gluttony on tour: day 7. Dinner at Al Forno, Providence, RI

Severo made the wise decision to postpone his departure to Newark until the evening. That way, he could join us for dinner at Al Forno and have less traffic on I-95.

clams Al Forno and marguerita pizza

mmmmm

duck legs

pasta with pea shoots

me, Patucci

Dewey joined us when dessert arrived and a beautiful sunset ensued

lemon cake with whip cream and citron

Mark, Dewey

gluttony on tour: day 7. Brunch at AS220, Providence, RI

AS220 is an arts/food collective located in downtown Providence. The owners have bought and rehabbed several buildings and now serve the community with a restaurant, a funded jukebox, a gallery space, artist studios, a letterpress/ silkscreen lab etc.

We concentrated on the foo(d).

grilled Italian sausage, peppers + mushrooms,
with cheddar cheese and garlic spread
(and maybe some eggs?)

mozzarella, tomato on baby greens

gluttony on tour: day 6. Providence, RI

We were to meet Patucci and Mark at The Hot Club and needed to kill some time so we drove by my old loft on Pine St.

409 pine

The twin buildings have been converted into "luxury lofts" and the 2700 sq ft full floor spaces have been split into smaller units.
When I moved in in 1979, I had 30 windows that needed reglazing.

my windows looked nothing like this!

We had our rendezvous (no pix) and then eventually made it to dinner at Apsara's, my favorite Cambodian place

Patucci + Mark

nime chow - mmmmm

We ate a lot of dishes but I was in too much of a food coma to take pictures or make note of what we ordered.

Tourist Report: Boston, MA (includes further gluttony)

Despite having lived for four years in Providence, I had never been to the North End. My bad! After our seafood feast, we took a postprandial stroll around.

the exterior of Paul Revere's house

on the Freedom Trail

on the Italian Ice trail

mmmm divinity fudge detour

mission accomplished - lemon ice

We then embarked to Providence.

gluttony on tour: day 6. Neptune Oyster, Boston, MA

I scavenged my breakfast from the hotel's complementary breakfast setup while Severo slept. We then made our way down to Boston for a seafood feast at Neptune Oyster

oyster menu - loved the descriptions

Severo hoists a Kumamoto

chowdah

lobstah roll
we ordered it hot with just lobster and butter

Severo's "Neptunes on Piggyback"
pulled pork, fried oysters, etc

bliss

"I'm with the band" Salisbury Beach, MA

The green room of the Blue Ocean Music Hall was unbelievable!

the green room with a view

preparing for the gig

young fan

Severo in the audience during Blood and Roses

"I'm melting"

finale

Tourist Report: Salisbury Beach, MA

Salisbury Beach is on the North Shore above Boston. I'd say it's the poor cousin of Newburyport. It has a run-down boardwalk vibe with lots of interesting sights.

men in black - Paulie, JK, Severo

my "lemonade" from Joe's Playland was really sour sugar water

Carousel Lounge - Live Entertainment
included an Elvis impersonator working the karaoke station