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Thrill of Contact: Boston Ballet’s Season Finishes with Agility, Grace and Guffaws

This year, Boston Ballet gave their mixed bill programs titles to highlight a common thread among each of the varied works on the bill. These titles gave you a sense of what to expect, but allowed the programs to span the decades and step in and out of different styles of music, dance, costumes, and choreographic…

Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum: Lilacs, Magnolias, Moss and More

Sunday, tomorrow, is Mother’s Day and the Arnold Arboretum‘s famous Lilac Sunday. The thing about nature is that, not unlike my mother, myself and my daughter, it does things it’s own way. There is not much you can do to steer it in another direction. So, Lilac Sunday can be a bit of a hit…

Mother’s Day on The Vineyard: The Other Vineyard

I love to travel. I don’t have to travel far to enjoy a trip. As a parent, sometimes the only way to break away from the routines of daily life that blend from work to parenting and back 24/7 is to pack up the family, shut the door behind you, and get away. For those…

Mother’s Day Celebrations Three Ways

One of the reasons I love living in New England, especially this time of year when the snow has melted (except this year’s snow farms) and the buds are blooming, is that New England is a wonderful place to travel. Mother’s Day weekend can be an outing into Boston for a stroll and brunch or…

Mother’s Day in Boston: Brunch, Dinner Date, Lunch & More

Brunch at Tryst in Arlington Mother’s Day brunch at Tryst is a two course prix fixe with a mimosa or virgin Cranberry cooler for $28. Brunch will be served Sunday, May 10th from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. If mom likes a little spice with her brunch then the Bloody Mary with habanero infused vodka…

Tower Hill Botanical Gardens

I recently joined two fabulous photographers for a photo walk at Tower Hill Botanical Gardens in Boylston, MA. The botanical gardens are just waking up from a long cold winter and the daffodils were in full bloom. The gardens have two greenhouses on site L’Orangerie and the Limonaia House. My photography companions were. Alison Borrelli and…

Edge of Vision: Boston Ballet Leaps off the Edge of the Expected

The sweet deep voice of the cello, the feeling of heaviness on your body as night falls and tiredness overcomes you, the joy of celebration, and the sound of an Irish jig, are all familiar to us. It is this common ground of shared experiences that makes this particular program the perfect first step off…

The Wheat Has Risen: Where to Binge on Bread this Weekend & Ever After

Passover ends on Saturday and all the lovely light and risen baked goods will be welcomed back into many of our lives. Here are some of my favourite breads and baked treats and where to find them. Bonus: a one of a kind pop up that you won’t want to miss. Croissants Let’s go big…

Calling All Kids: Opening Day, Gate K, and Mayor Marty Walsh

Now that spring is in fact here and white monster of winter’s reign has retreated, the Green Monster can come out and play. Today, Mayor Marty Walsh led a tour of Fenway and cut the rope for the new Gate K. Fenway’s Gate K is designed for families and their littlest Red Sox fans to…

Owls, Senses & The Arts

Owls have become trendy over the years. They’re cute. They’re smart. They’re powerful and their heads turn almost all the way around. I’ve liked owls well enough but recently I have become a bit obsessed with them for on r simple reason: presence. Last week I saw an owl close up, in real life, not…

Women In Travel Summit (WITS15): A stroll through Harvard

This morning I got to be a tourist in my own city. Here is a little photo tour of Harvard. For more details about the history of Harvard check out our guide Casual Traveler’s post here.