Masa

Did you really think someone took me to Masa in the Time Warner Center so early in the year?! I wish 🙂 While I was in Boston, I found the Boston Masa with a great brunch deal – 2 courses and a coffee/tea for $7.95. Since Masa was super cheap and pretty close to our […]

Sonsie Boston

A couple weekends ago, I went to Boston to attend a wedding (my first!) I arrived in Boston late Friday night and walked around Newbury Street to find something to eat. The only restaurants open were Capital Grill (nothing new or interesting and definitely available in NYC) and Sonsie: The hotel concierge recommended Sonsie because […]

Labor Day Dinner Party

As I mentioned in my previous post, my mom is an amazing cook. We used to have VERY large dinner parties when we lived in Champaign; every Thanksgiving and Christmas, my mom would invite her friends over and we’d have around 50 people in our house for dinner, karaoke, and gift exchanges. Of course, those […]

Lunch in North Carolina

During Labor Day weekend, my mom made us amazing lunches and dinners since we missed her home cooking so much. Everyday we had something delicious and I took some pictures of one of our meals: Our lunch spread: Fried brown rice with asparagus and eggs: My mom doesn’t use white rice, but instead, makes nutritious […]

North Carolina Wineries

Over Labor Day weekend, David and I flew to North Carolina to visit my mom and to meet up with my dad, who was preparing a presentation for some of his colleagues at Duke. David and I hadn’t been back to North Carolina since last Thanksgiving, so we were both excited for the short trip […]