I'm running out of time to finish my birthday list this year, so I'm focusing on visiting local businesses that I haven't been to before. I've walked past Violet Skin Boutique countless times over the past 13 years. I couldn't splurge on its signature treatment, facials, at the moment, but I was intrigued by a... Continue Reading →
The Boston area seems to have really embraced the biergarten concept. This is a beautiful thing if you're a beer drinker. Within a few weeks' time, Allen and I visited three outdoor beer gardens within a 20-minute drive. Notch Brewing from Salem, MA, has set up shop in the Charles River Speedway in Brighton. It's... Continue Reading →
The brunch I had the other day is one of the best I've ever had. The location of the brunch spot is unassuming: a short strip mall in a Boston suburb. Also in the strip mall is a branch of the US post office and a pharmacy that look straight out of the 1950s. I... Continue Reading →
Ice cream is one of my favorite foods, if I haven't mentioned it before. So I love trying new ice cream shops. When a franchise of my hometown Abbott's closed during the pandemic, it was a serious bummer. I got one last cone on one of its last days. But, at some point, another ice... Continue Reading →
Ice cream is one of my favorite foods. I'm the type of person who eats it in the wintertime (although not frequently). So I asked Allen to take me to a new ice cream shop in town the other day, because I needed a treat. Far Out serves a special style of ice cream from... Continue Reading →
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