Salem - Take 2

Kyle and I went back to Salem this past weekend. We went there with the sole purpose of seeing the Peabody Essex Museum. We only spent a few hours in the museum before it closed for the day. There were two parts of the museum that I really enjoyed and where we spent most of our time. The first was an exhibit: Eye Spy, Playing with Perception. The exhibit used art to demonstrate perception. Sadly I only took one photo, but you can see that the large...

Valentine's Day

On Valentine's Day, Kyle and I don't celebrate like most people. We prefer to stay home, away from the mad rush of people at every restaurant. This year I spent the day baking. I made love potion cookies for Kyle to take into work. Sadly, my icing was a little too runny. Therefore, the cookies are not as clean looking as I would have liked, but they sure tasted good. For Kyle I whipped up individual banana cakes with Nutella frosting (yummy!)....

Samuel Adams Brewery

The weekend prior to Valentines Day we ventured into Boston to visit the Samuel Adams Brewery. To start the adventure we did what we always do when we go to Boston: we drove to the Alewife Subway Station to hop on the system. This time we were treated to an unusual site in the parking lot: This turkey wasn't scared of us. I guess it just wanted a slightly warmer place to rest and the top of this car was the chosen spot. I don't blame him for seeking...

It's snowing... again

As you may know, we are being hit with another storm. While it is piling up outside I thought I would post a few recent pictures. Kyle is great out feeding the birds and squirrels. We get a lot of variation in the birds that visit. This was a volleyball cupcake that I made for the first party we were invited to out here. The host was a guy I play volleyball with. I posted this on facebook too, but it is worth posting twice. The pile outside...