We admit it: we love to eat. (Thanks to the readers who have pointed this out to us by counting the Scene tidbits that involve eating and local restaurants.) Well, here's another one.

Eats Week, which offers special pricing at some local dining hot spots, officially kicked off today and runs through Saturday, April 14.

Kudos to Intown Manchester for actually making it a legit Eats “Week” this year, as opposed to the “Eats Five Days” that we've seen in the city for the past five years. Eats Week is an exclusive event for those downtown restaurants that made 1,000 food samples for the Taste of Downtown event in September. (We're still thinking about Z's tacos and the sushi that Mint was hawking.)

We notice some new dining spots in the mix, including El Rincon Zacatecano Taqueria, which Intown friends say received extremely positive feedback during the Taste of Downtown event.

Check out www.intownmanchester.com for a full list of participating restaurants, meal times and special Eats Week deals.

We think you'll see that Eats Week is a good time to try out a new restaurant or treat family, friends and coworkers to a great meal. Intown's Samantha DePrima reminds us that small business owners need support and encourages everyone to spend dollars locally, especially this week.

Sadly, Eats Week is also the last event that DePrima is heading up for downtown. By summer, she will be off to a new adventure in Kansas, where her husband started a new job. We wish her and her family the best of luck.

No cars allowed?

Speaking of downtown doings, we've received a copy of a letter presented by the mayor to the Board of Alderman last week asking it to explore the idea of closing Hanover Street to vehicular traffic on Friday evenings during the summer months.

The goal, according to the letter from Mayor Ted Gatsas, would be to “generate increased downtown foot traffic on weekends” and allow for “special entertainment and expanded dining options” downtown. Gatsas notes that he was approached by some downtown businesses about the idea.

We wouldn't quite pencil in a walking date on Hanover Street quite yet. The letter only asks to “explore the feasibility of a pilot program” — talk about a lot of what-ifs!

The idea would still need to pass through a committee and get approval from the Board of Aldermen. Still, the idea of spending some summer nights in downtown does sound like fun. We look forward to seeing where this idea goes.

Support the Saffords

We are very proud of Libby and Margaret Safford, two Manchester-raised sisters who are running the Boston Marathon next week to raise money for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in honor of their mother. Lynn Safford was a Dana-Farber patient before passing away in 2010. Running was a favorite pastime she shared with her daughters and they thought running the marathon would be a fitting tribute to her.

Graduates of Central High School, Libby and Margaret now live in the Boston area. We wish them the best of luck. No doubt they will have many hometown friends and family there to cheer them on. To help them reach their fundraising goal of $8,000, visit www.rundfmc.org, click Support A Runner and type in Safford.

Be sure to check out the Boston Marathon preview package in the Sports section on Sunday, April 15, and coverage of New Hampshire runners on Tuesday, April 17.

NH365.org event of the week

Pizzas, wheels, bubbles. Circles are everywhere! Find out why at the SEE Science Center, which is hosting a traveling exhibition, “Secrets of Circles.” The exhibit, which was created by the Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose, runs now through September.

Promoted as a highly interactive, 2,000-square-foot exhibition, it features 17 exhibits designed to inspire questions and encourage investigation. Guests will explore the math, science, engineering and culture of circles, and discover what makes the circle the best shape for both pizzas and car wheels, or why bubbles, the sun and the iris of your eye are all circles.

All of the exhibit signs are tri-lingual, (English, Spanish, and Vietnamese) and spaces are wheelchair-accessible. This exhibit is included with regular admission, $8 per person ages 3 and older.

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