MV.AR.OK.LA.CHI.BOS.

Okay so when I said "I'm available by appointment only during the month of July" I apparently wasn't kidding.

So far this month I have...watched fire works on Martha's Vineyard, fished on the Little Red River in Arkansas, seen my bff from Oklahoma preggers for the first time, played stump trivia in Boston under the team name "If you've got $5 I've got the footlong", saved a man's life before boarding a plane to LA (true story), I ate Ethiopian food in LA, turned 27 - yikes, spent 14 hours of one day at the beach, watched "500 days of summer" - great movie with great music and even better clothes, visited the ledge at the former Sears Tower, had a surprise catch up session over a beer with a friend I shared awkward teenage years with but who now has a beautiful wife, ate Chicago style Pizza for the first time ever - delicious, thanked the Lord above that I did not have to save anyone else's life on the flight back and for the grand finale........went out in Faneuil Hall twice this past weekend.

Maybe I was exhausted from all the traveling, or maybe I felt bad for being so MIA that I thought I'd just keep the peace, but my friends, I do not like Faneuil Hall. Faneuil Hall is filled with people from out of town who will wait in a long line, pay a cover charge and then spill beer on you in an empty, yes mostly empty bar whilst a bad cover band is playing and about 3 bachelorette parties are keeping you from ever ordering a drink.

Generally I'm a "it's not where you are but who you're with kind of girl," but in Faneuil Hall I always use the power of persuasion to get my way. And now, out of the kindness of my heart, and also because I'm moving and don't care if the secret's out, I'm going to let you in on my hidden gem of a non-suckie Faneuil Hall bar.



That's Durty Nelly's my friends, an Irish Pub at it's finest which means no line, no cover, and most importanly no Faneuil hall-esque patrons. This weekend we even witnessed people getting kicked out for trying to use the bathroom without ordering anything and for being drunk. Now that's what I'm talking about Faneuil Hall!

Durty Nelly's is in the middle of Haymarket which I find awesome, but in case that part scares you a bit, use the back door on the street behind bell in hand. Below is a picture from the night I first discovered this hidden gem. Hells yeah I purchased a t-shirt! Okay, so mainly is was to hit the $10 bar tab minimum but still, I wear it proudly.