Today the 27th annual Christmas Festival opens at the Seaport World Trade Center. The children have been so excited to be official judges this year with several others. For months they have been trying to imagine what the chefs will create. We’ve even looked at some photos from past years including the impressive Fenway gingerbread…
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Revenge, Opium, Love & Loss at the Ballet
It is refreshing in an age when a certain pair of shoes is “to die for” and one Kardashian sister is ready to kill the other because a shirt has been borrowed without permission, to be reminded of greater tragedies. Being reminded that love, betrayal, and loss are the true tragedies in life. Love, betrayal…
PIN: Pencil it in this weekend (October 19/20)
A – is for Autumn one of the most beautiful times of year to live here. Take a walk along the Charles River or through Mt. Auburn Cemetery. B – is for the Boston Book Festival. All things authors and books at Copley in downtown Boston. C – is for crew, and Cambridge, and the…
Mondays Are Better with Pain
Mondays can be a pain in the @$$. If you don’t start Monday off right you might feel like there’s no hope for the week ahead. Sometimes it is the little things like the milk in your coffee curdling or having the perfect cappuccino that make or break your Monday. Today, simply finding a Pain…
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….
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…
REAL Montreal Bagels in Boston
If you have never had a Montreal bagel, then the ideal way to have one is to go to Montreal and walk over to St. Viateur or Fairmount Bagels. Sometimes, though you just can’t get there. If you are new to the Montreal bagel and you are not headed to Montreal any time soon then…
Cupcake Camp: One Day, Many Cupcakes
School just got out and already we’re starting with: A little math, a little reading, a little writing, and a whole lot of fun. Why? Because we ‘re heading to Cupcake Camp! It is not exactly camp but it is a day of cupcake tasting, from classic to innovative, with amateurs (that would be us)…
Summer Equinox: The longest day of the year
The longest day of the year. It doesn’t matter if you are a sleep-deprived parent, an ‘angsty’ teen, or a child waiting to hear what the ‘we’ll see verdict’ turns out to be, young or old, poor or rich, pessimistic or optimistic, we all have these never-ending days or moments. The one real longest day…
Pico de Gallo: A #1 Recipe for #2 Tomatoes
If you’re a fan of Dance Moms then you know what Abby Lee Miller says, “#2 is first loser.” That may be true in the dance world but luckily we ‘re not there, we’re in the kitchen. Today I bought a basket if the most beautiful #2 tomatoes ever. They were grown in Maine, with…
A docent is a prof: A dosant should not exist
I’m supposed to be writing about father’s day, or at least that is the post I had planned, but something horrible is happening and as a croissant lover, I feel I need to do something. Let us begin with this simple equation: a croissant + a donut = nothing at all unless this is perhaps…
Pride: Boston Pride
Today, Saturday June 8th, is Boston’s Gay Pride parade. It is an event the my children’s old school attends every year and it is something that is significant to many of my friends and community. I have been to many gay pride all school meetings but I don’t think I’ve ever been to the parade….
Leah's Life: Pearls and Oysters 