Yesterday (Saturday) we were treated out to downtown Boston to see the Big Apple Circus with Mark, Gina, Adah, and Kate. It was a fairly small one ring circus in the heart of Government Center--it could boast having two horses, strong men, twin jugglers, and a troupe of dogs. As neat as it was, I think it would have been really interesting to see trained cats, which they apparently had last year. Regardless, it was nice to go out with M, G, and the girls, though I wish we had gotten there a bit earlier to join them for lunch on the steps of City Hall (the stupid T held us up... ergh...).
The Coluzzis made a quick exit after the circus, as did nearly every other family with sleepy children ready for naptime, and Seth and I walked to Chinatown to splurge on several marvelous Asian buns (we got a char shu bao, steamed rice cake, red bean pie, and pineapple bun). Though the bakery selection in Boston isn't as wondrous as what we found in other major cities, it is still more than enough for us to have our fix. The buns were... so heavenly delicious...
We spent the next few hours in the North End at a relaxed organic coffee shop to catch up on some reading and writing then met up with an old fraternity brother of Seth's and his wife for dinner at Dolce Vita Ristorante. It is always interesting to meet these college friends of Seth's--they give me clues as to what his younger, wilder days were like :P
Of course we had to top off the evening with cannolis from Mike's Pastry, after waiting in line for ages just to make it to the counter (it is one of those places not suited for claustrophobic people, where the queue pours out the door).
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