It takes a village
Posted in Children: Dining Out, Grown-Ups: Dining out on Jul 21st, 2009
Summertime dinners are a conundrum for me. I never like to drag the kids from the park on a lovely summer evening - it’s one of my favorite times of day this time of year - but the “harsh” reality is that no personal chef awaits me at home, cooking up a nutritious and healthy […]
Posted in Grown-Ups: Dining out on Jan 30th, 2009
Daily Candy reports the opening of the Atomic Bean Cafe, on Mass Ave between Harvard and Central - or, in my personal lexicon - a source of coffee (and presumably, bathrooms) right around the corner from that park on Hancock Street [I think the proper name is Cooper Park, for those of you who are […]
Posted in Grown-Ups: Dining out, Grown-Ups: Entertainment on Aug 17th, 2008
So I missed the first week of Restaurant Week, but from August 17th - 22nd it continues in our fair cities — Boston, Cambridge, Somerville, beyond. Many restaurants have extended through August. If you haven’t experienced Restaurant Week it is the low point in summer sales where restaurants offer fixed price menus […]
Posted in Grown-Ups: Dining out on Jun 9th, 2008
Recently our household has been going kinda “flexitarian.” My husband (until now) was always one to consider a meatless dinner lacking that special something, but I’ve never been a huge carnivore. So now that we’re more on the same page, I’m footloose and fancy free - no obligation to make sure some kind of “flesh” […]
Posted in Grown-Ups: Dining out on May 26th, 2008
I went out to dinner last night at East Coast Grill (soooo good- the mahi mahi is to die for!). It was a beautiful evening, and I wished so badly that they had roof top dining. I went to school in Boulder, CO, and the most popular restaurants had roof top dining… at least for […]
Posted in Grown-Ups: Dining out on Apr 26th, 2008
A place to visit in Somerville that is not in a “Square”! I love to go out to eat and before kids would venture far and wide to try something new. Now if a new place turns out to be a bust, I am not only out the cost of the check but also […]
Posted in Grown-Ups: Dining out on Feb 12th, 2008
My husband and I try to have a date night twice a month, which really ends up looking more like twice a year. But every time we go out, we pick the same places: Jose’s Mexican Cantina in Cambridge or Jae’s in the South End. Because they’re both so good for such different reasons, they […]
Posted in Grown-Ups: Dining out on Feb 10th, 2008
When handing reins over to the babysitter for the odd evening out, I sometimes have trouble remembering to cross the river to explore new restaurant options. It seems like a silly exercise when there are so many good choices nearby, and the siren song of Oleana always calls (it starts with a whisper about the […]
