BOLOCO KNOWS MY NAME WHO THE HECK NEEDS CHEERS?!!

So I know that when I was in Texas I was a huge fan of Chipotle and have missed it very much.  My manager turned me on to Boloco and she said that it was better than Chipotle and I'm thinking.....never...how could it be better?  So one day Brian and I go and we have been going every since for lunch!  

The food is good, the workers are nice and they listen to you especially when they follow you on Twitter!  (@ClassynSassynTX if you want to follow)  Ever since I kind of complained about not getting a free burrito on Twitter, they know  who I am and say hi with a smile when I go in now.  Brian says one day they are going to have my picture on the side of their trucks one day.  And maybe I might be saying "I'M LOCO FOR BOLOCO!!!" (Yup...totally stole that saying from Brian...but when I'm famous...he won't be forgotten! LOL)

I wonder if the picture would look something like this:

Fake smile yes!  But it would be an advertisement for goodness sake.  Boloco already retweeted this on Twitter!  Maybe this picture will take me places who knows???!!!

Well until next time....  

HINGHAM SHIPYARD SUNDAY!

Another nice day this past Sunday and another area I have visited close to where I live...this place is the Hingham Shipyard.  A lovely community where people dock their boats, live, eat and go to the movies.  This is truly a place that I could see myself living one day.  It is close to the water which I love even though I have a slight fear of the water.  But I could see myself living here and really enjoying my life here.  I wouldn't even have to leave this area other than do my grocery shopping, but everything is right here...let me give you the tour.

Hingham Shipyard, they have a market here...so maybe I would be able to do my grocery shopping...AND a BED BATH & BEYOND?????  I'm so there!!!!

This is where I can put my new boat!  Yes...I will have a boat!

My future neighborhood...isn't it nice!

Panera Bread that I can walk to.....can't get better than that or can it???

I think it just got better!  Movie theatre and popcorn at walking distance????  And what else, this is all on the bus line so I can conveniently get to work every day!!!  I LOVE BOSTON!!!!!


Well until next time....

YAY! TO THE BEACH...SORT OF!

Well this past weekend, Brian and I had another adventure.  I found a dining room set on Craigslist and Brian and my neighbors helped me go get it.  This time I was in Marshfield and it really isn't that far from where I live.  Man...when I get my car next year....Zoey and I will be going places for sure since everything is so close!  So we leave before my neighbors and I think we are going to get there before them for sure!  Well we kind of got lost and went past where we were supposed to turn...thank you for the Google maps on my BlackBerry!  As we were coming back we were driving along side the water and it looked so nice so we decide to stop and of course I tell Brian take my picture!  

And then I look down and there is some beautiful Goldenrod growing right next to the road

Well that is really small....but you get the picture.  So after this we get back in the car and head in the RIGHT direction.  As soon as we start driving I first get a phone call from Rita the woman selling me the set and then from my neighbor Steve as we are pulling in to the driveway.  I couldn't believe it...they got there first YIKES!  I just had to get my picture taken...hee hee.  We get there and pick up the dining room set and with a little bit of TLC and this set has potential.  


It's very nice and solid...from this company called This End Up which is no longer around.  I believe it is either made of Pine or Oak...not so sure but it is HEEEAAAVVVY!  I do have a project with it that I think I'm going to ask my neighbor Susan to help me with since she is so crafty...but I want to re-upholster the backs and seats of the chairs.  With fabric the color of my colors in my home, this is going to be great!

I ow Brian and my neighbors big time for them helping me with this.  I have to start thinking.


Well until next time....

QUINCY ARTSFEST!

Well today was another great day!  First I attended church and it was Welcome Back day.  After church we had an outdoor picnic and boy was there a spread there!  From salads, sandwiches, deviled eggs, chips, POPCORN, coleslaw, cookies, cakes and pies!  Fortunately I was able to bring an apple pie I baked and it was a hit!  It went so fast and I felt bad that Ann (my friend) wasn't able to even try it...but Brian did and he said it was pretty awesome.  So my work is done!


After church, Ann was so nice to give Brian a ride home and after that we took a detour to the Quincy Artsfest

So this was officially my first festival here.  It was very nice, all of the vendors, artists, sculptors, photographers and such.  They also had free entertainment from this group called the Java Jive

They were really good and believe it or not they did a little bit of Black Eyed Peas.  And then apparently there are some really talented people at church and they not only had some pieces in the festival, they were doing face painting for the kids at a booth.  It was so nice to see them there, very nice couple.  There was also some refreshments there and of course they had my favorite

POPCORN!  Why I got the bag with hot dog grease on it, I'll never know....but it was a good end to a great day!


Well until next time...

GOING AROUND THREE TIMES IN DEDHAM!

So today was an eventful day.  Didn't get up super early, but it seemed like I was up and out since 6:00am and you will soon find out why.  And why do I travel to Dedham today?  To pick up an All-in-One Washer/Dryer that I found on Craigslist.  So Brian picks me up to take me and on the road we go, we get into this quaint little town (I so forgot to take pictures) and it was so nice there.  It was like one of those little towns that you would see on a TV show.  As we are trying to find the place to pick up this washer, we go through the town once, couldn't find the address turned around, and tried to find it again, still couldn't find it.  So I pull out my trusted BlackBerry, pull up Google maps and now we are in business.  


So we find the place and have to walk up the stairs, open the door and there was "Francesca"...yes I named the appliance.  Hee hee.  

So the gentleman there offered to help Brian take the item down the stairs.  Thank goodness....because I shouldn't have to make these "dainty" hands do man work!  (I'm gonna pay for that comment later! LOL) So the guys get the item down the stairs and Brian swears that he died for one quick second because this is a heavy appliance and apparently it made him see stars then everything went dark.  So I get it.


After, we go to a Starbucks so Brian can get a refreshing beverage to cool him down.  Then we cruise around Dedham for a little bit and after that we went to this pet store called Pet Cabaret.  It was a cute little place and of course Zoey gets some items from there.  We continue on and it takes us forever to get to the highway and back to Quincy.  Of course I didn't eat breakfast so by this time I was S-T-A-R-V-I-N-G and I was so vocal about it.  


But we finally get to this restaurant Quincy Dynasty, it was a decent Chinese restaurant, very nice inside...but because of the traffic we missed the buffet lunch.  Oh well....so we have lunch and it was a decent lunch.


So as I sit here finishing this blog, there is an apple pie baking in the oven for church tomorrow and a load of laundry drying.  This sure beats going to the laundromat!


Well until next time...

BOOKS, RAIN AND BURRITOS!

Well on August 15, 2011, I tried something I never did before.  I attended a book reading and signing for an old high school friend Ben Loory.  This was located at the brookline booksmith in Brookline Massachusetts.  

A very nice little area there with lots of things to do.  Definitely a place that I would like to go back and visit.  But I definitely would attend another event like that to meet new authors that are up and coming.  It's very neat to know that I went to high school with an author.  If you would like to know more about him, check out his website www.benloory.com I'm sure you will like it and pick up his book Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day

It's a book that is full of short stories and it is actually quite a good read.  I'm not much of a reader, but when I pick it up to read while riding the train, I dont' want to stop reading and have almost missed my stop a few times.  But I'm not just saying pick up this book because it is by someone I know...but it really is a good read if you like short stories.


After I left the book store, I went to leave and ended up walking to another Mexican place that was called Anna's Taqueria.  My manager has talked about this at work as well as this was mentioned by a friend as well.  So you all know by now how much I love chips and salsa....SO that is what I go to get.  

So it's not a big place and definitely reminded me of a Chipotle restaurant which I absolutely LOVE!!!!  So what the heck, I end up getting the grilled veggie burrito as well.  Let me just tell you....Chipotle has some major competition.  This was probably the best burrito I have had...and the chips and salsa rocked too!  This is another place that I would definitely return to again and I will!


I thought that Dallas was the food capital....um...living here has changed my views of that.  And if you love food like I do....be careful when you come here.


So in ending, even though that day was a very rainy day...torrential rain at times it was a very eventful day.  And I was able to see more of the area here...so it was a good day.  


Well until next time....

GOOD EATING IN QUNCY, MA.

So many of you know that I relocated to this town in Massachusetts called Quincy (pronounced: Quin-zee).  It's a nice little area, close to Boston yet there is alot of things to do right here.  There are so many places to eat in Quincy Center..doesn't matter what you like to eat, but you can definitely find it here.  So I decided I'm going to talk about the places that I have been to eat.  


About two weeks ago I was able to experience a neat little place called The Fat Cat.

Cute little bar in the Quincy Center area but set back off on a small street.  You walk in and it is kind of dim and small in there, nothing fancy about this place.  But it was my kind of place...and the menu was great!  If you want some good quality food with a nice bartender this is the place to go.  Oh and their prices were not so bad either.  I was able to enjoy the taste of The Blue Russian.....let's just say there were several different types of alcohol in it but it tasted like a grape soda.  So why they call it The Blue Russian, I'll never know but it was really good.  Then being that I was going to the movies that night, I decided that I should eat light and just get an appetizer of Lobster and Crab Nachos since you know that I LOVE and have to have popcorn at the movies.  But anyway....my order came out and it was HUGE!  And you should have seen Brian's order of chicken mac n' cheese!  Let's just say at this place you really get what you pay for!  The food, bartender that we had and the ambiance in the place was just great!


Then the next week I ate at a Mexican place called Acapulcos.

Small little Mexican place and being able to live in Texas for as long as I did I was able to have some great Mexican food.  But this place was pretty good I'll have to say.  Of course I loaded up on the chips and salsa and the first time I went I had the tortilla soup, second time I had cheese enchiladas.  Which was even more AWESOME when I reheated it!


So far, I have been to a cute bar that I hope to frequent for the great nachos, but would like to try other things of course.  And a Mexican place that has good food that I can go to when I'm feeling a little homesick and eat my chips and salsa!


Well until next time....