For a while now, my husband and I have been looking forward to trying some of the restaurants in Boston’s Seaport area. Rewind to when we first started dating, Seaport was undeveloped, with an open lot next to the ICA, and we hadn’t been there since 2011 or 2012. To say we’ve been living under a rock for the past several years would be an understatement. But in between grad school (read grad school salary) and busting ass trying to pay off student loans and a rigmarole of other life events, cut us some slack. Anyway, the point is we went to see a movie at the ICON theater and were wowed by how ..read more

Ever since starting this food blog, I’d be lying if I said it was easy to stay fit and eat healthy. So when my husband and I went to see a movie at Legacy Place, we welcomed a “healthy” meal from Sweetgreen, which opened their Dedham location back in February. I ordered the chicken and brussells salad: Chicken an Brussells salad And I forget what my husband ordered, but this is it: Let me just flat out say there is a reason the Google reviews of this location are weak. When we went in, the workers flat out did not look like they wanted to be there. The salads were put together half-heartedly ..read more

It’s always rainy in Windermere, a small town in the Lake District of England very much like Bar Harbor, Maine. Windermere was the final leg of our honeymoon before returning home and back to the grind. I was determined to get out of the city and into the idyllic English countryside in the Lake District – Windermere did not disappoint. After spending the afternoon we arrived walking around, browsing the little shops and taking in the changes in architecture, it was time to eat. The first restaurant we went to was Porto Restaurant in Bowness. The restaurant itself spans two floors, and my husba ..read more

As you may know, my husband and I were married recently, and went on our honeymoon to England. On the must-do items on our list was afternoon tea, a quintessentially British leisure activity. One of the days we spent touring the British Museum and National Gallery (more on those in another article). After being on our feet for hours, we definitely needed to find a good sit-down restaurant not too far from the museum. My husband, being the Google Review fiend he is, found a place called the Mirror Room at the Rosewood. We went there for dinner and when we arrived, we could immediately tell it w ..read more

For our latest review, we’re going to go all out with Atlantic Fish Company, located on Boylston! A little bit of background for the rest of the post: our first visit to Atlantic Fish was in August of 2017 (sorry no photos). The weather was perfect that day, sunny and not too hot. We chose to sit in the outdoor patio area (the last outside table available!). We ate some of the best seafood we’ve ever had: the lobster fra diavolo included good-size chunks of lobster and the sauce was chunky but not too spicy. My GBFB partner (aka my now husband) ate one of the day’s fresh catches with extra lob ..read more

Every couple needs a little restaurant around the corner, somewhere they can go when they want a quiet and cozy meal, don’t feel like cooking, and is within walking distance. For us, that place is Lantana Cafe in Medford. My husband and I have been there multiple times and have always walked away with large smiles and full bellies. Lantana offers a regular menu with the usual suspects you’d expect from an Italian restaurant. We’re talking calamari, bruschetta, mussels, salads, an array of pasta dishes, plus several chicken and seafood dishes. Every day they also have several specials: usually ..read more

Since my husband and GBFB partner is a Massachusetts native, he tends to know about all of the great places to eat outside Boston, especially those south. One such place is The Farmer’s Daughter in Easton, MA. My husband has been there with his family multiple times; we’ve gone together three times, and I’ve always been impressed. The first time I ate the Brioche French Toast with a side of turkey sausage. Brioche French toast with turkey sausage! The photo doesn’t do it justice, but the french toast must have been 2.5 inches thick. What really made this dish was the honey-cinnamon butter. The ..read more

I’ve been to Bedford Farms enough times (probably too many) that I feel I can speak with some authority on this, although I haven’t had the chance to bring my GBFB partner, aka my husband. Keep in mind this article is about hard ice cream (we don’t typically eat frozen yogurt). Chocolate with chocolate sprinkles! Let’s start with the portions. Definitely larger than anything you get in the city, for the amount you pay in the city. Flavors: the classics are all good here (vanilla, chocolate, etc) and natural (no artificial flavors like we’ve had at some places). Being a chocolate lover, I take ..read more

The first time we went to Grotto was back in January, just after Christmas. Now I am by no means a winter person. Being from a hot weather state, I hate winter with a passion and vengeance rarely seen in others, leading people to ask why I live in Massachusetts (that’s a story for another time). My husband (then fiance) and I needed a date night, just the two of us to get out of our dreary house, and I found Grotto online just by chance. It was one of those 20 degree days, with plenty of ice and snow on the streets in which we had to move fast while huddling together to keep warm. When we ente ..read more

For our first blog entry, we would like to introduce everyone to Coyote Flaco in Williamstown, MA. This Berkshires town is small and cozy, tucked away in the far northwest corner of the state. Williams College, a top liberal arts school, dominates the town center, which has a couple of restaurants and an edgy, hip coffee shop Tunnel City Coffee (unfortunately no photos of the coffee shop – maybe we should go back). But outside the city center just off of Mohawk Trail (Route 7) we found something unexpected: some of the best Mexican food in Massachusetts. No joke. Having lived in Arizona for a ..read more