Sometimes, he even misses the bitter Boston winter. "People always
complain about the weather and changing of the seasons," he says.
"But what happens is, as a result, there is this exchange of ideas
that happens while you spend those winters in Boston. There are
almost 50 colleges and universities in the city, so when I went to
college there, it was such a wonderful place to be, surrounded by
students and ideas. People are real in Boston. They don't mess
around. They tell it like it is." He makes a little groan. "Talking
about this stuff is making me homesick."
Sometimes, when he's in sunny L.A., he overhears someone with a
Boston accent, and he can't help but stop to chat. "It gives me
that feeling you only get from the things that are home," he says.
"It's all those things that make you smile, that remind you of when
you were a kid growing up and the joy you had, that remind you of
the certain things that only your city got right."
He Said...
The places in Boston that knock
Michael Chiklis's Sox off
LODGING
The Ritz-Carlton Boston, very expensive, (617) 536-5700,
www.ritzcarlton
.com/hotels/boston
DINING
Abe & Louie's, steak house, expensive to very expensive,
(617) 536-6300,
www.bbrginc.com/al
Joe Tecce's Ristorante and Café, Neapolitan, moderate to
expensive, (617) 742-6210,
www.joetecces.com
L'Espalier, French, very expensive, (617) 262-3023,
www.lespalier.com
Lucia Ristorante & Bar, Italian, moderate to expensive,
(617) 367-2353, luciaristorante.com
Mamma Maria, Italian and New American, expensive, (617)
523-0077,
www.mammamaria.com