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We’re back from Cape Cod. It was lovely. If you’re every in Harwichport, Mass. Try THE PORT for dinner. They had the best calamari we’ve ever had, bar none. They also had a mushroom ravoli that was a tie with a similar dish we had in San Francisco at ROSA PISTOLES. Which, if you’ve ever eaten at ROSA PISTOLES, is high praise indeed. Their ice tea was good enough it didn’t need sugar. Very rare. Also for dinner try THE CAPE SEA GRILL. Reservations a good idea, though not absolutely necessary if you are a small party. For lunch, get sandwiches at THE MASON JAR. Excellent deli, though skip the pickles, too cucumbery, not enough pickle. We did lunch there twice, once for taking with on a picnic.
The water off the Cape is truly warm enough to splash around in. It’s not like tropical warm, but warm enough. Much warmer than most of the water off of California.
Though if you go to Cape Cod in the summer be prepared for traffic. Parking is difficult. But it’s all relative, I guess. I’ve lived in L. A. so by that standard traffic wasn’t bad. I’ve tried parking in New York, and again, by that standard, parking wasn’t bad. The biggest thrill was that the roads are narrow, and the rental car was not, exciting in that bad sort of way. We found a lovely local book store called, REED BOOKS. Got a lot of books on Cape Cod history, mainly true crime, local legends, ghost stories, tales of the sea, that sort of thing. Yes, I have an idea for Cape Cod, which I’ve had for awhile. Now the preliminary research begins. No clue when this particular Anita story will be on the computer. I’m deep within the last bit of DANSE MACABRE, don’t even want to contemplate the next book. There’s an old story about a man who was bet he couldn’t eat an elephant. He did it. The man who bet him asked, how did you do it? One bite at a time, was the reply. How do you write a book? One book at a time.
Forgive me if I’ve spelled Rosa Pistoles wrong. I can’t find the cookbook we bought from them when we were there. If I take time to check from another source this blog will not go up today. Perfectionism is an unattainable goal.