Pigs 'N' Cream (E)

Ultimately, this blog is supposed to be primarily devoted to our explorations of places in New England we've never been before. But we haven't been up for too much exploring this week, so I'm posting on two categories that I've been hyper-aware of during the past two weeks: Things That Have Changed, and Things That Have Stayed The Same.

A prime example in the Things That Have Changed category: last Sunday, Dave played at a bar called The Squealing Pig. I've been there on multiple occasions and used to go by it every day on the T on my way in to work. But on Sunday, I could not find it. I called multiple current Bostonians, all of whom confirmed that it was right where I was looking for it; none of them had any idea why I couldn't see it. Ultimately, it turned out that sometime in the past five years, a giant building (Mass College of Pharmacy) was erected (that's right) right in front of The Squealing Pig. It was still where it belonged; I just didn't know how to look for it. And that's what being away for five years will do to you.On the other hand, there are Things That Have Stayed The Same. Kimball's still has the best ice cream known to man. A small cone is still approximately a pint, perched precariously atop a dwarfed sugar cone. Coffee Oreo ice cream is still the best ice cream flavor known to man. It is inexplicably unavailable in Minnesota; I've made up for this injustice by eating it three times in the past two weeks.

In addition, the most beautiful spot in the world has stayed the same. I have no idea why this spot is allowed to exist, it's that gorgeous. It's right on the way to Kimball's from our hometown. Every time we pass, all I can think is wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, and most wonderful and yet again, wonderful.