Cherry Blossom Festival - Washington, D.C. (part 1)

Southwest Waterfront Fireworks Festival
The Southwest Waterfront Fireworks Festival is a an outdoor festival featuring music, food and various merchandise vendors around the Waterfront area in Southwest DC, concluding with fireworks at night.

sunset at the Waterfront

Ninja Restaurant in New York City

A ninja themed restaurant in the TriBeCa neighborhood where the waiters are dressed in ninja attire and perform various displays and tricks while serving food.

The food itself was pretty mediocre, sushi rolls were barely holding together and the steak didn't have much flavor.  Of course, with themed restaurants like this, most of the quality comes from the service. The waiters were very friendly and entertaining. Strictly speaking, they weren't exactly ninja-like, but they kept things lively. The restaurant also featured an in-house magician who went from table to table.
Oh, and there's fire. Lots of fire.

fire

getting a little worried there

more fire

Boston

Was up in Boston for a wedding last month, and had a couple hours to spend in the city. So of course most of the time spent looking for food.

Boston, as seen from North End Park

surrounding area around Quincy Market

Quincy Market

inside Quincy Market

row of shops inside Quincy Market

Lobster roll from Boston & Maine Fish Company

Unfortunately, it wasn't very good. The roll was very hard and just had a little lobster meat slathered on top with nothing but lettuce actually inside the roll.

forgot what this is called...

Mike's Pastry, famous cannoli shop

inside Mike's Pastry

The line didn't go down the block, so it wasn't as crowded as usual.

getting cannolis

Mike's Pastry box

Unfortunately the cannolis were so good that most were consumed before I had time to take a photo >_>

contrast between historical and modern Boston

The site of the  Boston Massacre

markers on the Freedom Trail

The red guide line for the Freedom Trail