When we all finally woke up (and had lots of coffee), we walked a few blocks over to a place called The Blue Door Farmstand for breakfast. I was delighted to discover that you could have fried cheese curds! For breakfast! Of course I had to have that, with some fruit salad so I wouldn't feel too bad about my choices. They were delicious, with some pickled peppers and a buttermilk ranch. Jessica had eggs Benedict on a black pepper biscuit, and Celeste had some kind of vegetable burger. My only regret was the $4.50 chai latte.
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| Breakfast cheese! |
Celeste and I took a walk and let Jessica rest a bit before our next outing, another architectural boat tour. It was a bit chilly and foggy, but still beautiful and informative. Even if I hadn't forgotten a lot from last time, different docents give a different spin on things. This one was particularly interesting. No real lunch, but Jessica and I split some very so-so potato pancakes and a genuinely bad chickpea and avocado salad from a little stand on the Riverwalk. I really don't know how someone could make chickpeas, greens and avocado taste blander by adding a olive oil and lemon? Ugh.
By the time the tour was over, it was nearly dinner time, so we walked over to Eataly, browsed around, and had dinner at one of the restaurants there. It turned out to be a pretty good choice. We shared a plate of fresh mozzarella with pistachio pesto, Jessica had lemon-ricotta ravioli with cacio e pepe sauce, Celeste had squash ravioli with lemon and sage, and I had a bucatini with butter, anchovies and garlic breadcrumbs. Jessica and I also split a truly unnecessary order of meatballs. We picked up some sweets to bring home for later, but my little tiramisu was nothing special.
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| Dinner cheese! |
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