goings-on: This Day in July

I've been a poor blogger lately. There's been so much to share over the past few weeks that I've neglected to post. There will be more to come, I promise. But for now, here is just a taste of our Saturday evening here in Cambridge.

Nathan and I enjoyed a mostly lazy Saturday (we both have 3-day weekends!) though we did visit an apartment. That's right, we are on the hunt for our next home...more on that another time. After the sun went down and it cooled off a bit, we went to nearby Cafe Pamplona to sit outside and have a treat. We shared a cannoli with our iced latte and thai iced tea. This particular cafe with its bunker-like interior and yellow umbrellas remind me of my brief time in Europe 4 years ago to this day. This particular corner with its curved street, brick paved walk, tall old church....had our fellow coffee sippers been speaking with a foreign tongue, I would have thought I was back in France.* It was nice to be able to say to Nathan, this is what it was like.

*However, I cannot fail to forget or mention that beverages do not come iced in France. This is a stark difference. An iced beverage on a hot day in July is a haven, and a beverage un-iced is a cruelty...I guess Europe is too good for ice. In this regard, I'm truly an American.

And on the way home, we came across this: