DAY 139

Good evening my Corona friends and as always I hope you are healthy and somewhat sane.  We made it to another Friday and now the summer is going to fly by, not like it will matter because we don’t know what another season will bring, but I hope an end to Corona. Today we made it through a week of my roommate getting his treatment and happy to report all is well and June Cleaver has been doing an exceptional job, Mom are you up there in heaven, finally happy that I am cooking for him? Tonight I cooked freestyle, in other words, all from scratch and I think it was pretty dam delicious if I don’t say so myself. Last week at my friend Jon’s house he shared how to whip up some sweet potatoes fries, I know seriously so easy but so delicious, you just have to break out another pan, typically I only allow 2 to come out of the cupboard.  I had the pleasure of crossing the river into Cambridge today, and aside from 99.5% mask compliance, and more cyclists than you could ever see in Boston, they apparently are taking this dining Al Fresco more seriously than most. I had to stop and snap a few pictures of a few places that did a beautiful job making their space nice and inviting.  Now I know this is no small feat and another added expense for already hard-hit restaurants but with a little ingenuity and design, it can make the world of difference. There’s a lot of this DYI going on during this Pandemic and I am sure there are a lot of people on Pinterest offering their ideas and opinions on how to pull it off, and more power to those that do it. I want to share a lot of the spots I snapped today and spoiler alert one of the most barren, or boring spots was probably one of the most expensive.  First prize goes tonight to LOLA burger with their creative sandwich board, they had me, and I thought it was a two for one. The Barking Crab as always doesn’t mince any words, order some food, your time limit, or go somewhere else. The modern-day version of Durgin Park, which everyone was going to miss badly, when they announced closing a few years back, glad to they didn’t live to see where we are now and trying to survive. I love seeing people out and about so please people wear a mask, wash your hands, and maintain social distance. I want my favorite bartender, to come back to my favorite bar, still closed and no opening in sight. Maybe we will toast the New Year but nothing is definite, but like someone said eventually it will all just go away.

I hope to be back next week.

R.I.P. Jerry…….

Just sayin