sounds:)

Anddddd...sad to say, but BOTH nights were finished up in the same way:  With HOT Sticky Toffee Pudding dessert.  Have you ever had these things??  Heaven, I tell you!  They are little hot toffee cakes FILLED with hot toffee sauce and COVERED WITH ICE CREAM....to quote my friend: "Some desserts are just TOO good" :) 

My other friend also got the White Chocolate Creme Brulee, which was ALSO deliriously good.  Let's just say:  We ate well at Capt's Grill:)

Our breakfasts weren't too memorable in Salem since we were sorta short on time in the mornings...but we did manage to find this ADORABLE little coffee shop up the street from our hotel, which COMPLETELY lured us in with this sign: 

Too cute, right???

And as much as I wanted to try the Red Velvet Hot Cocoa...I had to go with the Maple Soy Latte for first thing in the morning, and I was QUITE happy with my choice:)  I also liked the cinnamon muffin...even if it's been a LONG time since I had one of those "muffins the size of your head" situations.

Aside from the Eats....we also enjoyed the town by taking a few tours, like my favorite: The House of Seven Gables...

Visited the oldest candy shop in America: "Ye Olde Pepper Company"...

Had a Witch photo shoot (SOOOOOOOOOO FUN!!!  A must do if you're ever in the area!)....

Took the Ferry to Boston for the afternoon....

And took a tour of Harvard ....or "Hahvahd" as our tour guide called it... :)

 And enjoyed the effects the fog had on my pictures:) ....

Thanks, fog....you made my day:) hahahahahhahaha.....

SPOOKY!

And with that, I hope you enjoyed my Salem tour and are having a wonderful Weekend!!!!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!!