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…
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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…
The Ebb and Flow of a Vacation
Whether you watched the tides go out and come in, or you went to the city, or mountains or valleys, like every day, a vacation has its own ebb and flow. Really, each day has an ebb and flow, as does each year, each season. To every action there is a reaction and sometimes the…
Mom & Daughter Night Out: Oysters and Burgers in Harvard Square
Sometimes, especially in the summer, you need to divide and conquer. Tonight the boys stayed in and ate farm fresh veggies. The girls went out on the town. Originally, we planned to get $1 oysters at Noir in the Charles hotel (as mentioned on their Facebook Page) but it turned out that there was a…
Happy Canada Day, Eh?: A Canada Day Abécédaire-Abecedarian
A is for Alberta, Algonquin, and Aboriginal. B is for Beavers, Butter Tarts, and Beaver Tails. C is for Canuck, CDN, CN Tower, and CN Railway. D is for Ducks Unlimited. Desert Rose Café, Dalvay By the Sea and Danforth. E is for Eaton’s, Edmonton and Eglinton. F is for French, Fairmount Bagels, and Flags….
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…
Father’s Day: No Crumbs in the Bed
It turns out that dad is not that into breakfast in bed. In fact I’m our family, the idea totally repulses him. My children’s father is fully dressed before he leaves the bedroom and a bit fastidious about his morning routine. The idea of having breakfast in pajamas of any sort with the potential chance…
The elusive perfect Father’s Day Gift
Part of what make’s finding the perfect Father’s Day gift so hard is that more often than not, it isn’t a particular thing that dad wants or needs. More often than not what dad needs is more time, more sleep, more flexible income, more time with his buddies, more time with his kids, more time…
Leah's Life: Pearls and Oysters 