The Week 9.27.15

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I’m reading a galley of Unfinished Business by Anne-Marie Slaughter. It’s a follow up to her very wildly read Atlantic article Why Women Still Can’t Have it All, and it’s a treatise on feminism and women’s success in the workplace that follows a different argument than Lean In. It’s interesting, but I’m finding that I’m really craving fiction right now, so I might stray from it soon.

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I went out to a lovely birthday dinner on Thursday night to celebrate my birthday with some of my dear friends. We had drinks at one of my favorite pubs in the city, GMT Tavern, and then went to dinner at Otto. Friday after work Graham and I hopped on a train to Boston to visit my friend Emily and her boyfriend Isaac, after dodging some horrendous Pope crowds midtown. But we made it on our train and to Boston, and we spent a wonderfully beautiful Saturday strolling around Cambridge, Harvard, and Brookline, eating, drinking coffee, and shopping for books. Then we headed downtown to enjoy the late afternoon sun and the Red Sox game.

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Today we started the day at the wonderful New England Aquarium:

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And then we had lunch and a pint at the Cheers bar, and strolled around downtown stopping for more books and coffee:

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Looking at Mindfulness by Christophe Andre
31 (and a Giveaway!) (The giveaway is still open for another week!)

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…of incredible pastries, thanks to a good amount of time spent drooling over them in the long line at Tatte Bakery and Cafe. I also spent some time testing out the camera on my new phone:

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Etsy spots of the week:

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Birthday week plus traveling meant a lot of eating out this week, but my favorite meal of the week was this delicious Italian sausage from Fenway:

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I’m rejoicing in the return of fall TV – I don’t watch a lot of current shows, but I’ve been loving The Mindy Project’s return, and am eager to watch the premieres of The Last Man on Earth and Bob’s Burgers.

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I devoured Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling on audiobook. I’m now listening to This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett AND The Martian by Andy Weir – I’m going audiobook crazy lately!

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By Emily

Book-hoarding INFJ who likes to leave the Shire and go on adventures.

13 comments

    1. It’s very interesting but for some reason I’m struggling to find the motivation to pick it up. I think this is the kind of book I typically prefer on audiobook, so trying to make my way through a digital galley has been a bit difficult for me. I’m hoping to power through the rest of it during the readathon though.

  1. I love this post every week, there’s always so much good stuff. Your trip sounds fabulous, I love the Etsy shares, but the winner this week is “horrendous Pope crowds.” That made me laugh out loud.

    1. I’m with Lauren—your bookish posts are excellent, but your posts about just living your life always inspire me to live mine a little more fully. :)

      These are beautiful photos, especially the jellies. I’m a bit partial to jellies. Also, can I have every cocktail on the GMT Tavern’s menu? Thanks.

      1. Oh hi – it’s me super late to reply, but finally catching up.

        THANK you – that’s super nice to hear. :D

        The jellies were stunning. And yes, you can. That sounds feasible to me.

  2. Looks nice to be in Beantown. So glad you got to a ballgame. The Red Sox gave my Jays a hand full not long ago, which wasn’t nice. But we’re still beating the Yankees. Enjoy your audios. Matt Damon as Mark Watney in The Martian comes out this Friday … it’s going to be a must

    1. I just saw The Martian last week and loved it! One of the rare cases when I loved both the book and the movie. (Although, I do think the book is better!)

  3. Absolutely love your photos! They’re so stunning. I can’t wait to hear with you think of AMS’ book — I’ve read pretty much all of her articles and I’m interested in seeing if she presents any new information in her book. Looking forward to your review!

    1. Thank you so much!

      I hope to finish AMS’s book soon – I was enjoying it, but needed to put it down and read some fiction for a while, wasn’t in the right mood. I’m grabbing it on audiobook from the library to help me finish it – I tend to prefer books like this on audio, so I think I’ll enjoy finishing it up there. Will post a review!! :D

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