Excellent family vacation. It was great to return to a very, very busy Pasadena – when we left in August of 2020, nearly everything was shut (even the playground swings had been removed), covid was ever-present, and forest fires were rading. ~9 months later and life was essentially back to normal. It’s amazing to see […]

It had been months since our last family trip. In fact it had been months since I simply flew – my airport navigation skills were getting rusty. Nothing epitomized this fact more than directing our taxi to the wrong terminal at Boston’s Logan Airport. Wow did I feel like an idiot realizing we weren’t flying […]

“Do not, my friends, become addicted to water; it will take hold of you, and you will resent its absence.” – the line from Mad Max Fury Road somehow echoed alongside my obsession with club sandwiches. Club deprived. No travel the past quarter. Most lunchtime spots in Boston closed. Hotel restaurants not catering to public […]

Covid had left Boston’s dining scene void of club sandwiches. Hotel restaurants, mainly closed, had limited menus boasting overly creative and mostly unappealing lunch menu items that really catered to the dinner crowd. Cafes and restaurants frequented by commuters looking for lunch were shuttered everywhere throughout the city. At the end of the day, it […]