Anyway, the week ended pretty well. When Doug picked me up at the train stop in Newtonville on Thursday night we saw one of the brightest, most incredible rainbows we've ever seen. You could see the full color spectrum - even the BIV, which are hardly ever really visible.

Then, on Friday night Doug and I headed to Big Papi's Grille for dinner. The place had its grand opening in late July, and it was advertised as mixing traditional American steakhouse food with Dominican flavors, but I have to say that I really was not all that impressed. I do like Big Papi, and I love Big Papi's public persona, but this place gave me no feeling of connection to Big Papi at all. The restaurant used to be the Metro 9 Steakhouse, which I guess recently closed. Someone must have come up with the idea to brand the new steak restaurant after Big Papi. All the staff was the same as from the Metro 9, and the decor was still the same as what was there from the Metro 9, save the Red Sox memorabilia on the walls. The walls were dark brown with red and gold framed fabric squares in which Red Sox photos and newspaper articles were hung. There were two fireplaces, both with heavy stonework around them, and the bar was heavy, dark wood. The chairs were vinyl with gold buttons along the seams (traditional steakhouse chairs), and the tablecloths were a cream vinyl (the tablecloths were new, as you could smell the vinyl smell). Here's a visual to help with my description:



And this weekend, so far, has been one for adding more books to our ever-growing collection. Really, I think I get new books every week. I don't read them quickly, either, so it's not like I need that many at my disposal, but there's something about going to a bookstore and looking for a book to read that I really enjoy. I spent a couple of hours in the Brookline Booksmith on Wednesday night waiting for Doug to get out of practice and managed to pick up five books from their bargain table. Last night/this morning, I spent lots of time on the Internet cleaning up my goodreads to-read list (and then going to Amazon and getting a few of the books I know I'll want to read sooner rather than later), and today Doug and I drove out to the Wellesley Booksmith because I wanted to see what they'd have on their bargain table. Turns out they don't have one, but their used book cellar is fantastic! We picked up another four books from there, and plus I learned that I get a discount when purchasing new books from the Wellesley Booksmith because I'm a librarian (though I tried to tell the guy at the desk that I shouldn't get the discount because I'm not a real librarian and wouldn't be buying books for my library's collection, but he said that as long as I consider myself a librarian and do a few things during my day that a "real" librarian might do, then I could have the discount. Thanks!). So a total score with the books this week. And it's a good thing that we are getting our new bookcase next weekend, because right now the coffee table in the living room is looking like its own bargain books table. We are basically drowning in books. I love it!
2 comments:
i also saw that rainbow and was in awe of it. it WAS beautiful and from where i was i was able to see both ends of it (but not the middle). i would have taken pictures if i could have. brian did not understand my excitement. i kept talking about it, and looking to see if anyone else around saw it, and it seemed like no one else noticed or cared. glad to see you appreciated it!
Drowning in books does sound like a pretty nice thing.
An hour wait for your food? I would have been the grumpiest person in the world!
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