I have always preferred the north shore to the south shore for my New England summers. I prefer the landscape, the smaller crowds and the less packed highways getting to and fro. I was recently invited as a guest to Bancroft & Co. Peabody. As always all opinions are my …
When the weather warms up just a little bit our family and friends take advantage of the patio as often as possible. There is the patio in the backyard with a fire pit on cooler evenings and the patio off the house for every dinner or small dinner parties and …
You can find me here in the morning with my coffee and the paper. I have been a fan of Assembly Row since the day I stepped foot by the Mystic River. That chilly fall day by the river, I watched a bucket loader full of Legos ceremoniously pour onto …
Saturday, October 20th and Sunday October 21st It is Head of the Charles Regatta weekend. This is a weekend I look forward to every year. Head of The Charles weekend has a quintessential New England feel. As a family, we usually bike down to the river and spend some time …
A pineapple beach drink for the morning that can be transformed into a cocktail at night. This is the recipe for the morning pineapple coconut mint beach smoothie.
Orange juice tales from fresh squeezed and frozen concentrate to Orange Julius.
We are not Paris, but Boston’s pastry scene is magnifique and has been developing at a the speed that spun sugar sets over the last few years. I got a taste of some of what the area’s best pastry chefs have to offer at the 4th Annual Sugar Rush. Sugar …
Harvest Restaurant is nestled down in one of Harvard Square’s little nooks and has a fabulous patio for this time of year. I was lucky to attend one of Harvets’ “The Book and the Cook” evenings a while back and loved it. The setup is great, you sit with …
Newbury Street has grown on me over the years. It used to be the street I loved to hate. Cringing at the tourists that came just to shop in the same stores they could find in just about any city anywhere and picking them out from the crowd was something …
Okay, I’ll admit it. To me South Boston is a bit of a fantastical distant land. I’ve heard of that particular ‘hood and certainly seen it portrayed in the movies but the reality of Southie didn’t quite seem approachable. The problem is that in my real life, real world existence, …
