City Living (Boston)

Monday Morning Zinger Smoothie (Recipe)

Today’s smoothie is a bright green and it is a thick, naturally sweet, dairy-free treat. The Monday Morning Zinger gets it’s zing from Kale more than ginger because the fruit mellows the ginger nicely. Ingredients a 1/2 inch knob of ginger two small ripe plums two small ripe pears a large handful of kale a…

Stepping Past Fear: Walk a mile in those shoes

I don’t like to fail. I don’t think anyone does. The differences among us is that some of us handle failure better than others. Taking it further, I think we all handle some failures fairly well and others not at all. So what does this have to do with today? As you may know, I’ve…

Today: Free dogs and discounted cookbooks

Today in Harvard Square, head to the Harvard Bookstore Warehouse (not the one near Mr. Bartley’s Burgers. not the COOP but 14 Park St. in Somerville) for 15% off and get your cookbook fix. Q’s nuts and other local Somerville food folks will be there with treats should you get hungry while you browse the…

Long Story Short: Breakfast to Lunch to dinner

As you probably noticed I’ve been on a bit of a smoothie kick lately. It occurred to me after making a few sauces lately that in a way a sauce is like a savory smoothie. I know that doesn’t seem earth shattering, but you see, I’ve always understood the importance of sauces but have been…

Home Sweet Home: The Sweet Taste of Giving to the Community

Home Sweet Home is going to get you out of your home next weekend. Not one more Saturday night at home folding laundry will do. Ditch the laundry and fold it together as a family Saturday or Sunday morning with some good tunes on Pandora, a post laundry brunch at home or out (check out…

Wordy Wednesday: Wonders Never Cease

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Pencil it in (PIN): Week of September 18th

Whether you want to dine under the stars for ChopChop Magazine’s #BigPicnic or you are going to enjoy a Night of Stars with Boston Ballet, or vegetables are the star of your plate, this is a busy week full of so many great events. Stars. (Sugar from Chambre de Sucre) For Vegetable Lovers TONIGHT! Vegan…

PIN: Pencil It In

Initially I wanted this series of posts to be “Save the date”, but on second thought I wasn’t so sure that STD was the best acronym for all things fun and fabulous going on around town. This is a quick series of posts that I hope to do weekly but I know sometimes it will…

Put on a Pear of Socks Smoothie (Recipe)

There is a definite chill in the air today. It is the perfect weather for me to tie on my new sneakers from Planetshoes and follow the path that my #solesisters have been running on for several weeks now getting #fit4fall. For some reason I just can’t take that first physical step. We’ll get to…

Yom Kippur Smoothie: A treat to sip all day

As you may know, I’ve been on a bit of a green smoothie kick. I think with back to school, back to work, and back to life as we knew it in general smoothies just work. There is a lot of pressure on this holiest day of the year to start it off right and…

A Night of Stars: Boston Ballet on Boston Common

Boston Ballet is starting their season al fresco on Boston Common on Saturday, September 21st. Summer might be the season of outdoor performances but really there’s nothing better than snuggling up on and in a blanket on the common to be led away on a journey of beauty, grace, and storytelling. This is Boston Ballet’s…

The Modern Rotisserie Saves Rosh Hashanah

It used to be that I could count on Bakers’ Best for all my holiday needs. Whatever I did not have time, desire or ability to make I could pick up at Bakers’ Best to round out my menu. A few years ago Bakers’ Best closed their restaurant/deli/takeout spot and decided to just do catering….