Giacomo's Italian was a hidden gem. Tiny, local mom and pop place with excellent food. We stood in line outside in excess of 45 minutes in sleeting rain and wind, just to get a few minutes at the table. It was by far one of our best meals in Boston. I was also extremely pleased that Annie Lenox's twin sister was our waitress with a thick Bostonian accent. I was waiting for her to whip out the electric guitar and start singing, "Here Comes The Rain Again!"
Holly had pumpkin tortellini with a sage butter sauce. I had some lobster ravioli with sun dried tomatoes and creamy white wine sauce. Even the basic house Cesar salad was excellent with home made croutons and the best garlic bread on rustic fresh baked baguettes.
Just down the street was Mike's Pastry. World famous in that they provided all the pastries for the Kennedy inauguration as well as the Clinton inauguration. A little sensory overload as I had not only one chocolate cupcake option, but about fourteen chocolate cupcake options all with different fillings and frosting's. Needless to say, we made it through the masses of people and ordered more than our fair share of pastries to take back to the hotel to enjoy over the next day.
(This is Holly now...)
Here are a few other photos we took of the scary Easter pastries at Mike's. At first I thought the sheep were cute, but then you got closer to them and they had weird faces.
And thanks also to my brother for his recommendation of this place also!
Another favorite was Darwin's in Cambridge. The sandwiches were divine! Mine was called The Story and had tons of prochuitto, fresh mozzerella, pesto, lettuce and an herb sauce on a baguette. So good!
Also on the list of good food was the Boston Temple cafeteria. Surprising yes. Coming from a person who eats in a temple cafeteria once a week, I know the stigma, and it's true. Temple food is usually yuck. But this was different. You could tell it was made by hand and with love. We had a great meatball sub with a salad bar. To top it off I had a homemade chocolate cookie with macadamia nuts and coconut in it. Yum! So, even though the weather was bad, the food was oh so good!
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hmmm... my mouth is watering just remembering those places! I am glad you guys had a good time.
We haven't been to Boston yet--you're totally inspiring me. And yes, those lamb faces are kind of creepy.
P.S. In response to your question, Dan is doing great. He works as a policy researcher by day, and he's currently teaching a course at Princeton at night. When home and not being mauled by our kids, he loves playing the banjo and riding his bike.
I think it's the eyebrows, they are a little serious for your average lamb.
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