Some time with Tamar and Max

Last Saturday, we went down to Northampton. Julie and Jerry took the weekend to go to Martha's Vineyard, and Max and Tamar were "home alone." Old enough to take care of themselves, but they said they would enjoy a visit from us. So we went down, took Tamar out to lunch at a Mexican restaurant called Bueno e Sano, got ice cream at a place Max used to work - Absolute Zero - which has a novel way to serve up ice cream, and then went to the place where Max is working now - which is called Cafe Evolution - which is a bakery/café. We saw him briefly and bought a snack (for me, a Nori Oat Bar, a very healthful dessert bar heavy on seeds; very crumbly, but good). Then we went back to the house and played Boggle with Tamar (who has gotten very good at Boggle - she won with no handicap) until it was time to pick Max up at work - he would have biked home, but his bike got a flat tire going to work, so both he and the bike needed to be picked up. Ben, of course, was at school at U. Mass. Then we came home to Vermont. (Sorry I failed to get a picture of Tamar. Next time!).

Bueno è Sano Restaurant

A mural over our table

Preparing ice cream at Absolute Zero. He makes a thin sheet of all the ingredients mixed all together and spread out over this metal surface which is kept way below zero (not absolute zero, however) and then uses a putty knife to scrape up the sheet into six rolls and puts them in a dish with toppings (if requested). This one was a S'more - chocolate, marshmallow, graham cracker and cream all smooshed together and spread out.

This is the final product, with whipped cream. You can see the edges of the rolls. It was good! Very pricey, however!

Max behind the counter at Cafe Evolution