After almost 20 hours of traveling from Singapore to New York, we spent a couple of days in the Big Apple before taking the bus to Boston. As soon as we left the chaos and frenzy of NYC, we hit a calming, scenic route along the highway.
It was pouring when we left NYC, and it was equally wet and dreary when we arrived Boston. When the weather cleared sometime in the week, we decided to take a stroll around the quaint city.
Boston was simply breathtaking. It was like stepping back in time, with buildings and homes reminiscent of what I used to see in the books I read as a child. It’s like every corner had a story to tell. With streets lined with brownstone homes, shops with warmly lit windows, every inch of each structure was covered with beautiful architectural detail.
I wish I took more photos in Boston. It was difficult not because every single thing in sight was worth taking a picture of that I couldn’t decide. It was because the weather was so cold I didn’t want to take my hands out of my pockets. Aside from that, picking up my camera felt like holding an icy glass! As the evening drew closer, the gas lamps began to glow, and the temperatures started to drop. And fast!
How did we survive an outdoor dinner in 5C temperatures?
Several restaurants had these gas heaters emanating open flames strong enough to soothe chilled bones across tables. It was rather comforting, like eating in a kitchen with several stoves running! :)
Cherie Altea Bitanga finds herself constantly making food, talking about food and around people who know food. Her daily adventures go beyond her own kitchen in Singapore, spanning from the nondescript holes-in-the-wall to sumptuous dining adventures. She believes in the art of slow food and scours places in hopes of bringing home unique spices, salts and oils. She is also the occasional artist and food writer who learned how to cook early in life by inheriting culinary family traditions from her motherland: the Philippines.
For over a decade, this blogger’s career as an ESL instructor provided a multicultural atmosphere working with diplomats, celebrities, nuns, priests, politicians as well as high school and college students from all over the world. When she grows up, she hopes to cook for a living to celebrate her family’s culinary legacy.
