When the bombs exploded at the finish line of the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013, I watched in horror from two small televisions that were mounted in the bar of the restaurant I was working at in Santa...

Confession: I am a full-blown shopaholic. There’s nothing I love more than spending my financial aid money on crop tops from Urban Outfitters, Lush bath bombs, fuzzy socks and bangle bracelets. I’m...

It’s not easy to find decent Mexican food in Boston, but if you’re determined to find it you’ll need to look farther than Anna’s Taqueria. I’m sorry, Anna’s. I don’t care how many people...

Frog legs? Sure, why not? Beef tongue? I’ll take mine medium rare, please. Escargot? Order me a dozen, and stay close in case I need to order another round. I’ll eat almost anything you put in front...

Congratulations Green Bay Packers on your 2014 Super Bowl win! Or was it the Los Angeles Lakers? The Boston Red Sox? I don’t know because I don’t care. If the Super Bowl was good for anything this...

It’s hard to ignore the disturbing fact that Christmas seems to come earlier and earlier every year. Now, in the beginning of December, with hardly any time to finish your Thanksgiving leftovers, the...

The longer your coffee order is, the more I hate you. This morning, the girl in the Starbucks line in front of me ordered a, “Venti, decaf, Cinnamon Chai Latte with half a pump of vanilla, an extra...