Cannoli!
I don't want to be "the guy that only writes about food," but if you're here in town and have a chance to get to the North End (and there's lots of reasons to make sure that you do), be sure to stop by Mike's Pastry. It's a veritable mob scene and you better be sure to know what you want by the time you reach the counter (they are a little Soup-Nazi-esque in their approach to customer service), but it's worth it.
Yesterday afternoon we were told by a good source in the afternoon that if we made it to the North End to be sure to go to Mike's Pastry. "No matter what anybody else tells you, do not go anywhere else for pastry!" we were sternly lectured.
Sure enough, when we informed our waiter at dinner that we were walking down to Mike's Pastry for dessert, he tried to steer us to another pastry shop across the street instead. Apparently Boston is in the grip of a major pastry war and frankly I'd rather not get caught in the middle of it. But we followed our original instructions, and didn't listen to the waiter, and it was worth it. The chocolate-dipped cannoli was excellent, and there was this thing called a strawberry lobstertail fluff that ... well, I don't know what it was, but it sure was tasty.
Now it's off to the opening reception, and hopefully even more good food, but from now on I'll try to keep my posts centered on more edifying things ...