Lotus Mind + Body Spa
I admit it. I, a veteran spa-goer, was more than a little nervous about the treatment I had just booked. In my defense, the treatment involved dozens of tiny needles and some of them were to be inserted in my scalp.
So yes, I was nervous.
I went to Lotus Mind + Body in Needham [...]
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Bread and Chocolate Bakery
3/16/07 •
I love chocolate, so it wasn’t surprising that I would love this place. What is surprising is that I’ve found myself returning long after I’d written this review. This place is now on my regular list, and Eunice and her husband (the owners) are embarrassingly aware of my chocolate addiction.
Bread and Chocolate is [...]
Magic Beans
2/12/07 •
Children are a fact of life, even in the city. Maybe friends of yours have announced their big news, or you are the lucky one expecting a little bundle of your own. Or maybe you’re like me and expecting your second baby and suddenly martini bars aren’t nearly as interesting as double strollers.
It [...]
Blue Ribbon Barbecue
1/19/07 •
I went to graduate school in Virginia, where I learned to appreciate a few things about the South - like men who wear seersucker without the slightest hint of irony, ladies in dresses and hats at the fox races, the scent of dogwood trees in the spring, and a nice Bloody Mary after a Sunday [...]
Mike’s Pastry
12/05/06 •
Mike’s Pastry is a Boston institution. If you have out of town guests I guarantee that you will end up taking them there for their famous cannoli, the lines may be long but the sweets are so good that most people don’t seem to mind.
(Once, when I lived in Florida, a friend from Boston [...]
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