We made delicious omelets this morning with the PPI
lobster. I diced and sautéed about 3
Tbsp. of yellow bell pepper and 1/4 cup of red onion in butter slowly until it
caramelized. Then I chopped a handful of
spinach and diced about 2/3 cup of lobster claws and tails into flattened
pieces so they would lay down in the omelet.
Suzette got out the Parmesan cheese and when everyone was ready, which
meant we were packed and had cleaned up our rooms, I started cooking the
omelets. Ricardo said he was the omelet
meister, so I cooked a three egg omelet for Willy and Suzette and me and
Ricardo cooked a two or three egg omelet for him and Cynthia. When I flipped my omelet it still had lots of
wetness so Ricardo suggested I cover the pan and that worked wonderfully. When I asked Ricardo what he wanted to drink,
he said, “How about champagne.” And I said, “I think that is the appropriate
drink.” So he fetched a bottle of champagne and glasses he had been chilling in
the freezer that really enhanced the freshness and flavor of the champagne. Suzette sliced and Willy toasted slices of
French Bolle and fetched the Maine wild blueberry fruit spread from the fridge
and we had our best meal of the day.
We drove to Boston by way of Salem and got out to see the witchcraft
area that also turned out to be near the coast and the National Park Service’s Historical
Maritime Site, which was the historic wharf area in Salem. We walked to the Maritime site and saw the
square rigger Friendly that had made 15 around the world sailings in the late
1700’s and early 1800’s.
Then we were hungry so we walked to a commercial zone next
to the maritime site and found a restaurant that overlooked the ship and wharf
and had a very mediocre lunch of fried calamari, a moderately interesting Cesar
salad with an interesting no egg caper dressing and a nicely grilled swordfish
filet and Willy ordered a grilled chicken breast BLT.
After lunch we drove to the Revere Hotel at 200 Stuart St. in
the center of Boston and checked in and unloaded our gear and left Willy at the
hotel and Suzette and I drove to Logan Airport to return the car by 5:00 p.m.
We then shuttled to the BMTA Blue line stop and bought 1 Day passes on the BMTA Subway system and took
a subway back to our hotel. We picked up
Willy and our jackets, binoculars, camera, and a bottle of water and at around
6:30 left for Fenway Park. Willy bought
a One Day pass also and we met a couple of Red Sox fans and they helped orient us. We talked about the game and they showed us
how to go to Kennmore station and walk to Fenway Park. We arrived at Fenway just as the National
Anthem was being sung and arrived at our seats ($38.00 each) in the bleacher
section during the top of the 1st inning.
It was a good game.
The Detroit Tigers and Red Sox are each in first place in their respective
division.
The pitching and defensive fielding were both superb. The pitchers, Lester vs. Sheurer, each threw with
about a 75% strike ratio, so there were very few opportunities to score.
Detroit scored the first run and a couple of innings later the
Red Sox scored two runs. We ate popcorn
and a hot dog and drank beers and had a wonderful time watching the game and
the people.
After the top of the 8th inning at 10:00 p.m., after
watching the Red Sox closer Hazawa be called in to strike out a batter for the
third out, we decided to leave to avoid the crowd and were back in the room by
10:30 p.m. after a pleasant day. We
turned on the TV and discovered that the game had ended with the same score as
it was when we left; 2 to 1 in favor of the Red Sox.
Bon Appétit
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