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What a great Monday! Thank you all for your comments on my Nigella Lawson cookbook giveaway! I am so new to blogging, and I get really excited reading each and every comment. Plus I have some new cookbooks/restaurants to try because of all of your recommendations 🙂

I now have my camera and can finish blogging about our day in Newport yesterday. We were still in such great moods today after such a fun day.

After finishing our boating around the harbor, we walked around town a little bit. We discovered a Portugese Festival in Touro Park, and we had a blast listening to some of the traditional singing and watching the dancing.

Portugese Festival dancers

Portugese Festival dancers

Newport is known for its beautiful, historic homes and inns, and they all seem to come complete with gorgeous flowers, especially my summer in New England favorite, hydrangeas. We had ivory and Victorian (pink with green edges) hydrangeas for our wedding flowers, and they are my absolute favorite.

Hydrangeas = summer in New England

Hydrangeas = summer in New England

 

hydrangeas in Newport

Close up

All of the walking around and fresh air made us hungry! We decided on Benjamin’s, a cute little pub in  a red house. They had plenty of covered, outdoor seating which meant we could be out in the beautiful fresh air without getting burnt. Awesome!

Benjamin's for lunch

Benjamin’s for lunch

We split a lobster roll with sweet potato fries and a bowl of lobster bisque, along with a pint of Newport Storm amber ale. I tried this beer at the Coastal Wine Trail Kickoff, and I have been a fan ever since. The lobster roll was fantastic, perfectly sweet lobster with just a bit of mayo on a roll. The sweet potato fries. . . sooooo good. I have to say that sweet potato fries might be one of my favorite things ever! The bisque was amazing, creamy but not too rich. I am going to make some lobster bisque in the not too far future.

lobsterroll

Too much fudge!

Too much fudge!

After lunch the plan was to get gelato at Cold Fusion, but we were so stuffed that we decided to pass. Instead we bought a little box of fudge for the road: toll house cookie and chocolate marshmallow. Holy sweetness. . . I used to LOVE fudge as a kid, and this was delicious. But it made my teeth feel sort of ick, and a tiny square was more than enough sweet. Still, it was a fun and beachy treat!

After our great meals, we headed back to the car to check on the directions to the wineries. This was definitely my favorite part of the day, and I want to devote a full blog post to it and my general love of local wine tomorrow.

One more giveaway to mention- Ruby’s Jillian Michaels Making the Cut book giveaway, fabulous!

Tags: cookbook, Food, lobster, Newport

Happy 4th of July! It is  only 6:30, but we have had a jam-packed day. It started out with an awesome Green Monster: spinach, chocolate soy milk, Amazing Grass Chocolate SuperFood, black cherries, and ice.

Then, I decided to go to the MSPCA to walk some more dogs:

Beautiful Siberian husky

Beautiful Siberian husky

After that we walked the 4 miles or so to the Boston waterfront. It is a GORGEOUS sunny day here in Boston!

Part of my running route

Part of my running route

 

Pretty city

Pretty city

 

Queen Mary 2

Queen Mary 2

We walked alllll the way along the harbor, drank about a gallon of water each, and then made our way to Battery Wharf for lunch at Sensing.

For lunch I ordered the Golden tomato and mango gazpacho, ricotta wasabi raita and a Peak Organic Nut Brown Ale. The hub ordered the lobster roll with fries. . . mmmmm.

My Peak Organic and the hub's Cisco Sankaty Light

My Peak Organic and the hub's Cisco Sankaty Light

 

Golden tomato gazpacho

Golden tomato gazpacho

 

Lobster roll

Lobster roll

 

Sensing's Patio- just gorgeous

Sensing's Patio- just gorgeous

 

Our meal was light and delicious. The lobster was on an incredible brioche roll, and the seasoned french fries were seriously just what I wanted. The very smooth, chilled gazpacho tasted like sweet sunshine with a little wasabi dumpling in the middle. Whoever thought of these flavors is just genius. The patio was nearly empty which is unfortunate because it was just gorgeous, tucked away and right on the water. Sensing’s dinner menu looks excellent, and the service was impeccably elegant so I hope to return soon.

I got waaaaay too much sun today. Going without it for so long made me a little silly and I omitted the sunscreen from my day. We are home now, cooking up a TJ’s pizza and chilling a bottle of our Sakonnet Vidal Blanc. I am so glad we did not make any plans for tonight. I sort of felt bad earlier that we decided to spend the day together, skipping the traditional bbq’s and fireworks that I felt like I “had” to go to. Now, I am tired and sunburned and happy to be home with my hub. Family bbq tomorrow and getting back into the work swing of things, so for tonight, I will be curling up with the a/c on and relaxing big time! Have a safe and fantastic fourth all!

Boston Harbor Hotel

Boston Harbor Hotel

Tags: Boston, Dining out, Food, gazpacho, harbor, lobster, New England, organic beer, running route, walking, weekend

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