Archive for the ‘Ind. Est.’ Category

Banners Kitchen & Tap, Boston, MA USA

Banners Kitchen & Tap is the place to be on game day at The Garden. My brother made a last minute reservation for us prior to the Bruins game, which was a clutch move: the Hub Hall food court was overpacked, no way we were sitting down there, and literally every table at Banners (besides […]

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Centre The Bakery, Tokyo, Japan

The walk from my hotel to Tokyo Station was 40 minutes through Ginza. It is a gorgeous walk, and when the weather is 70 degrees and sunny, it is extremely pleasant… more of a stroll, one might say. I was curious if there would be a club sandwich along my route. The ride from Tokyo […]

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Carette, Paris, France

The forecast for our week in France was excellent: sunny every day, and only 3 hours of rain scheduled for the entirety of our trip. Literally only 3 hours. It just so happened that those 3 hours came during our visit to the Eiffel Tower. Pouring rain and jetlag encumbered our trip to the top […]

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Mendocino Farms, Pasadena, CA USA

Winter escapism from Boston – we booked our 10-day trip to Pasadena months prior to departing, evaluating every Airbnb for the perfect stay. 2 adults, 2 kids, and one mother-in-law to help watch the little guys as my wife and I worked during the weekdays. I gotta admit, I wasn’t too excited we were spending […]

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Sandwich Works, Newton, MA USA

I rarely make it to Newton Center during lunchtime. I come for my morning coffee (although Starbucks has been closed due to staffing issues for some time), I occasionally get takeout dinner… however, a new experience drags me here weekly: an hour long assisted stretch at Stretchmed. Unable to commit myself alone, I decided I […]

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Starbucks, Ginza Six, Tokyo, Japan

Japan had remained closed to foreigners since the beginning of the pandemic, and I felt extremely fortunate to be able to travel on a business visa while international tourists were still locked out of the country. My last visit to Japan was 3 years prior, as a tourist, visiting my wife, who was on a […]

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