So we've been in West Roxbury for two months now, and I feel pretty settled. Our prescriptions are moved, I know where the bus stops and ATMs are, and we've already amassed an impressive collection of take out menus.

The one thing I'm having trouble getting used to is how nice people are. Right after we moved, the baby started teething and I had ( Read more... )

I am so baffled by today's Thrillist Boston email. Their trying-way-too-hard-to-be-hip vernacular often leaves me confused, but today I'm pretty sure they got a well-known Boston fact completely wrong. And because I am a total curmudgeon, it's bugging the crap out of me.

Here's the post, which is about a new Lebanese restaurant in my 'hood. I was ( Read more... )

My brother-in-law is volunteering for a month in Fond Parisien, Haiti at an orphanage that's now also serving as a mobile hospital and recovery center run by the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. There's great info at that link about their disaster recovery efforts ( Read more... )

I met up with my husband yesterday at the farmer's market, and we bought our veggies for the week before walking up to Trader Joe's to look for their prenatal vitamins, which are the only ones that don't make me sick to my stomach, so I'm a total diva about them ( Read more... )

Because I complained when the Globe ran a crappy article about the Vineyard, here is a much better one.It doesn't hurt that it was written by a Vineyarder ( Read more... )

I cannot for the life of me figure out why this article, ostensibly about what the Obamas can expect on Martha's Vineyard is one of the Globe's most emailed articles.

First of all, the Obamas aren't even officially going to MV. Their spokespeople have denied it, and my parents haven't mentioned the Secret Service booking up the hotels ( Read more... )

I went downtown to get a prenatal massage today, and it was lovely; just what I needed. As I was basking in my post-massage glow, waiting at the bus stop, and eavesdropping on the women sitting next to me, a family of tourists paused in front of me ( Read more... )

(Xposted from SF)

So I'm 6 and 1/2 months pregnant, and I ride the bus to and from work every day. Every day, I stand. Because no one ever offers me a seat. I have joint pain, occasional sciatica, muscle cramps, and a fetus who likes to kick me in the bladder.

Thus, I have made this mental list of Things That Do NOT Make You Disabled, which I ( Read more... )

Well, I haven't done a random poll in awhile, and I have a $15 coupon to Sephora, so help me pick what I should get:

Poll beautify meNotes ( Read more... )

Every day, I check to see what's on Oprah. I skip the celeb interviews and newsy episodes; I like domestic Oprah best because those episodes are high comedy. I mean, come on, the woman clearly hasn't touched a sponge in twenty years, yet she's all about home organization? Yeah, okay.

So last week was "Oprah's Holiday Ideas," and I was like Yes! ( Read more... )