Boston Jul '09

Boston downtown(left) Trinity church(right)

Quincy marketplace

The history of Boston intertwines with the history of the United States. Boston is the capital of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and the historical center of New England.It was my first visit to Boston along with Pradheep.We visited the Freedom Trail, the Boston Commons and the Quincy market.I managed to get few good shots of Boston downtown and also the Trinity church sometime in the evening.The freedom

trail is historic landmarks of the city.The Boston Common is America's oldest public park.Most people know it as Quincy Market, although its official name is the Faneuil Hall Marketplace.The market is both indoors and outdoors.The indoor market has a variety of international cuisines while the outdoor market is good for shopping.

We were pressed for time and we could not visit the museum of Science,the museum of fine arts and the New England aquarium which are of prominence.

Rhode Island Jul '09

One of the mansion's of the Gilded age(left)

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Map of Rhode island(right)

Rhode Island is a state in New England region of the United States.It is the smallest state in the U.S by area.Rhode island borders Connecticut to the West and Massachusetts to the north and east.Rhode island was the first of the thirteen original colonies to declare independence from British rule.

Newport Rhode Island Mansions / The Gilded Age Mansions of Newport :Unlike no other place in the world,Newport offers a glimpse into a lifestyle that is difficult to imagine.The Newport "summer cottages" as they were referred to often took several years to construct and were lived in for just six weeks of the year.Craftsman from Europe were enlisted and relocated to Newport for the construction process.We toured the Mansions,through the cliff-walk.We also got to look at the interiors of one of the mansions where the flower show was conducted.We drove.The best part of Newport was the cliff walk.I learnt to shoot the night lights in manual mode from my hubby.Amazing DSLR(Love Nikon).I feel motivated with the amazing quality of the photos just with a little extra effort.

Barbecue at Boston Jul '09

Tradition tells us that this is the origin of Barbecue, both in process and in name. The natives of the West Indies had a word for this process, "barbacoa". It is generally believed that this is the origin of our modern word Barbecue, though there is some debate on the matter.The process began to evolve with the migration of Europeans and Africans to the region of the Southern United States.Barbecue evolved as a process of preserving meat.Without a process of refrigeration, meat had to be either cooked and eaten quickly after slaughter or preserved by either a spicing or smoking process.

In the evolution of Barbecue, one this has always been a constant. Barbecue is more than a meal. It is an event. People gather for good barbecue.Barbecue is an event that gathers people around a fire to watch, smell and eat. Like the fires of prehistory this is the place to eat, drink and tell stories.

So as the story of the evolution of barbecue goes, all of us (Pradheep,his brother, my co-sis, his cousin's family and me) met together at his cousin's place and we barbecued shrimps,veggies,fish,corn,chicken and yes definitely sausages and beef patties for burgers.We ladies cut the veggies and marinated the meat while the gents were the one's mostly barbecuing.It was yum ! and was the best barbecue that i had tasted.