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Magnolia Bakery

It’s no secret that I love cupcakes.  I shout it from the rooftops.  I like to eat cupcakes.  Wear items that feature cupcakes.  Smell like cupcakes. But did you know that my all time favorite cupcake location is Magnolia Bakery?  I have been to the original Bleeker Street location multiple times while visiting NYC. Since [...]

Jenna’s Bridal Shower

Congratulations Jenna!  She’s going to be a beautiful bride! Jenna and Jared’s brother Bryan are getting married at the end of July.  Yesterday family and friends gathered to celebrate their upcoming wedding and shower Jenna with presents. Happy Bridal Shower! Bridal Shower lunch buffet.  So much delicious food! Jenna had lots of help opening presents.  [...]

Boston Wine Exchange

On Thursday night, I attended Meghan and Michelle‘s wine tasting event at Boston Wine Exchange. Complete with cupcakes, Cabot cheese, wine, and bloggers, I think the event was a definite success! We sampled 8 wines, 4 whites and 4 reds.  I liked everything that I tried, but had some definite favorites that needed to come [...]

Matt’s Graduation, the Final Chapter

Wanna talk about an amazing coincidence?!?! My brother’s apartment is right in front of a coffee shop called The Cupcake Lab! While the rest of the family was helping Matt move out, I snuck inside the Cupcake Lab for a snack. I ordered a mini Coconut Cupcake and Jared sampled a mini vanilla cupcake.  Mmm!  [...]

Missin my Kitten

When I was 6 years old, my parents bought 2 kittens for my brother and me.  I named mine Mittens and his was Kitty.  Mittens passed away in 2003 but Kitty kept on trucking. Yesterday Kitty passed away.  She was OLD, she lived 20 great years, and it was her time.  But it’s still sad [...]

Southie Adventure

Saturday was such a nice day that we decided to venture over the bridge into South Boston to spend the day with friends. It was so relaxing to sit on Matt and Natalie‘s deck and sip on a glass of wine. We walked to the beach and Matt decided to fly his kite.  The ocean [...]

Bombay Club

Camel made of pantyhose.  Boston is so artsy! After the 5K, Becky and I met up with Julie.  The 3 of us went to the Sports and Fitness Expo.  I liked walking around for the 2nd time, grabbing more free samples and people watching. I spotted Ali from the Biggest Loser, signing books and posing [...]

Afternoon Delight

This was what my pasta salad looked like when I prepared it while I was making dinner last night. This was what it looked like when I ate lunch this afternoon.  All blended together and not as pretty. Plus the colorful vegetables were covered by pieces of chicken.  This salad contained rotini, chicken, cucumbers, green [...]

The Buttery’s Cupcakes

Yesterday I was a little bit sad to eat the last of my Food Should Taste Good yellow corn chips. But happy to try a new sandwich for lunch:  Homemade veggie cream cheese, green peppers, and lettuce on wheat bread.  I really liked it! Instead of taking a lunch break during the day, I worked [...]

Sweet Swap

I made waffles for breakfast. Topped with almond butter and cranberry apple butter. Here are the Dark Chocolate Pumpkin cookies that I baked last night.  I used Ali’s recipe she posted on Food Fitness Fashion.  They are delicious and I can’t wait for my coworkers to try them at our party on Thursday I found [...]