From left to right: 1) Working on a very exciting interview project. 2) Chatted with celebrity chef Tiffani Faison about her latest Fenway restaurant. 3) Meeting deadlines over breakfast. 4) The latest set of books gifted to me by Random House. 5) Boston in the evening. 6) Scrabble with my elderly friends.
Boston
Boston Barbecue
There’s nothing quite like a harbor cruise on the summer. Maybe it’s a lifetime of coastal living talking, but it doesn’t feel like vacation until you’re toasting on the ocean. Classic Harbor Line hosted me and a friend for one of their special summer cruises: Barbecue & Beers. During the warm months they have all…Read More
Happy Place
Last week I visited Happy Place, an installation made specifically for people to take Instagram photos. Here’s how it works. Visitors pay a fee (around $30 I believe) and then they can go through a series of sets taking photos of themselves in them. Setups like this have gotten a lot of flack and I…Read More
Turkish Airlines Review
My trip to Venice took me via Istanbul on Turkish Airlines. I’d heard wonderful things about the airline and let me tell you, it lives up to the hype. Aside from the elements that were out of their control (like the man next to me who kept falling asleep on me every 30 seconds) it…Read More
Revolution Hotel
Last month I had the pleasure of staying at the newly opened Revolution Hotel in Boston’s South End neighborhood. This trendy, boutique option for budget travelers is a nice reprieve from the sky high prices of most accommodations in the city. Right now they’re in soft-launch mode and in the spring all of their amenities,…Read More
Air Sea Land
Big business and shiny skyscrapers aren’t the only newcomers to Boston’s rapidly developing Seaport district. “Air Sea Land,” a sculpture installation by Spanish artist Okuda San Miguel now lines Seaport Boulevard, bringing bright colors and organic forms to the neighborhood. Through seven large-scale sculptures, San Miguel explores the themes of evolution, the environment and human influence…Read More