I cannot wake up this morning. My brain is as hazy as the sky. After a Montreal bagel this morning and trading in a walk for stretching I needed something to zing, zip, zap me awake. Must be time for another green smoothie. My active, as in wake up body, mind and soul, ingredients on…
Author: City Living (Boston)
I am a writer and cook. I write about city living, travel, food, the arts and family. I raise my family in Cambridge & Boston and share tips for throwing cocktail parties, packing lunches, having fun on the weekend without going broke or losing your sanity.
All things lead to dumplings: Asulia
Sue Liang, the person, the story, the inspiration behind Asulia, a company that brings together dumplings and charitable giving seamlessly, is quietly making dumplings with a kitchen full of ingredients in Boston. Sue Liang is not a trained chef, but her story is full of many layers, and on occasion it is those life experiences…
A Culinary Main Squeeze Trots into Somerville
I’ve always had a bit of a culinary crush on Tony Maws. When my boyfriend and I first moved to Cambridge we actually came close to moving into an apartment just above what was then …oh its on the tip of my tongue.. American something? Butter something? Anyone remember the name of the restaurant space…
Medieval Festivals are Many: King Richard’s Faire is One
There are Renaissance Faires and Medieval Festivals all over, but there is something really special about King Richard’s Faire. I can’t quite put a finger on it. Maybe it’s the property dedicated to King Richard’s Faire each time a year. Maybe it is New England in the Fall, or maybe it’s just the camaraderie. The…
Olive ya a lot: Ginger Peach Smoothie (Recipe )
Today’s green smoothie is on the olive side of the green spectrum. It is a ginger peach smoothie made with fresh orange juice instead of a vitamin c packet as I had a few leftover in the fridge. It has Vermont spinach from my Farmer’s To You order, a local peach and nectarine, a knob…
Feeling Peachy: Smoothie Recipe
Today I am feeling peachy keen. I am in Fall cleaning mode and clearing out the house of clutter and junk. This morning I am also planning steps to continue the path I am traveling with my Planetshoes Sole Sisters towards getting #fit4fall and at some point I’m hoping #fitforever. On the menu this morning…
Shorthands, Texting, Cannibalism and Punctuation
With all our shorthands, emoticons, tweets and texts, sometimes it is good to have a reminder that punctuation matters.
The Birthday Cookie: Recipe Included
Sometime’s a child’s request is a snowball of ‘little things’ that make you feel like you are at the end of your rope. You are packing lunches, figuring out schedules, trying to find a new sitter, exhausted from the 1 a.m. request to come “lie with me because I’m sneezy and I can’t sleep” and…
Some Days: Hanging vs. Hanging Out
Made with Rhonna Designsp Some days are just harder than others. Thank goodness there is always tomorrow.
More Superheroes and Ballerinas: Anna’s Taqueria Has All the Right Stuff
A few weeks ago I posted about my little Superhero and Ballerina with the following thought: Superheroes don’t always wear capes and ballerinas aren’t always found in the dance studio. Anna’s Taqueria has a new kind of celebrity rolling burritos for charity because celebrities go beyond the sports field and silver screen. For several months…
Fall Sniffles Smoothie (Recipe)
I feel a cold coming on… Time to upgrade my morning with a smoothie. Olivia’s Organics was on sale at Whole Foods (Fresh Pond) so I bought a container of baby arugula for the Cat Cora salad I made last night, and I bought a container of baby spinach because we love spinach. This was…
Magical Ride: Cavalia’s Odysseo is in Town
As you may or may not know I’ve been a huge fan of Cirque du Soleil from the early days…when I was a poor student in Montreal, too poor to see the show, but found a way to see clips and follow them season after season until I could afford a ticket and was able,…
Leah's Life: Pearls and Oysters 