One of the many great things about Boston is the never-ending supply of new places to eat! At least it seems that way to me… Allow me to introduce you to two recent discoveries, Brookline’s Clear Flour Bread and Johnny’s Luncheonette in Newton. Okay they aren’t technically in Boston, but these suburbs feel like Boston […]
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I mean it. I really love books. I have books in every room in my apartment… Except the bathroom, it’s too small. When I walk into a bookstore, I inhale the way people do when they walk into a bakery. My heart beats a little faster, I get warm. This is all very normal. It […]
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Boston’s association with the Irish is well-known…I mean, their basketball team is the Celtics, right? But back home in the Midwest I just assumed it was a past association, that there were just lots of decedents of Irish immigrants in the city. There are. A lot. But there are a lot of actual Irish people […]
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Growing up in Detroit I always believed I was accent-free. I mean, listen to newscasters in just about any American city…they sound pretty much like me. If they are from New York or Atlanta or Boston, they don’t sound like it, they could be from Anywhere. I should be clear, there are some defining notes […]
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It sure feels like Spring is around the corner, so as a final farewell to Winter I just had to share these photos. Walking to dinner on a Snow Day–post blizzard–I was able to take in Mother Nature at her wintery best!
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They say you need to get rid of the junk, the clutter, in order to make space for something better. Time and again this has proven true in my life. I donated a bag of clothes to charity, and then found the perfect sweater at half price. A relationship that seemed promising ended abruptly (oh […]
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Visiting Boston’s South End neighborhood is one of my favorite weekend activities. My friend Holly and I have brunch at Gaslight—delicious food and that early twentieth century vibe that warms my heart—then walk over to the SoWa Markets to see what’s new…or old as the case may be! And no matter the weather, I enjoy […]
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I am a huge fan of Christmas…my blood runs red and green. But ever since I moved away from my family, well, it’s different. I still love it. I have three trees in my apartment, and too many ornaments for “just” three trees. (Yes, some don’t make it out of the box!) I associate Christmas […]
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Hey, guess what? The hip young kids are moving to…Detroit! The other day I stopped in at my favorite pet care shop, Pet Cabaret, to avoid the wrath of hungry cats. I was wearing my “Someone in Detroit Loves Me” shirt. It caught the eye of the clerk, who commented that one of his colleagues […]
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