Leah's Life: Pearls and Oysters

Gifts for Everyone: Your village, your community

There are loads of people we see every day without whom we just couldn’t function. Teachers, neighbors, coffee shop servers, mail carriers, dry cleaners, and dog walkers just to name a few. You know those people that if they’re not there one day, you really notice! Don’t forget to let them know you appreciate them.

HOME for the Holidays: Be the king/queen of your castle

Our homes glow this time of year. Not just because of the candles, and lights, but because of the special things we bring out that reflect who we are and what we love. From dishes registered for at weddings, to special gifts collected over the years. Home is where we wear our heart on our…

The Thoughtful Gift: Hobbies & Passions

The perfect gift doesn’t have to be big, it doesn’t have to be expensive, but it’s best if it’s a perfect fit. The only way to perfectly match a gift is to know the recipient well. Give them something that shows you know what they’re into, where their happy place is, and how they get…

Never Arrive Empty Handed: Gifts for the Host

You don’t need to go crazy, a bottle of wine, a nice hand soap, a really good cheese or box of chocolates. The hostess gift is a little thank you for being invited into someone’s home.

Shopping Huron Ave.

Huron Village is a little corner of Cambridge along Huron Ave. The village is over by Fresh Pond nestled between Fresh Pond Parkway and Concord Ave. It is amazing to think that in just a little two block-span we have the incredible assortment of shops and wares. Huron Ave. is a perfect little spot to…

Cambridge: Hyper Local Gift Guide

Just in time for this weekend’s holiday stroll! Saturday, Huron Village in Cambridge has some great activities for the whole family. Photos with Santa for pets, dinner out at Full Moon and as you’ll see plenty of amazing gifts for everyone on your list. Hyper Local Gift Guide Huron Village Hostess Gifts Gifts for the…

Vegetarian Thanksgiving: The Omnivore’s Appeal

I have been vegetarian for broke, no income college student reasons but also because meat is not high on my must haves list. Truthfully, I am perfectly satisfied with a rotating menu that includes vegetables, breads, mollusks, fish, fruit and liver. The rest of meat I can do without. When it comes to vegetarianism I…

Perfumed Crystals: Going Beyond Plain Sugar

There is nothing more simple than making flavored sugar and it adds a wonderful dimension to baked goods or sprinkled over just the right thing. My pantry has vanilla sugar in a big bin, which ends up being the sugar I use for almost all my sweet baking. Any time I use vanilla seeds for…

Canadian Cranberry Sauce à L’Americaine

When I was little I remember my mom doing so much cooking with my class, bringing in food and other traditional objects to my teacher, reading a story or sharing a song. I even remember taking my entire class (okay so it was only 7 people from K-W Bilingual School in Waterloo Ontario) to our…

Bedtimes Bites…I mean Books

The problem with reading bedtime stories (Chapter Books no less) like Everything on a Waffle and now Dumpling Days is that by the time you get downstairs all of a sudden you’re craving dim sum or you feel like cooking up a batch of perfectly boiled potatoes. We started off just listening to Polly Horvath‘s…

Boston Ballet: So Much More than Nutcracker

It’s been a long time since I’ve been to the ballet. Not because I don’t love it, but I was spoiled by my “hometown” ballets in Canada and New York. After moving here, my first Boston Ballet performance was a huge disappointment. In the 90’s Boston Ballet was perhaps a little lost on the ballet…