The Weekend Guide: Harvard Art Museums, PoKémon & More

Here are a few things to keep you entertained this weekend. Get inspired to cook for Thanksgiving and meet Wilson Farm‘s new executive chef Raymond Ost, former chef/owner of Sandrine’s Bistro in Harvard Square.  Chef Ost will be offering samples of his turkey roulade with sausage apple stuffing, butternut squash soufflés, croque madame sandwiches, and…

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Home For the Holidays: Wayfair, SEO, and Gift Tags

I don’t tend to go to conferences or blog workshops for several reasons.  One is time, another is money, and the third is ROI on both time and money.  I am a researcher and a do-er but unless there is engagement and interaction, I don’t tend to learn enough for a talk or conference to…

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Lunch at Menotomy Grill & Tavern

Long gone are the days of a video store in every neighbourhood and in this particular spot in Arlington, on the Cambridge line, an old video store has been replaced with a big, modern, metropolitan Tavern with touches of an old vibe but the comfort, food and style of a modern restaurant. Today, I sat…

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5 Reasons to Visit The Boston Christmas Festival

This weekend is the annual Boston Christmas Festival where over 300 hundred artisans and artists gather under one roof.  Part of the Boston Christmas Festival is the Gingerbread House Competition that my children and I have been lucky enough to participate in as judges.  Although the seeing what local chefs and gingerbread architects come up…

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Tickets to the Ballet, Theatre & Symphony

As a culture, we are do not place the arts very high up.  I grew up in a Canadian household with a British father, my grandfather sang Opera and played the violin, although he was a jeweler by profession.  I was also lucky to be raised in a university city where access to the arts…

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Boston Ballet’s Swan Lake: Would Be A Tragedy To Miss

Boston Ballet’s Swan Lake is magical.  As a child I used to have these beautifully illustrated Russian fairy tales.  The were full of tiny details some that you noticed and others that you just felt as they whisked you away into the story.  Robert Perdziola’s renderings of the costumes and set design have that same…

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Fall is Here and Winter Will Follow: Step it Up with Shoes

I am sitting at my desk on this sunny fall day with a pair of warmly lined rain boots.  We are going for a test drive today and I think I’m in love with them.  When it comes to shoes, I’m easy.  I’ve been wearing shoes for quite a while now.  I know what I…

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What’s The Opposite of Tiny Bubbles?

I don’t like to think about Chanukah or Christmas until Thanksgiving has come and gone, but the reality of it is that the catalogues are dropping into the house faster than the bees did outside at the first frost.    The other truth of the matter is that I do not do holiday shopping during…

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You Light up My Life: From Lamps to Fixtures

I am of the philosophy that a light fixture can make or break a room.  Think about television, movies, theatre and dance.  The lighting can change the entire feel of a scene right?  The same is true of the lighting in a room.  With light fixtures for a room though, they need to do more…

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A Few Things to Do This Rainy Weekend

1) Visit the Vocal Vibrations exhibit at Le Laboratoire, Cambridge.  Spend time inside a cozy space listening to the sounds of the exhibit.  Feel the vibrations of your voice in your hand or key in on the sound of d/ré with a pair of headphones. 2) Head to the WCRB Cartoon Festival at Symphony Hall…

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Boston Ballet’s Swan Lake: From Studio to Stage

Drama, grace, deceit and of course love are all common themes on the stage whether it is Shakespeare, a musical on Broadway or the ballet.  Swan Lake will take your breath away over and over again  not only from the grace and power of the movement on stage but also from the twists and turns, the…

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