This Is Framingham

Tonight my uncle and I went to La Cantina because he said they have good pizza.  I’ve always got a pasta dishes or chicken marsala there before but never pizza so I thought I’d add this to the quest.
We got a meatball and onion:

I really liked this pizza because of the crust, it was soft on the inside but crispy on the outside (I love the crispy!).
I tried to take a close up of the crust but the flash was a little too much, maybe you can still see what I mean from the photo.

My uncle said you can ask for them to make a thin crust pizza which is even crispier so I will definitely try that next time.
We also got salad, which I forgot to take a picture of, but you really have to taste the dressing to appreciate it anyway.  Although they sell it in bottles, I always think it tatses better there in the restaurant for some reason.

I have nothing else to say except that I’m stuffed right now.  That’s a good pizza pie!

There’s a new Chinese restaurant on route 9 called Ginseng and so far I had heard good things about from people on framcom so we checked it out.

It’s where the old Pacific Buffet used to be.  Personally, I didn’t really like Pacific Buffet. I was only there once but it was just ok and the whole buffet area was circus-like and chaotic when I went.  Ginseng did a great job remodeling, it has a much more calm and soothing feel inside. 

We just wanted to get take out so we looked through the menu and picked out chicken with vegetables, Kung Pao chicken and brown fried rice (kudos for them having brown fried rice).  We ordered something called fried shrimp balls but they were out of them.  We were disappointed but that won’t stop us from going back and trying again since the food was good.  Sorry this picture doesn’t do the food justice, the chicken was actually not glowing (as it looks below) and the fried rice and Kung Pao chicken looked a lot better than what you see. (I’m saving for a decent camera!)
You can taste the quality of the ingredients and the skill of the cooking in their food, it’s not the usual greasy dishes (although sometimes I’m in the mood for that) you get at most Chinese places.
The rice was moist and not over seasoned with soy sauce and the chicken with vegetables (comes with soft noodles) had a ginger-soy sauce on the side went well with it.  I’m not much for spicy but Ethan said the Kung Pao was really good too.

The people at the host/takeout desk were really nice (and well dressed) too.  Next time, I want to sit down and eat there to get the full experince and try those fried shrimp balls. It’s nice to have some quality food in the sea of mediocre chain restaurants on route 9.

Next to my gym is a big ugly building (the Bancroft Building) that contains, among other things, artists’ studios.  Bein a weekend artist myself, I thought it was great that this kind of stuff goes on in such an unsuspecting area.
I went to check out a few artists studios and see what their work is like. 

Anne Walker was my first visit.  Her studio was so inspiring to me, it had so much going on and she showed us some of her past work and work in progress and answered any questions I had about her work.  Besides being one of the nicest people in the world, her work is really great too. ivermectin treat seborrheic dermatitis  

After spending some time with Anne, she brought Ethan and I upstairs to see William, of Paul Alexander Gallery.  William showed us a piece he was working on and we had a really great conversation about art and Framingham, we could have talked all day. 

My favorite piece was a little charmer called “Alt Blu” he just taped to the wall. William then brought us to the showroom of restored/conserved furniture he and his partner present to clients.  They do amazing work and have done such a great job remodeling the space, they really put a lot into their work and presentation.

The third artist I visited was Kate Gasser, another super-nice person who somehow keeps a very clean studio and has a gentle vibe to her work.

She said she really likes Framingham and the buildings downtown.  Here’s a couple she did of scenes nearby.
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She also does fantastic line drawings that I forgot to take pictures of while we were talking away.

When I was leaving the studios, there was a guy walking around the building playing the saxophone with his dog. does ibuprofen have an effect on tablets of ivermectin taken orally   I forget how, but we started talking and I asked him if he was in a band here in the building and he said no he just plays the sax, he does have space in the building but he just “jams”. ivermectin sq  

I could hang around this building all day, I’m so glad I went and met these great people and saw what goes on in here. 

In April, they will have open studios for the public to come and view the studios and works of the resident artists. 

 
Bakeries that make bagels around in Framingham are kind of limited so it’s really between Breugger’s or Cafe Fresh Bagel. I used to think it was called “Cafe Bagel” but I guess it’s “Cafe Fresh Bagel”.
Since I like to support small business I go to Cafe Fresh Bagel.  It’s no H&H but they but they make a good bagel and have a good assortment of cream cheeses.

I usually get an egg bagel with lox spread and Ethan gets an everything bagel with plain cream cheese, which is step up for him.  He used to get a plain bagel with plain cream cheese and my family thought that was weird (no lox? no onion? just plain?), so this is progress : )  My little sister in NH really likes these bagels and asks me to bring some up when I visit her.

Of course I can’t go in here without missing Herbie’s Ice cream (that used to occupy the space with penguins painted all over the walls) and it’s too bad they went out of business but we can always use a bagel place around here so it’s alright.  I hope Herbie and the penguins are doing well somehwhere 🙂

 
I was walking by the Framingham Civic League Building Yesterday and saw film trucks and lights for the movie they’re filming here. 
 
I guess these pictures aren’t very exciting and I didn’t see “The Rock” but I just wanted to point out that Framingham has somehow attracted Disney to shoot part of their film here- maybe we’ll be the new Canada and everyone will want to shoot their films here!