While my high school kids were in all-day classes at MIT last weekend in Boston, a friend and I visited the MIT museum.
Restaurants
Annapolis Food
Eating out in Annapolis is a treat! I especially recommend The Main Ingredient (click here) for delicious, local, wonderfully prepared food. It will take a long time to work through that menu!
Photos of 6th Street between Avenue A & Avenue B
Last Saturday, when we sat in on the Permaculture Class (click here) we spent the day on 6th Street between Avenue A and Avenue B. There are several neighborhood gardens there, beautifully re-purposed from empty lots. We also got to grace again Benny’s Burrito (click here), one of my favorite New York City spots for … Read more
Annapolis Food
Eating at home usually, it is fun to have a long weekend away to eat out. Above is the best breakfast I’ve ever had; that salmon Benedict was phenomenal (click here). The diner near my daughter’s college has the biggest milkshakes in the world (6 pounds!); I photographed someone else’s here, and you can see … Read more
North Carolina Food
I went to three delicious restaurants while away. The first was Nantucket Cafe (see their website here) and I must apologize for no photos from there; I simply lit into a wonderful salmon salad. (My sister loves their incredible chocolate cake!) At 411 West near the UNC campus in Chapel Hill (click here for their … Read more
Rehearsal Dinner Food
We drove the 11 hours down to Chapel Hill to attend my nephew’s wedding. After having lunch with my parents, who I hadn’t seen in a long time, we picked up my college freshman daughter from the airport and checked into our hotel. Then we changed for the wedding rehearsal, which was followed by an … Read more
Photos of Eating Out in Annapolis
Restaurant food in Annapolis was good. I only ate out once a day, otherwise subsisting on Luna bars and motel buffet yogurt, but when I did, I enjoyed it! The dish shown above was Parmesan encrusted salmon on green bean risotto with roasted red pepper sauce and pesto garnish. Below, were two night’s worth (at … Read more
General Block Island Photos
Block Island is a wonderful tear-shaped island 13 miles off the coast of Rhode Island. This was our first visit but we hope to be back! It is surprisingly varied both in people and scenery, with interesting architecture and good food, and thankfully is not as overbuilt as many such areas due to an active … Read more
Photos of Amarillo
These photos are taken on the airplane during landing, and from the Amarillo Club which is a nice restaurant on the top of Amarillo’s tallest building.
Today Was My Birthday
I woke up to my youngest daughter having made me popovers for breakfast. After that sumptuous beginning of my day, I sat in a quiet living room sipping