May 20, 2010

A presto, Italia

See you soon, Italy. I'm going on a mini-vacation with my parents in a couple of weeks and I am beyond excited!! One of the things in my List of Things To Do Before...

May 18, 2010

Review: Drop Dead Diva

Drop Dead Diva is a TV show about a skinny girl trapped in a fat girl’s body. News-breaking? No. Offensive? Maybe. Intriguing? Funny? Heart-warming? Yes, yes, and yes. Not since Friends and Sex and...

May 9, 2010

Mom and Cheese

This a thank you to my mom, who introduced me to the wonderful world of cheese - and chocolate, sausages, sangria, shopping, jewelry, leather bags, Italian designers, and all things fabulous in this world....

May 6, 2010

Mooo….

The first thing I said when we had dinner at Mooo, an upscale steakhouse at the swanky XV Beacon Hotel, was, “I feel like a princess!” I made that proclamation as I sat down...

I'm a professional planner. Not only does my job description actually requires planning ahead (I'm a media planner - I plan and buy online media for our clients), but that is just my personal nature....

April 12, 2010

Chef Louie Night

I attended Chef Louis Night last night with my fun and fab girlfriends. Chef Louis Night is basically a house party that was born out of a local culinary underground dining scene....

I just wanted to share a dilemma that has plagued me for years, which I'm sure some of you are familiar with. I call it the Food Lovers/Dieters Dilemma. It all boils down to...

Vision 5k raises awareness and funds to give the blind and visually impaired the power to transform their lives. I am raising funds for Perkins School for the Blind. My family and I will...

April 1, 2010

Chill & Lick

I have a confession to make: I've been hanging out at J.P. Licks for an hour each week. No, it's not because of an ice cream addiction (I do love ice cream) but every...

March 18, 2010

Spice Up Your Life

Is there something wrong with you when you want to go back to a restaurant just for the hot sauce? When you live a couple of blocks away from the Falafel Corner (a Middle Eastern/Mediterranean...