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l33tminion) wrote2024-01-06 11:19 am
l33tminion) wrote2024-01-06 11:19 am
Erica's Eight
New Year's this year was pretty good. We got into town in time to have dinner at The Independent, which will always be a bit of a special place for me. The bar's a neighborhood fixture, and it's where Erica had her first meal out, in a sense, it was where we went for lunch on our way back from the hospital when she was a newborn. It's definitely a place with those cozy vibes, so very nice for returning from a trip.
New Year's Day I'd made actual, "we're not arriving on a plane today" plans. We had brunch at Puritan and Co., featuring possibly the best pancakes I've ever eaten. Ultra fluffy, with a sweet blueberry sauce and a salty whipped ricotta topping (which was a little unusual but worked brilliantly in the combination).
The following day was Erica's birthday, and I took the day off to hang out with Erica. We went to the Mapparium, which was on the list of Boston landmarks I'd had yet to visit. It's an unusual and beautiful structure, a room in the form of a giant stained-glass globe, it sits within the Mary Baker Eddy Library, which is a very beautiful building with some very unusual historical roots. After that, we wandered around the Prudential Center and Copley Place for a while before coming home for a sushi dinner at Ebi.
The half-week at work went very well. Pretty productive.
Julie is off at a conference next week, and move her flight early to avoid this weekend's bad weather. So I'm on solo parenting already. I made avocado toast for breakfast, Erica's been watching some "A For Adley" this morning and then I'm taking her to the Children's Museum after lunch.
New Year's Day I'd made actual, "we're not arriving on a plane today" plans. We had brunch at Puritan and Co., featuring possibly the best pancakes I've ever eaten. Ultra fluffy, with a sweet blueberry sauce and a salty whipped ricotta topping (which was a little unusual but worked brilliantly in the combination).
The following day was Erica's birthday, and I took the day off to hang out with Erica. We went to the Mapparium, which was on the list of Boston landmarks I'd had yet to visit. It's an unusual and beautiful structure, a room in the form of a giant stained-glass globe, it sits within the Mary Baker Eddy Library, which is a very beautiful building with some very unusual historical roots. After that, we wandered around the Prudential Center and Copley Place for a while before coming home for a sushi dinner at Ebi.
The half-week at work went very well. Pretty productive.
Julie is off at a conference next week, and move her flight early to avoid this weekend's bad weather. So I'm on solo parenting already. I made avocado toast for breakfast, Erica's been watching some "A For Adley" this morning and then I'm taking her to the Children's Museum after lunch.
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