It was a warm sunny afternoon and pleasant evening, not yet short sleeves weather, but perfect spring in New England weather, in late April, before the graduation crowds and summer tourists descend. The perfect kind of night to enjoy the city. And except for spending more on parking than on dinner, it was perfect!~

Boston was filled with good natured locals enjoying their city, in a good mood with the Sox drubbing the Cubs 17-0 at Fenway and both the Bruins and Celtics winning playoff games away from home. Everyone was in a good mood. And anyone who knows New England knows that if the Boston sports fans are happy, it’s a more pleasant place to be!

At the Museum of Fine Arts, multicultural kids flowed into Hallyu! an exhibit of Korean pop art, music and fashion that has influenced the culture worldwide, while also referencing ancient Korean culture.

Meanwhile, suburban garden aficionados flowed into the MFA for Art In Bloom, an annual springfest of floral arrangements designed by Massachusetts Garden clubs to interpret dozens of artworks chosen by the MFA across the museum and in every medium. With the delicate florals lasting only a few days, this popular event sees thousands of visitors during one short weekend. The blossoming trees around the museum and in the Fens were also putting on their own show!

It was fun seeing how works we loved were interpreted in flowers, while also noticing art pieces selected for the show that we’d never noticed before!

Later, the famed North End of Boston, home to the best Italian restaurants and bakeries, was bustling with happy sports fans (except those two we saw in Chicago Cubs jerseys) and college kids blowing off steam before final exams. The North End was filled with twinkly lights. traffic, lines of diners waiting for tables in tiny wine bars and firefighters in Barcaloungers with the garage doors wide open watching the B’s on a big screen mounted to the wall, until a call came in.

We ended the night joining the fast moving line at the pastry shop, selecting traditional Italian pastry to eat on a bench in the Rose Kennedy Greenway while a young busker played her “electric” violin. It will be our last night in the “big city” for a while, but it was fine one!