Coincidence? Two big money winners over the past few weeks bought their winning tickets at the same place. If you need to pick up some groceries, we hear the produce selection is top notch and there's plenty of free parking at the Wegman's in Chestnut Hill. But you're probably going to head straight to the lottery counter.
Channel 5 reports that the grocery store at 200 Boylston St, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 (figured you could copy and paste that into your GPS) sold a $50,000 winning Powerball ticket this week. No big deal until you find out that just a few weeks ago, this particular Wegman's also sold a $1 million Mega Millions winner.
By the way, if you haven't checked your ticket yet, the winning Powerball numbers for the most recent game were: 01-04-12-36-49, Powerball: 5. The jackpot was at $613 million. Nobody hit it so now it looks like that number will be around $653 million. [Source: Channel 5]
When you see Boston's BEST bakeries, you tap the breaks. It's a hard STOP. My Dad had a thing for bakeries. If you could tailgate a bakery the morning they were to release the latest baked goods, he'd do it. Dad and the owners of Crown Bakery in Worcester were on a first name basis.
Boston Cream Pie
Our city is so awesome, we have our own pie. Have you ever heard of Tampa Cream Pie? Of course not. Yes, like it's name, the amazing gift from the Universe known as Boston Cream Pie was actually created here. According to Wikipedia:
It is claimed to be created in 1856 by Armenian-French chef M. Sanzian at the Parker House Hotel in Boston. A direct descendant of earlier cakes known as American pudding-cake pie and Washington pie, the dessert was referred to as chocolate cream pie, Parker House chocolate cream pie, and finally Boston cream pie on Parker House's menus. The cake consisted of two layers of French butter sponge cake filled with thick custard and brushed with a rum syrup; its side was coated with the same custard overlaid with toasted sliced almonds, and the top coated with chocolate fondant.[4] While other custard cakes may have existed at that time, baking chocolate as a coating was a new process, making it unique and a popular choice on the menu.
So, after reading about all of this deliciousness, I hope you saved room for a Trip Advisor tour of Boston's BEST bakeries!
