In order to let go of the home buying stress I suggested that we drive into Mystic. We live about 20 minutes away from this quaint New England town, so it is a perfect weekend activity. I've known about Mystic for a really long time because of the Julia Robert's hit "Mystic Pizza".
(Disclaimer: I don't know why I love this movie, it's actually kind of awful. The fact that I purchased the DVD for $1.50 should be a testament to that)
When you drive into Mystic you get that wonderful feel of New England Harbor towns. The sailboats everywhere, a drawbridge, seafood restaurants galore. I was in heaven.
(I couldn't help myself, I had to take the "tourist in front of the giant anchor" photo)
My impressions of Mystic are that if you are someone who loves to walk around main street type areas and shop, it's for you. There were so many cute little shops, very few of them were chains, which I love. Any opportunity to support local businesses is awesome.
John and I decided that this will be an awesome date hang out as well as family outing. You can take your family and grab a slice of Mystic Pizza (oh yes, it's a real place). Any of my friends who have lived here rave about the ice cream on the bridge. The weather wasn't exactly right for that. I will 100% be returning just to go to the spice and tea import store. Oh holy wow, they have the best tasting spices, oils, salts, sugars. I wanted to sit there and eat all of their free samples.
As for the date outing, John and I went to this great little restaurant called Azu. We just happened to catch it at happy hour, so we were able to order small portion snack items and each have a drink. The calamari was hands down the best I have ever had and John agreed. All in all Mystic was a fun little stop and it made for a wonderful Saturday.
Mystic looks lovely! I've never seen Mystic Pizza, but I tend to like movies that are known to be kind of awful (lol), so I'll have to give it a try.
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