July 30th - Happy National Cheesecake day!

Tomorrow, anyone that goes into Cheesecake factory can get any slice for half off!



If you doubt me: check it out!

Pretty sweet huh?!

Weekend

Last weekend was the end to my cousin's visit in Boston, so we packed in a full schedule of tourist spots that we needed to hit up before she flew back to Cali!

On Friday we met up for pedicures and some shopping!

I couldn't resist, I just love the neon colors and had to get the bright orange on my toes!


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Then we went back to Liz's hotel Nine Zero where they had a free cocktail hour from 5-6 (uh, we are so there!). B met us and after a few drinks we left to go see Inception. The movie was definitely good, but you really need to pay attention! Perhaps watching it again once it is out on DVD will help make more sense of the movie.



Then Saturday we went to Mikes Pastries for a canoli and some espresso! After, we went walked around the North end and ended up at Pizzeria Reginas. Absolutely recommend everyone to visit the restaurant because their pizza is amazing and their drink prices are unreal!

My SC last week

Sorry guys! I have completely dropped the ball on blogging, but am back up and running!

Last week for my supper club I made bacon wrapped dates with goat cheese in the middle as an appetizer. These are super easy and are a great salty/sweet snack for everyone to enjoy before the main dish!



The main course was a Cajun seafood pasta that I found on allrecipes.com. The pasta had shrimp and scallops in it making it the perfect end to our seafood themed supper club for the month of July. It was the right amount of spicy that left a great taste without the feeling of your mouth being on fire.

As a way to cool your mouth down, I added a mixed green salad with avocados and toasted pine nuts. I'm totally going to make this meal again!

Hotel Veritas

Over the past weekend, I was able to stay at the Hotel Veritas in Cambridge with my cousin. This adorable, swanky hotel was absolutely amazing and would recommend anyone who visits to stay there! It just opened in May of this year, so every detail of the hotel has been thought out and executed beautifully.

A few shots from their site:







Its the perfect place to stay if you are looking for a 'home away from home' feel. With a friendly concierge, it made it close to impossible to leave!

Also, this hotel has an amazing wine and cheese menu, which my cousin and I fell in love with.







I think we might go back just to say hi to our lovely hostess and perhaps get another cheese plate...or two...

Tall Frye Boots

I have wanted to get Frye boots ever since my little sister got them last year, as well as seeing N wear them with tons of cute fall/winter outfits. So for this year, I wanted to ask for a pair for my birthday (August 5th :-))

I need your opinion- are these too much?

Brown:



I'm leaning towards the black:

My Week:

Drink with A and BL - absolutely amazing. They don't have a drink menu, instead you tell them what kind of things you like in your drink (i.e homemade ginger beer, or something sweet, salty, etc), and they just whip up something for you! Its all about the science behind it! Very cool!



Dinner at Estragon with B. We had Serrano ham on garlic toast, spicy green peppers (even though you didn't believe me after eating just one :-) ), with garlic chicken and fried artichoke hearts with alioli - thanks to N's suggestion!



With delicious Sangria!



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An Absolute Heartwrenching story:

This is the most tear-jerking blog post I have ever read, and you will appreciate life so much more after reading this post :-)

Nella Cordeila: A Birth Story

Thank you so much for sharing your story Kellie!