Food and Art

What's a perfect day to me? Ummm... I'd say a divine combo meal for mind and body. Today, the trio (Dianne, David and I) went to one of my favorite museums, the Isabella Stewart Gardner in Boston, MA. We had a divine luncheon (so civilized) then on to the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA). Okay, first things first... the meal. It's actually the Isabella where Dianne and I first met in 1990 for a blind date luncheon. We were both in a mail art writing group called RAPS (Rubber Amateur Press Society) where I first encountered her. When I knew I was to travel to Boston for the first time on business, I called her and asked if we could meet. We were both nervous about our first meeting so she suggested having lunch at Isabella's. It was love at first sight and we've been fast friends ever since. The rapturous food had to have helped. So today for lunch, David had the Brazilian Style Fish Stew with halibut, shrimp and cilantro. Dianne had the Crispy Atlantic Salmon Cake with white bean and cauliflower salad. I had the Moroccan Style Lamb Tagine with a mixed olive couscous salad. I hope you can figure out what's what on the photos because I don't know how to make captions for each photo. For dessert we shared the White Chocolate Bread pudding with brown sugar butter. YUM! Life is good, eh?

Sadly, I found out that I wasn't allowed to take any photos of the garden area at Isabella. It's really a breathtaking Italian garden. When the sunlight shifts, it stirs the heart and makes my eyes tear up. I was really hoping to get some new photos. Somewhere in my warehouse are some great photos I took with my film camera years ago. Now I'm determined to find them.