The North End is a great place to just amble around. The other day, we wound up at Puopolo Park on Commercial Street, which is possibly the only park in Boston with public bocce courts (and definitely the only park with a plaque commemorating the Great Molasses Flood). Sometimes, bocce is a game of finesse, where you try to carefully roll your ball as close as possible to the pallina, a small white ball (points go to whoever gets their balls the closest). And sometimes, it's a game of smackdown, as you try to throw your ball as hard as possible to knock your opponent's balls away from the pallina. In either case, liberal use of hand gestures and Italian exclamations are always appropriate.