Entries Tagged as ‘Favorite Things’

May 3, 2013

Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale

My first observation is that drinking this beer is like drinking a beer and a cocktail, but not in that questionable way–more in a “best-of-both-worlds” kind of way. My second observation is that it’s an ingenius combination of two wonderful things–beer and Bourbon. I couldn’t believe I didn’t find it sooner. I heart this! I [...]

April 29, 2013

Jerry Seinfeld on Coffee

Like Seinfeld to coffee, I’ve been a latecomer to many a cultural phenomena–email, smart phones, IKEA, food trucks (I know, right?). The show, too. I worked nights as a waitress when it was on, and only heard people quipping about it the next day, invariably with the attitude that repeating him somehow made them funny [...]

March 20, 2013

Bargain Burgundy: good cheap wine

You rarely hear those words together. But I’m drinking some now and had to tear myself away from watching Bill Maher to share this. Living on a budget–and loving wine–means I’m always excited by these hidden gems. We found this bottle of 2005 Bouchard Aine et Fils Monthelie at Golden Goose in the North End, [...]

March 15, 2013

Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s and Some Monkey Business

Since my self-imposed ban on Whole Foods, I do most of my grocery shopping at the back of my freezer–and the rest at Trader Joe’s. And though it’s nearly lost me on a couple of occasions to soggy lettuce or some “eh” looking pork, I have to say this: what TJ’s does well, it does [...]

February 27, 2013

Recipe for Caipirinhas

I haven’t made a snow angel since I was teenager. And technically, I didn’t make one Sunday night (when I threw myself into a 3-inch snowdrift). Thank you, round of caipirinhas before dinner at Fogo de Chao. Everybody at the bus stop was very impressed. Any cocktail good enough to get me on public transportation–in [...]