City Living (Boston)

Weekend Guide: Friday Edition

Thanks to the Highland Street Foundation, all of these places will be free tomorrow, Friday, August 1. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston) Commonwealth Shakespeare Company (Boston) American Textile History Museum (Lowell) The Discovery Museums (Acton) Hancock Shaker Village (Pittsfield) Concord Museum (Concord) Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center (Great Barrington)

EA Social Suite

The EA Social Suite at Blogger Bash brought in the big wigs. Well not exactly wigs although Cover Girl was there with their #instaGLAM collection. So no wigs but there was a smokin’ hot… bear. I have to admit I am terrified of fires and have always had a bit of a character crush on…

Weekend Guide: July 26th-27th 2014

Better late than never. There is no time like the present. It’s summer who plans things ahead anyway. And now, without much further ado…your weekend guide: Saturday, July 26th The My Sky exhibit at the Boston Children’s Museum opens this Saturday and runs through January 4th. Sunday July 27th First Ever Cambridge Jazz Festival This…

Summer Wines: Martin Códax Albariño

I was recently invited to Row 34, a restaurant on my “must try” list, to learn more about the 2012 Martin Códax Albariño. At first sip, I was on board and after a meal of pairings I decided that I would definitely add this as one of my summer wine staples. It has a really…

Summer Wines

When it comes to choosing wine I end up doing the same thing I do with books. To choose a book I often judge it by it’s cover, I rely on a good librarian to help find something just right, or I recall a little blurb or review I read. For wines I rarely remember…

Bowl Kings: Step Inside

I love summer days by the ocean. Poolside afternoons and early evenings swimming until our lips are blue are a huge part of summer fun. Picking berries at the CSA and ignoring the sweltering heat because each fresh blueberry pops in our mouths with the taste of perfection defines summer. Day after beautiful day outdoors…

Swept Away by a Rug (Sponsored)

We love to be home, but being home doesn’t always mean hanging out within the walls of the house. There are front stoops, small porches, and a back deck. At our house, we have a backyard that hasn’t quite come into its own yet. Until now. Just like a sitting room, a living room, or…

Hot Diggity Dog: It’s National Hot Dog Day

Today, Wednesday, July 23rd is National Hot Dog Day. I don’t know about your fridge, but our fridge has a pack of hot dogs in it year-round with a few extras for those summer cookouts. On the one hand, we love our hot dogs, on the other hand, I never understood why when out at…

Dog Town: Boston’s Best Hot Dogs

I love a good hot dog. I’m just as likely to stop for one out on the town as I am to make one at home. If I’m cooking at home my go to dogs are these ones. My son likes the Hebrew National Reduced Fat hot dogs (Not the 97% lean – those are…

Blogger Bash NYC

Whenever fellow bloggers ask about which conferences I am or am not going to, or when asked if I’ll be at Blogher I joke that I’m allergic to those kind of conferences. The truth is I won’t break out into hives at one of the big blogger conferences, but at this moment in time for…

Sweet Suite 2014

The Big Toy Book’s Sweet Suite was part party and part connecting with brands. I found some old favorites including Faber Castell and Tomy and new discoveries such as Kurio, Fashion Angels, USAopoly, Thames and Kosmos, Hexbugs (did you know they had big robots too?), Skylanders and Disney Infinity among others. As a child, my…

Marmite vs. Vegemite

Dad and I did a breakfast taste test. Vegemite was new for us. It was milder, and a bit less sticky. It has malt extract vs. Marmite’s vegetable extract. We both prefer Marmite which has a bit more bitterness, punch, dimension and almost vinegary taste. We thought Vegemite might be a good intro to the…