Today I feel like a member of the proletariat, as most of the world appears to be on vacation. Virtually the entire population of my office, most of my Baltimore girlfriends, and even my own boyfriend, who is hiking in Colorado. Fun for me.
But, dear blog readers, for you, that means descriptions of too-long lunches. Mom, in town for the day to deliver a new present to me, stopped by the office and we went to Soup's On in Hampden.
Now, I don't actually like Hampden - it's a little to kitschy and hispter-y for me. But I like a few of the restaurants and the stores, including the most amazing soup place. Soup's On caught on quickly, so it's not a rare find. The proprietor, who appears to be there daily, makes soups from fresh, mostly local ingredients, and serves them up and garnishes them to order. She also offers salads - original ones with exotic-ish ingredients - and chicken pot pies. It's not cheap - $8 or so for a bowl of soup and bread - but certainly worth venturing in to HAMpden to enjoy a burst of fresh goodness. Mom got tomato-bread soup, which was like a taste of garden, with fresh basil - inspired me to try a bready soup recipe I recently found. I got a cupcake from Rose's, the dessert place partnered with Soup's On, but in truth, it fell short of my expectations as it was two or three days old and the cake lacked dense flavor.
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