Pieces of Pi; Gisele Becomes Sweet

BEACON HILL - Satisfy your sweet tooth while feeding your inner mathematician with a slice of pie on “Pi Day” at Beacon Hill Hotel and Bistro. On Wednesday, March 14 (aka 3.14), enjoy slices of pie and coffee for $3.14 during breakfast service from 7am to 10am. For more information call 617.723.7575. [Official Site]

SOMERVILLE – As part of a new five-part celebrity series paying homage to hometown heroes, on Monday, March 5, Kickass Cupcakes debuts The Gisele "Bund(t) Cake”—a chocolate cupcake soaked with Brazilian cachaça liquor and topped with a swirl coffee butter cream. Future confections launching now through April include cupcakes based on Mark Wahlberg, Steven Tyler, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, represented by the "How Do You Like Them Apples" cupcake. [Examiner]

QUINCY - Yesterday the restaurant Alba welcomed Atifete Jahjaga, president of the Republic of Kosovo, as part of her week-long visit of culturally significant sites in Massachusetts. A spokesman for Jahjaga referred to Alba as a “home away from home” for Kosovar and Albanian leaders. [Patriot Ledger]