I am always looking for easy one-day trips to take around Boston. I have heard about the Boston Harbor Islands for a long time, but I was never motivated to go. Finally, we decided to take the ferry and visit them.  http://www.bostonharborislands.org/ There are a bunch of islands to visit,...

We came here to celebrate a birthday and it was amazing!! Getting a reservation was the tricky – you have to go online at 10am 10 days before the date for dinner or 14 days before for lunch and pray that no one has taken your time slot. They only have 2-3 time slots available for their...

  What could be better than the smell of baking bread? How about baking banana bread? With chocolate? I always have bananas that are just too brown to eat, so I put them in a zip-lock bag in the fridge until I’m ready to use them. I find they last just as long in the fridge as they...

My first real Day Off Adventure was my trip to Croatia during the summer between 1st and 2nd years of medical school. I went with 2 friends from school to explore the ‘other side’ of Europe. We started our trip in Dubrovnik. At that time most people hadn’t heard of Dubrovnik...

Shakshuka is my go-to dish when I don’t really feel like cooking or I haven’t thought ahead and defrosted anything. It’s basically eggs poached in tomato sauce. You can make your sauce any way you like it, but I go the Israeli route and make it spicy with shrug, a middle...