I thought it was apropos to book my birthday vacation while snowed in by Juno. #40 on the birthday list is…go to the Bahamas. Yes! This will be my second Caribbean vacation and I am psyched.

So KNO night. KNO night was my first triple-header A–Z bar night. Thanks to Abby and Melissa for being game. Our first stop was Nubar.

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It’s a cozy little place. I tried a local brew, Newburyport Green Head IPA, and enjoyed it. Loved the cute glass too.

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Next we headed to Orinoco for dinner. I’ve passed it many times and never noticed it, since it is down a little alleyway.

 

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It was my first time trying Venezuelan cuisine, so I knocked off a birthday list item too. I tried arepas and fell in love with them. Cornmeal and cheese…what’s not to love.

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I tried Estrella, a Spanish beer. It was a nice, basic lager.

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After we finished our lovely dinner, we hit Kennedy’s on the Square for an after-dinner beer. The decor consisted of many images of JFK, which oddly made me feel at home. Having lived on the street of his birthplace for the past five years, I feel a strange kinship to him and his family.

Anyhoo, I had a nice nightcap: a Stowaway IPA. Two of my oldest Boston friends and I toasted to a productive night. Now I only have seven letters left! It’s getting tough now: E, L, Q, U, V, X, Y. Suggestions are more than welcome…