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“A lifestyle blog with a focus on my food adventures”

Monthly Archives: February 2014

19/02/14 Ethel M Chocolate

While we were in Henderson, we decided to make the most of it and take a trip to Ethel M chocolates. From the Ethel M website, “In 1981, after passing the leadership of Mars, Inc. to his children, Forrest Mars Sr., retired to Henderson, Nevada and created Ethel M.® Chocolates as a tribute to his […]

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18/02/14 Sonrisa Grill

Sonrisa Grill is owned and operated by California natives Tim and Chanthy Walsh. They serve what they like to call, San Diego Mexican food. Sonrisa, which means “smile” in Spanish, unfortunately didn’t make us smile. The food was mediocre and the tables were a little sticky. The service was so so, even though there were […]

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17/02/14 Hilton Lake Las Vegas

Let me start by saying that I am fully aware that hotel pictures on their websites, rarely look that way in real life. The Hilton Lake Las Vegas looked stunning in the photos on the website. We pulled into the garage and the lot was empty. When we got into the elevator, it was dingy. […]

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14/02/14 Happy Valentine’s Day

Happy Valentine’s Day! Hope it was filled with  lots of delicious treats! Stay tuned for a review of these chocolates from Beacon Hill Chocolates! Where do you love to buy your chocolates from?

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13/02/14 Clear Flour

Clear Flour Bread is located on a side street in Brookline, off the beaten path, but get within a few blocks on a warm summer day and you can follow your nose to the bakery. Clear Flour opens at 9am (on weekends and 8am on weekdays) and on most Saturday mornings, you can find the […]

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12/02/14 Oakleaf Cakes

As the year ended, our interns finished up their time with us. One of our interns was sweet enough to bring me in a cupcake from Oakleaf Cakes. I’ve never been, or heard of Oakleaf, so I was excited to try this out. Peppermint is not my favorite flavor when talking about icing, but the […]

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10/02/14 Cooking the Books

Did you read my post about Steve DiFillippo’s new book, It’s All About the Guest? This Wednesday, February 12th, at 7pm,  Steve will be at Wellesley Books discussing his new book and sharing what he believes made his business model successful in a highly competitive industry. While you’re there you can sample his famous meatballs. […]

10/02/14 Mija Cantina

While everyone was clearing out of the city for the snowmageddon, and old cor-worker and I were meeting for dinner in Faneuil Hall. Missing the guacamole at Zocalo, which was by our old office, we head to Mija to see if/how their guacamole stands up. Not surprising, there are only about 12 other people here. […]

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06/02/14 Miel Brasserie Provencale

After our food demo at Petit Robert, we head over to the InterContinental for lunch. With the weather getting worse, we figured that we would rather be at our next destination instead of risking lunch at Petit Robert and missing our spa appointments. It’s well past lunch time, so we have the restaurant almost to […]

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05/02/14 Spa at the InterContinental Hotel

We picked a day in January for a day of gluttony, which started with a cooking demo at Petit Robert and lunch at Miel. After our lunch, we headed over to the spa at the InterContinental. Located on the second floor of the hotel, our appointments were late in the afternoon. The lockers were right […]

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