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A lifestyle blog with a focus on my food adventures

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This past weekend it finally felt like summer! We took a leisurely walk through the Boston Common on our way over to Beacon Hill to the Soon Spoon/Opus Affair Paint the Hill event. First stop the Sloane Merrill Gallery at 75 Charles Street to meet Conor, co-founder of Soon Spoon, and pick up our maps. […]

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  I had been wanting to check out the new WeWork space for some time now. My company had space in a WeWork building in New York and we currently hold space in Washington, DC. All the spaces have similar threads but have their own distinct personalities. You walk into the space and you are […]

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Tweed Barbers, formerly State Street Barbers, is located in the South End. Last Thursday night they hosted a party to debut the Massachusetts based, Men’s Soap Shop products. Bully Boy cocktails were served and Loic Le Garrec, owner of Petit Robert, provided bites by their new chef, Stefano Quaresima. Owner, Peter Solomon (middle) with Joshua […]

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Calling all Ina Garten fans! The best-selling cookbook author and star of Food Network’s “Barefoot Contessa” is coming to Symphony Hall in Boston on November 5, 2014 at 7:30pm! Ina will share behind the scenes stories and will be joined on stage by a local moderator. There will be an audience Q&A following the interview. […]

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SoonSpoon is about 60 days old and they already have over 1,000 people signed up on their email list. For those that actually make last minute reservations through their website, you get first shot at their amazing pop up events. This one, a southern family dinner, was at a private home in the South End […]

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On Wednesday night, Julie Michaud Prettyology hosted their 1st birthday bash at their beauty lab on Newbury Street. Of course there were cupcakes, light bites and bubbly! Julie, the founder and creative director, has trained and worked in Paris and New York. She has over two decades of experience (although you wouldn’t think two decades […]

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I received an email on Monday about a last minute pop up event on Tuesday hosted by SoonSpoon for a rare, small grower wine tasting (with bites from Uni). Never heard of SoonSpoon? They are new to the scene, run by Travis Lowry and Conor Clary.  You can reserve last minute tables at some of […]

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A good friend of mine, my most craft-tastic friend, asked me if I wanted to take a calligraphy class. Always up for anything once, I said sure, why not? She sends me the link to the class schedule and low and behold, I know the woman running the class. We met a few years ago […]

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Pop ups are HUGE these days, I think that it is great exposure for chefs and bakers who are just starting out. There has been a lot of buzz these days about Stephanie Cmar, the former No. 9 Park alum and Top Chef contestant. Cmar has held pop ups at Commonwealth, the Butcher Shop, Fairstead […]

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Were you at Pax East this past weekend? I wasn’t, but I attended the IC launch party at Guilt nightclub. No idea what Pax East is? It started in 2004, it’s consumer show, where people come, listen to music, beta test games, play next gen and classic video games, and check out unreleased hardware. Have […]

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