Hello, friends! Sorry for the somewhat erratic posting schedule lately, but the last few weeks have been spectacularly busy for me. I’ve been doing a lot of travelling (went to New York, Chicago, Charlottesville), usual summer stuff (entertaining friends, Red Sox games, patio dinners, ice cream) and also my friends and I did a POP-UP RESTAURANT for one night!
I wrote a recap on the BOSFilipino blog – the entire experience was extremely fun and satisfying but my oh my, the restaurant biz is hard. (And to think I only worked front of house for one night.) I’m probably going to stick to blogging, my media career, and eating at restaurants.

Matt and I spent five days in New York City last month and we definitely ate at a lot of restaurants. I used to tell my friends that eating out is part of my job as a food blogger and I’m just doing research and due diligence, which is true, but with my husband I don’t need to make any excuses because I found the perfect person to eat with and explore the world.
We also don’t need to dissuade each other from rooting for our favorite sports team (although we do share a love for the Celtics). I went to Yankee Stadium for the first time to catch a Red Sox-Yankees game. I proudly wore my Red Sox hat and got ribbed by a few (a lot) Yankees fans, like the hotdog vendor who (jokingly) refused to sell me a hot dog. Don’t worry, I wrestled a hot dog out of him and showed him what Boston is made of.

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