On Saturday night, my friend Matt was in the mood to make some burgers.  He must’ve realized that if he grills it, we will come. I’m hoping Matt’s recipe will be published on his wife’s blog.  His burgers are SO tasty. Matt weighed each burger patty on his kitchen scale.  Perfect 1/2 pound burgers for [...]

New York is known as the City the Doesn’t Sleep.  It’s a good thing I took a nap on Wednesday afternoon.  I was well prepared for a night out and about. Natalie‘s good friend Ann came to join us for an evening out in NYC’s Soho neighborhood. Our first stop? The Standard Hotel!  Jesse wanted [...]

On Tuesday morning, Natalie and I hopped on a bus at South Station.  Just over 4 hours later, we arrived in New York City.  Our good friend Jesse just moved into an apartment in Murray Hill.  We volunteered to help him get set up and keep him company for a few days. The first thing [...]

Did you spend your Sunday sleeping on the couch?  Miles is a lazy dog so he lounged all day.  But I had other plans! I woke up around 9:30 and made a bowl of oatmeal for breakfast.  I added a few chocolate covered pistachios to my bowl of Banana Walnut instant oatmeal. I hoped to [...]

I ended 2010 with homemade raviolis, wine, pulled pork, beer, fried pickles, focaccia bread, chicken wings, and lots of champagne. I began 2011 with a hangover. I woke up to find myself on my friends’ couch, using a vintage fur jacket as a blanket. What a night…  What a fantastic celebration to welcome 2011!  Happy [...]

I had a great day yesterday.  But was it healthy or unhealthy?  Hmm… When I finally rolled out of bed (I slept A LOT later than everyone else in the house), I had a cup of coffee and a raisin bagel. I spent some time repacking and organizing my crap stuff that I spread all [...]

Merry Christmas Eve! I arrived home to a beautifully decorated tree. I love the warmth and memories of being home for the holidays. My Pepere and Memere joined us for dinner. My mom loves snowmen so they’re ALL over the house.  I can’t believe New England is supposed to get hit with a crazy storm [...]

My brother turned 24 on December 12th and as a birthday present, Jared and I offered to take him out to dinner.  I told him that he could choose any restaurant he wanted.  I was grateful that Matt told me I could decide.  I had a craving for Indian food and wanted to dine at [...]

I made buffalo chicken calzones a long time ago.  I followed the recipe very carefully and the calzones were amazing. This time I decided to wing it.  I did my own thing, fudged a couple of measurements and ingredients.  And the calzones were amazing! To make 4 buffalo chicken calzones, I needed one bag of [...]

Merry Christmas! Did I look fun and festive for today’s Jingle Bell Run?  I thought so, and gave my outfit 2 thumbs up.  A clip and 5 bobby pins meant that giant bow wasn’t going anywhere while I was running around. A group of my friends and I ventured to Somerville this morning for the [...]