Saturday, March 28, 2009
Gluten-Free Pizza
It worked! And Ellie would totally recommend it! When David's Mom came, she brought some GF goodies just for Ellie, this pizza dough by Chebe being one of them. I think it's going to be perfect for us in the long run because each bag makes two pizzas. So I made one for her tonight, with plenty for leftover lunches the next few days. I froze the other glob of dough, and will be able to use it the next time we have pizza night. Definitely a much better solution than getting rid of pizza night altogether :).
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Boston, Days 4, 5, & 6
Apparently, it is not possible for me to blog every day. Or, every other day, for that matter. Oh well. I blame the slow internet connection in the hotel. Yeah.
Monday and Tuesday we finished up our Freedom Trail stops. Here were are at the Old North Church (the "One if by land, two if by sea" church). I am sitting in General Gage's pew. Interesting, since he was the bad guy. The church is a still-operational Episcopal church, though they no longer sell pews to raise funds.
On our way out of the North End after finding the church and a few other things, we think we located Keith's "Warm Scala" bakery. Nope, I am not kidding. We are not 100% certain, but one of these days we'll pop in and ask them if they have any warm scalas.
Unfortunately, we had just bought bread at a little bakery up the street, so we didn't stop in and ask about the scalas, but this was our yummy lunch, complete with gorgonzola cheese from Italy:
Tuesday morning we went and visited the new state house, and I found a bust of John Adams to stand next to:
We came back to the hotel through the Public Garden, which is where the book "Make Way for Ducklings" takes place. Just for Ellie, here are the ducks!
We wanted to give you a shot of our new favorite pastry place's box:
We've visited 4 days out of 5 for their amazing cannoli, and we're trying to decide if we have time to run up to the North End right now before dinner and bring some back for dessert. Yum. We might even bring some home on the airplane.
Yesterday evening we went No Name Seafoods for dinner, a restaurant we visited each of our trips in undergrad. While they may be known for cheap and fresh seafood, we felt the preparation left a little to be desired, and don't think we'll be making a trip back. Sad.
Today, after sleeping way later than intended and in honor of it being the day-after-St. Patrick's-Day, we visited the Sam Adams Brewery. They give you free tours, along with free samples and a sampling glass to take home. Pretty cool. They must figure that you'll like the beer enough to go buy it at a bar later. While we won't be going out to any bars later, we sure enjoyed the samples!
Monday and Tuesday we finished up our Freedom Trail stops. Here were are at the Old North Church (the "One if by land, two if by sea" church). I am sitting in General Gage's pew. Interesting, since he was the bad guy. The church is a still-operational Episcopal church, though they no longer sell pews to raise funds.
On our way out of the North End after finding the church and a few other things, we think we located Keith's "Warm Scala" bakery. Nope, I am not kidding. We are not 100% certain, but one of these days we'll pop in and ask them if they have any warm scalas.
Unfortunately, we had just bought bread at a little bakery up the street, so we didn't stop in and ask about the scalas, but this was our yummy lunch, complete with gorgonzola cheese from Italy:
Tuesday morning we went and visited the new state house, and I found a bust of John Adams to stand next to:
We came back to the hotel through the Public Garden, which is where the book "Make Way for Ducklings" takes place. Just for Ellie, here are the ducks!
We wanted to give you a shot of our new favorite pastry place's box:
We've visited 4 days out of 5 for their amazing cannoli, and we're trying to decide if we have time to run up to the North End right now before dinner and bring some back for dessert. Yum. We might even bring some home on the airplane.
Yesterday evening we went No Name Seafoods for dinner, a restaurant we visited each of our trips in undergrad. While they may be known for cheap and fresh seafood, we felt the preparation left a little to be desired, and don't think we'll be making a trip back. Sad.
Today, after sleeping way later than intended and in honor of it being the day-after-St. Patrick's-Day, we visited the Sam Adams Brewery. They give you free tours, along with free samples and a sampling glass to take home. Pretty cool. They must figure that you'll like the beer enough to go buy it at a bar later. While we won't be going out to any bars later, we sure enjoyed the samples!
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Boston, Days 2 & 3
Saturday we climbed aboard the commuter rail and headed out to Concord to see the historic sites. Definitely a cute little town, and apparently they see 1,000,000 visitors a year checking out the Lexington and Concord battlefields. Before we even go to the Concord Old North Bridge, though, we were sidetracked in a colonial cemetery. I know, wierd. We found it fascinating to see how the engraving and artwork had changed over the centuries from the 1600s to the 1800s. Someday I'll write a master's thesis on it. This round symmetrical face with circular eyes we definitely decided was the strangest.
After getting our fill of gravestone art, we headed out to the Old North Bridge, where the colonial minutemen first took up arms against the British Regulars. It was a muddy mess, and I think we understand why most people go see it in the summer. However, the walk through the town out to the bridge was beautiful and seeing a park ranger dressed as a British officer made it well worth the walk. Here's a replica where the old bridge was:
And here's David standing next to a minuteman memorial:
In the museum on site, there was one of the cannon that the British had marched out to recapture (the colonials had stolen it and 3 others from them):
After checking out all the historical stuff within reasonable walking distance, we headed back to the train station and a mellow dinner in Quincy Market.
Today, we were off early to church at Park Street Congregational Church. It is one of the stops on the Freedom Trail, which made it fun to worship in, but David had done some research and discovered that it's one of the last bastions of conservative Christianity in the city, so we went! After church, I needed a nap, so David did some grading and I slept until lunch. We had intended to attend the St. Patrick's Parade being held today in South Boston, but I ended up sleeping through that. As it is, we have a bar that we can see out our hotel window, and that is giving us plenty of drunk-for-St. Patrick's-Day people watching. When I woke up, we went to the Italian section for pizza, and then got started on the Freedom Trail. Here's David at lunch:
This is a cool double-door that was right across the street for pizza. Use your imagination and try to figure out what kind of friendly giant would need the second-tier door:
This is a view of the Boston Commons, standing at the top. Park Street Church is the big steeple in the picture:
Here I am, standing in front of the State House:
And here's the flier from when Charles Finney visited the Park Street Church:
So far we're loving checking out all the history. Makes me wish I knew more about the city. But for now, we're off to find dinner and plan out tomorrow!
After getting our fill of gravestone art, we headed out to the Old North Bridge, where the colonial minutemen first took up arms against the British Regulars. It was a muddy mess, and I think we understand why most people go see it in the summer. However, the walk through the town out to the bridge was beautiful and seeing a park ranger dressed as a British officer made it well worth the walk. Here's a replica where the old bridge was:
And here's David standing next to a minuteman memorial:
In the museum on site, there was one of the cannon that the British had marched out to recapture (the colonials had stolen it and 3 others from them):
After checking out all the historical stuff within reasonable walking distance, we headed back to the train station and a mellow dinner in Quincy Market.
Today, we were off early to church at Park Street Congregational Church. It is one of the stops on the Freedom Trail, which made it fun to worship in, but David had done some research and discovered that it's one of the last bastions of conservative Christianity in the city, so we went! After church, I needed a nap, so David did some grading and I slept until lunch. We had intended to attend the St. Patrick's Parade being held today in South Boston, but I ended up sleeping through that. As it is, we have a bar that we can see out our hotel window, and that is giving us plenty of drunk-for-St. Patrick's-Day people watching. When I woke up, we went to the Italian section for pizza, and then got started on the Freedom Trail. Here's David at lunch:
This is a cool double-door that was right across the street for pizza. Use your imagination and try to figure out what kind of friendly giant would need the second-tier door:
This is a view of the Boston Commons, standing at the top. Park Street Church is the big steeple in the picture:
Here I am, standing in front of the State House:
And here's the flier from when Charles Finney visited the Park Street Church:
So far we're loving checking out all the history. Makes me wish I knew more about the city. But for now, we're off to find dinner and plan out tomorrow!
Friday, March 13, 2009
Boston, Day 1
We made it to Boston! After parting with the kids at the airport (this part was very hard for me), we sat for two hours on the airplane, wondering if this is how people travel without children. Very strange. Nobody needed to go to the bathroom, nobody spilled their Sprite and needed three calls to the steward to get enough napkins to clean it up. Amazing. We felt almost lazy.
But, I'm getting ahead of myself. We've been planning a trip to Boston for a few months, and we're thrilled to actually be here. We both have fond memories of Boston, having been here twice in undergrad, the second time married and pregnant with Carver. This time, we're staying downtown, right next to Quincy Market, and will be eating in restaurants, instead of PB & J packed in the backpack for the day.
Today was simple, getting to Boston, navigating from the airport to our hotel on the T, and then wandering around Boston's Italian north end, which has tons of cool historic stuff, as well as amazing bakeries. We had a yummy dinner at an Italian hole-in-the-wall highly recommended by yelp.com, and now we're chilling in the hotel room.
Here's the Green Dragon Tavern, about 4 blocks from our hotel, where Paul Revere hung out with cronies in pre-revolutionary days.
Faneuil Hall is about 2 blocks from our hotel, so that was one of the things that we checked out briefly today before dinner.
And this is the top of our hotel! It's a historic building, which used to be the customs house for incoming ships--very cool. There's an observation deck up at the top which we need to check out--hopefully that will be soon.
Tomorrow it's sleeping in, a bakery for breakfast and then off to Lexington and Concord for the day!
But, I'm getting ahead of myself. We've been planning a trip to Boston for a few months, and we're thrilled to actually be here. We both have fond memories of Boston, having been here twice in undergrad, the second time married and pregnant with Carver. This time, we're staying downtown, right next to Quincy Market, and will be eating in restaurants, instead of PB & J packed in the backpack for the day.
Today was simple, getting to Boston, navigating from the airport to our hotel on the T, and then wandering around Boston's Italian north end, which has tons of cool historic stuff, as well as amazing bakeries. We had a yummy dinner at an Italian hole-in-the-wall highly recommended by yelp.com, and now we're chilling in the hotel room.
Here's the Green Dragon Tavern, about 4 blocks from our hotel, where Paul Revere hung out with cronies in pre-revolutionary days.
Faneuil Hall is about 2 blocks from our hotel, so that was one of the things that we checked out briefly today before dinner.
And this is the top of our hotel! It's a historic building, which used to be the customs house for incoming ships--very cool. There's an observation deck up at the top which we need to check out--hopefully that will be soon.
Tomorrow it's sleeping in, a bakery for breakfast and then off to Lexington and Concord for the day!
Monday, March 9, 2009
It's a Girl!
We got to meet our third daughter this afternoon! She is healthy and active, and everything they could see on the ultrasound looked great! I'm not sure the kids were able to appreciate what they were seeing, but Carver definitely heard the tech say "Girl!" Ellie's very excited, while Carver's a little worried about how outnumbered he and Dad are becomming. Now that we know what the baby's sex is, David and I can start working on names in earnest, although in the past that just means we take a list into the delivery room. We'll see if we make any more progress this time.
Praise God!
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Sick, again.
I'm feeling a little like we've gotten every bug out there this year. I know it can't possibly be that bad, but some days it really feels this way. Influenza is making one final round around town, and we have caught it. Ellie had it last week, and I have it now. So, if I owe you a phone call or an e-mail, it might be a few days! In the midst of misery, though, I'm thankful that God has put me in a century where Tylenol is readily available!
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