Hi, there! 
Mal’s afternoon adventure took us to Marylou’s Coffee! 
I’ve lived on the South Shore for nearly 5 years now and have never once tried Marylou’s Coffee. Apparently, I was really missing out!
Mal has been raving about the Girl Scout Cookie iced coffee for weeks now, so he finally took me to try it this afternoon. It tastes just like Thin Mint cookies!! It was delicious, but too sweet for me, so I only drank about half of it. I still really enjoyed the iced coffee and want to go back to try other flavors! 
We spent the rest of the afternoon sitting outside, sipping our iced coffees, and doing crossword puzzles.
It was a nice way to spend Labor Day.
We also listened to a bunch of Toucher & Rich podcasts and got a little silly with the pug.
Murphy, what’s up with all of this extra skin?
Dad, seriously? Get it together.
These two crack me up! 
Dinner
For dinner, I tried a new recipe from Real Simple: Creamy Fettuccine With Leeks, Corn, and Arugula.
This meal turned out wonderfully and took just 20 minutes to cook– just like the recipe said it would. Don’t you hate it when recipes say the meal will take 30 minutes, but then it takes more than an hour to cook (e.g. Rachel Ray)?! 
This one really took 20 minutes to make from start to finish.
Like always, I didn’t follow the recipe exactly. I used low-fat milk instead of heavy cream, grated Parmesan instead of pecorino, spaghetti instead of fettuccine, and 15 ounces of canned corn instead of one cup. (What can I say, we like corn in this house! 
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The recipe called for dry white wine, so I poured myself a small glass to go with dinner. I mean, the bottle was already opened!
And, for dessert, I enjoyed one of these:
Oh, yes. Sometimes, my husband has really bad good ideas!
I hope you had a wonderful Labor Day!
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Yum thin mint coffee sounds yummy and your dinner looks fantastic. I absolutely love the pictures of Mal and Murphy, so cute!
Looks like a great dinner!
That pasta dish looks amazing, I will definitely be trying that soon!
Also, Thin mint iced coffee sounds like it should be illegal, and since I don’t live near Boston I’ll just have to resort to making my own and pretending it’s as good, haha.
That pasta makes for an excellent presentation! Glad you had a relaxing & delicious holiday.
1. Love your blog! 2. Has anyone ever told you Mal looks alot like Daniel Craig?? I think he does!! (that’s a compliment btw)
That pasta seems to scream summer. enjoy your labour day evening
Haha, my mom posted a facebook status the other day: “This 30 minute Rachael Ray meal took me 90 minutes to make.”
We all laughed at her!
What a lovely day!
Your dinner sounds delicious! And those doughnuts…oh yum. Oh yum. Sometimes doughnuts are just necessary
We call Basil’s extra neck skin his “vagina neck.” Gross, I know.
Crosswords, iced coffee, and relaxing with the family sounds like my kind of afternoon!
oh that pasta dish looks so professional!!!
That Marylou’s is down the street from my house! Too bad I had my coffee in today or maybe I would have bumped into you!
My favorite is the milk chocolate almond or when it’s chilly outside, the blueberry crumb cake (I think I have a pound of it in my pantry). YUM!
And the pasta dish looks fab, I have had corn so much lately… it’s SO good right now!
Great blog
What a wonderfully relaxing and contentment-filled holiday weekend. Now if only Labor Day existed in Australia
OHMYGOD DONUTS. That sounds like absolutely the PERFECT way to spend an afternoon. Going to check out that podcast now! (And why DO pugs have so much skin?)
That pasta dish looks delicious! Like it’s straight out of a magzine even.
Jenn
What a nice way to spend Labor Day! It’s fun to have bbq’s & go to the beach, but sometimes it’s nice to just relax on a holiday weekend.
What a cool place. I could spend hours there!
I love anything that Entenmann’s makes!
I’ve made this recipe before and it is so good!
That dinner looks good!! I have never put corn in pasta but it’s a good idea, I’ll give it a try!
Thin mint iced coffee and amazing pasta salad! That just sounds like awesome food to me
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I love that last pic of your husband and the dog. Totally cute.
The Girl Scout coffee sounds delicious! Is that a barney butter tee?
@Ashley Lauren:
oops! I mean Girl Scout cookie coffee. haha. Up a little too late tonight.
Looks like a fun afternoon, your hub and pug are so cute and funny togehter!!
Great looking dinner, and dessert!!
I love thin mints and created a vegan thin mint fudge b/c i love them soo much! I bet I would love that ice coffee, nothing’s ever too sweet for me
Your husband and dog are both gorgeous! You remind me of my own little family.. So much fun!
I can’t stand Marylou’s and their dumb commercials with the girls shaking their wares for the men to come get their coffees. I don’t like their coffee either. I love love love me some Toucher & Rich though. I think you know that
Looks like you had a fun day!
Marylou’s looks so pretty! LOL I’m not usually one for flavored coffee but the Girl Scout cookie flavor has got to be good. Glad you had a great Labor Day!
entenmann’s is the devil…SERIOUSLY! hahaha. What a beautiful labor day with your boys…so gorgeous..makes me wanna visit or live there!
Oh wow, that iced coffee flavour is giving Starbucks’ selection a run for its money! It sounds amazing! Glad you enjoyed your Labour day!
Marylous coffee is amazing! when i went to bridgewater state there was a small one inside a gas station.. i went every single day, i think it single handedly made my coffee addiction SO much worse! lol
seeing your post about it makes me want to go there!!!
congrats on the house!!
MaryLou’s is addictive. You will now find yourself there more often.
I live for girl scout cookie season…a thin mint flavored coffee? I’m sold. I must admit though, I’ve always been kind of a coffee snob and have refused to try Mary Lou’s for this reason but I’m going to definitely try this one! (btw, if you’re a south shore girl and have never tried it, stop by the Coffee Break Cafe, there is one in quincy center and one in Braintree and they have a lot of delicious flavored coffee)
I LOVE Marylou’s coffee. You’ve been missing out!
Looks like a wonderful day! The coffee shop is SO cute and your pasta dish looks heavenly.
Pasta looks superb! Btw…love that wooden table- a classic.
I love that you have a Barney Butter shirt! I recently tried Barney Butter for the first time, and now I’m obsessed. I’m putting it on, like, everything. Good times!
Sounds like you had a nice & relaxing Labor Day!! And that coffee sounds really good. I actually prefer my coffee overly sweet, so I would probably like it haha!
GIRL SCOUT COOKIE COFFEE??? That sounds AMAZING. Marylou’s looks so adorable too… what a great advertisement for them
Have you tried Starbucks’ Toffee Mocha installation? It’s literally like liquid candy…I liked the frappuccino version better than the hot version (the hot version was MUCH too sweet… not like the frappuccino version is any better but whatever)… anyway, I’m not sure if you like Starbucks but figured I’d shoot a recommendation your way since I’m taking all your recommendations to heart, myself!
I think the Thin Mint coffee would definitely be too sweet for me. But the coffee shop looks really cute!
Love the pictures of Murphy and Mal!
Oh man, I can’t get over how cute Murphy is! Thin mint coffee? Yes please!
Looks like a great Labor Day
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