Modern

Most people will tell you not to miss Mike's Pastry when you're in the North End - my own mother included! On a weekend night it's shoulder to shoulder inside, and you'll have to wait to find a seat. When that happens, you should walk out the door, cross Hanover Street, and turn right to get here - Modern Pastry. They have pastries that rival Mike's but won't be quite as crowded - it's a bit of a hidden jewel, although not really hidden!

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Alley Cat

I liked this alley, and I'm dying to know what's behind that beautiful door at the end of it. I've been Googling the address, but I'm not finding anything. This is another one from the North End - 214 Hanover St.

Gelateria

This was on Hanover St in the North End.

When I was in Florence three and a half years ago with my family, we had gelato at least once a day, sometimes twice. We had a number of guide books, and one of them had a section entirely devoted to gelato. We consulted it frequently, and tried out a different gelateria every day. I have never found gelato as good as it was in Florence, but perhaps I'll start trying to find some again. It's a tough job, but somebody has to do it. ;)

We're Baaaaaaaack!

Sorry for the vacation folks, we needed some time to recover from the holiday mayhem and traveling. Back to the regular posting again, I promise!

I took a stroll over to the North End after work because I needed to pick something up from the hardware store, and got lucky with a ton of great shots on my way back to the T! Here's your first shot from the North End, look for a few more over the next few days. This is the corner of Hanover and something - haha, sorry, I should have taken a picture of the cross street's sign so I would remember!

The State Room

I went with a friend to her wedding walk through at The State Room (at 60 State St). I couldn't help but take photos. Watch or the night view in a month and a half, as the wedding is in December. This is the view from the mezzanine in the Great Room, looking down onto Christopher Columbus Park (on the right along the water), the Mercantile Building (the taller of the long buildings beside the park), and into the North End, across the harbor and into East Boston.

In Memory of...

the individuals who've lost their lives in the Iraq and Afghan wars. This war memorial is located at the Old North Church, the site of the famed "one if by land, and two if by sea" phrase (on April 18, 1775, Robert Newman climbed the steeple of the church and held two lanterns as a signal from Paul Revere that the British were marching to Lexington and Concord by sea and not by land).

Romantic Evening

Euno Ristorante, North End

The beer necessities, the simple beer necessities

On Salem Street, in the North End.



(Sorry for the backposting - we've been out of town/entertaining family in town/had a broken computer! We're back on track now!)