Around town

Hi, all. How was your week? I've been facing down some work deadlines here and I'm really looking forward to slowing down a little this weekend.

These shots are from some places around town. That first one is at Rami's in Brookline, where I like to order a shwarma with the works. Next are a couple of photographs taken at Algiers in Cambridge. They make a nice mujaddara, served over yogurt, which is what you see here. I was reading John McPhee's Coming into the Country that day. I recommend it. I took the last two photographs at Cafe Pamplona in Cambridge. I drank my first coffee - a latte, actually - in three years. It was good. But then I got that gross leather tongue feeling, which is one of the reasons that I generally don't touch the stuff. How do you coffee lovers out there deal with the dreaded leather tongue?

Enjoy the weekend, friends. I'll be back soon with a recipe.