local eateries with a side of links

I think they call it "link-love." Somebody links to your blog and you link back.

Lettuce Eat Kale is a real blog (i.e. regular posts by a professional writer who happens to be my best buddy Sarah.) Last week, Sarah documented her discovery of local eateries after a post-surgery convalescence in which she was all but house-bound and banned from driving. In Learning to Love the 'Hood on Foot, she not only calls me "Marge" in public but she nicknames me Nurse Ratched. All in good fun. I guess. All I can say in my defense is that nothing comes between me and my morning coffee. And, honestly, Sarah, would it have killed you to have a supply of coffee on hand in anticipation of my visit? (Ideally, a medium roast, fair trade blend from Cole Coffee.)

Anyway, you linked to me so I'm linking back.

For the record, these are some of my favorite local eateries, all within walking distance of my home:

• Elmwood Cafe
  
• Summer Kitchen and Bake Shop
• La Mediterranee
• Ici
• House of Curries

Meantime, another good friend, Matt, read both of our blogs and writes:

• "You should write something scathing about Sarah in your own blog just for revenge." (Done!)
• "After reading your blog, and spending some quality time getting a smog check for my car, I was ready to sign up for carlessness!"

I'm happy to have inspired you, Matt. (For now, I won't recount any of my recent doubts about this whole carless experiment -- I'll save that for a future blog post.) Matt, by the way, is one-half of the Matt and Ashley partnership. In the spirit of link love, I'll link to Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore where Ashley has several of her one-of-a-kind, button and wire necklaces on sale.

More gratuitous links: Jan Dunsford is a talented, Maine-based jeweler and artist (who happens to be my mother-in-law). Check out Jan's work at ArtJewel Designs and on Etsy.

Feel the (link) love! Ditch the car!