in which i’m a girlfriend getaway expert

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

Thanks to Peter Shankman‘s Help a Reporter Out, more commonly known as HARO, I was recently able to help myself out and get in front of a reporter writing a story on girlfriend getaways. In what I thought would be a quick explanation of the weekend trips I have taken with my girlfriends, the conversation […]

york wining & dining

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

I made a great friend at my first job after college, Amy. Our contrasting personalities meshed in the best way instead of clashed, we took fun lunches, enjoyed wine on workdays and even partook in sophisticated tastings. We effortlessly broke out of the awkward binds of the traditional work-friendship and we even started doing double […]

montreal cuisine

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

For our first night in Montreal, my friends and I had planned to check out a tapas restaurant that Lisa researched. It is called confusion, which was fitting. Expecting an awkward exchange with the host, ashamed that I had not taken the time to at least learn the basics of French, it actually wasn’t the […]

you need a passport for canada

Monday, April 27th, 2009

Last Friday afternoon Lisa, Bryce and I left for Montreal from Boston, while our friend Caitlin boarded a plane in New York to meet us that night. Our timing was perfect and we were able to swing by the airport to pick her up on the way to the hotel. We settled in and set […]

montreal is official

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

[From mapsoftheworld.com] Back when I mentioned I was taking some time off and perhaps a few long weekends away, Montreal was not yet finalized, but now it is! My friends and I will be driving up from Boston, with one friend flying up from New York, in a couple of weekends. Now, we just need […]

travel “deals”

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

I am getting anxious to take a trip, and the fact that Boston was hit with yet another snow storm yesterday and today, has me even more motivated. I have an unfortunate update on Stockholm but also some hopeful news about another weekend getaway with my girlfriends. My friend Bryce was able to reach a […]

little italy and city island

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

Our Bronx weekend took us to Polombo Pastry Shop on Arthur Avenue in Little Italy, twice. Whenever I go to Mike’s Pastry in the North End of Boston, mostly when I am giving an outsider a tour of the city, I feel like I have to buy a cannoli. In this little Italian pastry shop, […]

the bronx and a bit of new york

Friday, February 6th, 2009

[From the Fordham University Library] It’s finally here. Lisa, Bryce and I are going to pack it up and road trip it down to New York tonight to stay with our friend Caitlin in her new condo in the Bronx for the weekend. I have driven through it more times than I can count, back […]