
Mal had another late day at school today, so Murphy spent the majority of his afternoon waiting for ’Dad’ on the back of the living room couch. The back of the couch overlooks the front yard and the driveway, so as soon as Dad gets home, Murphy knows it! Is that him? Over the past month [...]

Over the weekend, I fell in love with tarragon. (What a weird thing to say, right?) It was added to a salad at dinner on Saturday night, which gave the whole dish an amazing flavor, so now I am in love with it. Maybe I just didn’t realize that I liked tarragon so much? I’m just [...]

I bet you’ve never seen a pug peanut butter addiction up close and personal? I finished off the jar of Teddie this morning, so I let Murphy go to town on it! Watching him lick the crap out of the jar was way better than any OIAJ ever could be! As you can see, Murphy [...]

Tonight, Mal and I celebrated Valentine’s Day a day late with dinner at Sportello. Chef Barbara Lynch’s modern interpretation of a lunch counter, Sportello offers simple, market-driven Italian dishes in Boston’s Fort Point neighborhood. More than a year ago, my sister gave me a gift card to Sportello, but, somehow, I forgot about it. A couple [...]