After a brief hiatus to tend to some life housekeeping and make a brief but wonderful visit to North Carolina’s Outer Banks for my uncle’s wedding, I am back at my desk and ready to tackle the next installment of my Quick Guide to the Freedom Trail! I hope you’re still with me, and I […]

The Freedom Trail is a winding path that runs through downtown Boston and encompasses 16 major historical sites.  Spanning 2.5 miles from Boston Common to Bunker Hill Monument in Charlestown, the trail passes through busy city streets, around several peaceful graveyards, over the Charles River, and aboard the USS Constitution.  For a history nerd like myself, it’s the […]

Thank you everyone for all of the birthday wishes, and thank you especially for making my tribute post to my mom one of my most popular posts to date.  It figures, right?   I celebrated over the weekend in Brooklyn with Kayte and Melissa – my BFF’s that had the nerve to flee Boston for NYC […]

My friends, today I am 30 and I am embracing it with both hands, pulling it in close, and wearing it like crushed velvet. But that’s not what this post is about. Today’s post is for my beautiful Mom, MaryAnn.  She was the first person to hold me 30 years ago today, and is the […]

I recently attended a TECHmunch food blogger conference right here in Boston – a delightful opportunity for those of us who can’t make it to the seemingly endless parade of food events happening west and south. TECHmunch is a series of conferences nationwide (hurrah!) that give food bloggers in-depth information on the latest in media, marketing, and business skills to […]

I’ve said it before and I will say it again…I am not really a chocolate person. This doesn’t mean I won’t eat it, it means I just don’t get all feverish and crazy for it like a lot of women people seem to do.  If you handed me a dessert menu, “death by chocolate” would be […]

Last week I spent several sun-filled days in San Diego with two fabulous ladies I met at Food Blog Camp in Mexico and kept in touch with.  Marie from Meandering Eats hosted myself (me?  myself?  I never know…) and Amber from Awake at the Whisk, who came down from Sacramento.  I ate a lot of food.  […]

I had the extreme pleasure last week of attending a cooking class at the Boston Four Seasons Hotel with a small group of fellow food bloggers.  The event was described as a cooking class, but it felt more like a birthday party.  If you put a bunch of  food-fanatic bloggers with six o’clock appetites in the kitchen of […]

To be honest, I am not a huge fan of Valentine’s Day.  I get annoyed with the idea that February 14th is the day to measure how much you love someone, or how much they love you.  I think the real measure is how someone treats you when you’re having a bad day or when nobody’s looking.  […]

Hello Friends!  I am delighted to welcome you to The Apron Archives. As I have mentioned over my last few posts, I came away from Food Blog Camp overflowing with ideas and inspiration for the future of my blog.  I knew that I needed to think about what I really wanted to focus on in the enormous […]