Out on the Town

This year we are spending the December vacation at home.  On Sunday, we decided to go see the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum with the kids.  It was a fabulous museum, stuffed with art and information.  We got to talk about the March, 1990 art heist and the ramifications of that and also how the museum must stay as she left it. . . .  very interesting.

Then it was time for a late lunch or early dinner.  The museum café was not calling us, and we decided to hop back on the train and bring the kids to Babbo.

We started out with the most delicious bread and breadsticks.  Our appetizers were Farro, Squash & Stracciatella and Suppli Al Telefono (Saffron Risotto, Tomato, Scarmorza).  I would make the worst photojournalist, because we ate the whole farro dish before I realized that I forgot to take a picture of the amazing dish.  But I did snap a photo of the saffron risotto balls:

Next up was the main meal for each of us.  Adam got a mushroom pizza:

Mark ate a margherita pizza:

Naomi ordered a calzone:

I ordered gnocchi ai frutti di mare:

All I can say is that we were all very happy.  And then we surprised the kids by allowing each of them to order a dessert with the understanding that the parents were going to share (more than a bite). Mark ordered the Black and White:  Milk Chocolate Chip Gelato, Crème Fraiche Gelato, Hazalnut Croccante, Chocolate, Caramel Crema and Naomi ordered Gingerbread Coppetta which was Eggnog Gelato, Ginger Molasses Cake, Coconut Crema, Peppermint Kisses.  A great meal was eaten by all!