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Monday, July 4, 2011

Happy 4th of July

It's muggy today in Boston, with highs in the 80s ... the sort of weekend weather I always imagine they had in Jaws (or while filming Jaws). Folks with more money than Hanna and I are probably spending the holiday weekend out on the Cape. The city feels fairly deserted, in fact.

The neighborhood sparrows can be quite insistent that
what you thought was your brioche is actually theirs.
This morning we were able to walk down to one of our favorite coffee shops, Tatte, and enjoy our weekend ritual of brioche and lattes and the cafe's copy of The New York Times Book Review. 

The pear marmalade is to die for.
While this isn't particularly traditional holiday fair, it was nice to have the leisure time to sit and people watch (and small yappy-type dog watch) and feed the greedy sparrows. What food (traditional or non!) are y'all enjoying this holiday weekend? 
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4 comments:

  1. JanetJuly 4, 2011 at 9:58 AM

    Fourth fare: couscous fruit salad (recipe later); ice cream bars :) The brioche things look great!

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  2. JanetJuly 4, 2011 at 10:00 AM

    At least in Boston, it's sparrows, which are small. When we were in Austin, it was Great Tailed Grackles, which looked like they could carry away your whole lunch in a single swoop .. and do it noisily as well.

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  3. annajcookJuly 5, 2011 at 5:25 PM

    Were the ice cream bars home-made or from the Peanut Store :)?

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  4. lynJuly 6, 2011 at 1:47 PM

    This looks lovely - I love that you can walk to your favorite place and sit outdoors. Fourth fare: same for us though the Raymond/Helder household added fennel crusted grilled pork a salad from Lettuce in Your Kitchen with mango, cucumber and avocado.

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