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December 11, 2024 Ice Castles and Omni Mount Washington Hotel

With the holiday season fast approaching, I thought I would recap some fun winter activities, including a trip to the Ice Castles in New Hampshire. While the trip could definitely be done in a day, we decided to go overnight and stay at the Omni Mount Washington Hotel to make a fun girls weekend of […]

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November 25, 2024 4 Places to Eat in Salem

We have been driving past Ziggy and Sons Donuts for years now and the timing has never been right to stop in. So one day we figured we would make the trip to Salem just to try out the food. Salem might be a place harder to find parking than the city of Boston! We […]

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August 16, 2024 What the Carb?!? Kid’s Plate: Citizen Crust at Gillette

I’m pretty sure that Citizen Crust’s kid’s menu is every kid/carb lovers dream, my child included. He had the pizza, but you can have your choice of carne asada steak, chicken fingers, cheeseburger, hot dog or quesadilla. For $9, it comes with a drink, apple slices, gummy bears (!!), and your choice of French fries […]

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June 28, 2024 A Second Mother’s Day at Hidden Pond

Year two of our mother daughter trip to Hidden Pond! We can’t wait to do some of our favorite things we did last year and try a few new things this year! We stopped at Lil’s Cafe in Kittery on the way up to Kennebunkport to get some crullers, Lil’s makes the best! This year […]

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July 20, 2021 The Cookie Monstah Truck: A Socially Distant Baby Shower

I first came across the Cookie Monstah truck in 2013 (!!), pre kids, when I was working downtown. These days, they have expanded to brick and mortar locations in Danvers, Swampscott, Burlington and (just recently) Needham. Aaaaannnnnd, their truck is back on the Greenway, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. They have over 20 flavors […]

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April 22, 2021 Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner: Nan’s Market Fried Chicken

I love me some fried chicken. With the pandemic, there’s no chance you’ll catch me at a restaurant….and you know how take out goes, by the time you get it home…it’s just sad. But not Nan’s fried chicken. Everyone I know loves it. Even my brother, who doesn’t like food like that, said he actually […]

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October 9, 2019 (Family) Road Trip: Mystic, CT and Greenport, Long Island

Sponsored Post: I worked with Cross Sound Ferry, who graciously gifted us round trip travel tickets. As always, all opinions are my own. I had been wanting to take the kids to the Mystic Aquarium all summer, and we finally went last weekend. We couldn’t have asked for better weather all weekend. So we piled […]

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September 26, 2019 Knead Doughnuts

We love to head down to Providence to the zoo, so I was excited when my friend Ziggy suggested meeting at Knead Doughnuts for a little snack before the day started. I met Ziggy when I was working in PR downtown. He’s one of those people that you feel lucky to know – a kind […]

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April 20, 2019 Rancatore’s

Every time that we go to Belmont, I always like stopping in and grabbing an ice cream cone from Rancatore’s, no matter how cold it is. Rancatore’s was founded in 1985 by Joe Rancatore.  You may know Joe’s brother who owns Toscanini’s in Cambridge. I love their sense of humor – see the “pine cone” […]

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December 19, 2018 Pokeworks

Poke was having a hot moment a little while ago. I love Manoa and PokeCity, but tried Pokeworks a while back to see how they compared. The fast casual concept should be a familiar one – pick your base, pick your proteins, pick you r mix ins, add some sauce, toppings and a little crunch. […]

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