After the big snow storm yesterday, I decided to make up for the lost day yesterday by heading out to Cambridge early this morning. After parking along JFK Street, I made my way toward the
Episcopal Divinity School, passing by a snow covered
Cambridge Common.
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| Snow Covered Cambridge Common |
The school itself was covered in snow as well.
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| Snow Covered Trees at Episcopal Divinity School |
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| Back of St. John's Chapel |
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| Wright Hall |
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Oliver Hastings House |
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Reed Hall |
After exploring the school, I headed to the
Longfellow House nearby, where there was also a snow covered park here.
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| Longfellow House |
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| Snow Covered Grass |
I passed by several other places before finally arriving at the
Mount Auburn Cemetery.
The cemetery, most of which is actually in Watertown, was pretty large but quiet and peaceful, although the going was slow as the roads were all icy, so I pretty much spent the rest of the day there. The views from the base of the Washington Tower of Cambridge and Boston were pretty good, although it would have been better if the tower itself had been open. Unfortunately, it is closed until Spring. I am definitely coming back here again to see the views from the tower, hopefully with someone else. Pictures I took here, especially of the views from the tower, follow.
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Halcyon Lake |
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Auburn Court |
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Auburn Lake |
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Willow Pond |
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| The Visitor Center |
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Egyptian Revival Gates |
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| Sphinx like headstone |
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| Bigelow Chapel |
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| That Deep in Ice |
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| Bigelow Chapel Behind |
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| Washington Tower |
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| Boston in the distance |
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| Cambridge |
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| In between the poles |
After finally leaving the cemetery, vowing to be back again in a warmer time of year, I headed back to
Harvard Square, where I bought my
First Night Boston 2013 button at the
Au Bon Pain shop there. I passed by an interesting sight of sparrows warming themselves over the ventilation vents here as well.
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| My First Night Button |
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| Sparrows keeping warm |
I then headed to Somerville for lunch at
Mike's Food and Spirits by taking the T from Harvard Square to the
Davis Square T Station.
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| Davis Square T-Station |
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| Statues at Davis Square |
Mike's Food and Spirits is more like a cafeteria, and with my $20 Groupon, I decided to get the Lobster Scampi over linguine, which came with garlic bread. It was so-so, nothing impressive about it.
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| Lobster Scampi over Linguine |
After my lunch, I headed back to Harvard Square to finish my tour of
Harvard University, heading to the east side of the Cambridge campus this time around.
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| School of Design |
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Andover Hall
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| 9 Ware Street |
Finally done with Harvard University for good, I continued walking around Cambridge until night fell.
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Guaranty Trust Building,
765 Massachusetts Avenue |
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Carl F Barron Plaza,
River Street and Massachusetts Avenue |
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| Castle at 10 Dana Street |
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At Joan Lorentz Park,
Broadway and Ellery Street |
When the darkness finally fell, I headed back to my car before heading to Medford for dinner at
Asia Palace, a typical Chinese restaurant which also has a sushi bar.
With my groupon, valid only for Japanese dishes, I decided to get the Seafood Salad, the Mango Tango Roll
(Shrimp tempura, eel, crab stick, cucumber and avocado topped with sliced mango), and the Scallop Hokkaiyaki. The salad and the maki were actually pretty good, and the scallop presentation was pretty good, complete with flames, but when I actually tasted it, the mayonnaise taste was pretty sour instead, making me disgusted with the dish. |
| Seafood Salad |
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| Scallop Hokkaiyaki |
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| Mango Tango Roll |
Overall, I would say this is an okay restaurant, soured partly by my experience with the Scallop Hokkaiyaki dish.
With that, I headed home for the day, looking forward to New Year's Eve tomorrow.
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