Poppy's Guide to Boston

My favorite places to shop, eat, and do in Boston! 

1. Favorite Hotel: Four Seasons Boston

2. Favorite Bakery: Flour

3. Favorite Boutique: Wish (tiny but full of treasures!)

4. Favorite Pizza: Picco's (I promise you it's worth the wait)

5. Favorite Farmer's Market: SOWA 

6. Favorite Nail Salon: Miniluxe (ask for Christie and don't miss the warm oil treatment) 

7. Second Favorite Boutique: Crush 

8. Favorite night out: Boston Pops (enjoy drinks, music, and Symphony Hall) 

9. Favorite Ice Cream: Toscanini's (don't miss the brown butter, brown sugar, brownie) 

A few of my favorite things

1. Delicious saucy fish tacos & picture from the Sprouted Kitchen  

2. Ten Bags Every Woman Should Own  

3. I'm craving this pair of custom Ferragamos

4. Opening night of Jewels at the Boston Ballet  

5. I can't wait to read The Lost Art of Dress by Linda Przybyszewski 

Strawberry Rhubarb Pie

There is something about fresh rhubarb that makes it truly seem like summer and summer, in my opinion, always calls for strawberry rhubarb pie.

This recipe comes from the Yellow Farmhouse Cookbook by Christopher Kimball. 

Ingredients: 

Pie Crust- enough for top and bottom

3 cups strawberries

3 cups rhubarb

1 teaspoon grated orange or lemon zest

2 teaspoons lemon juice

3/4 cup sugar 

1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

3-5 tablespoons minute tapioca

Optional: 2 tablespoons butter 

1. Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees. Mix the chopped up fruit with the other ingredients except the tapioca and let sit for 15 minutes.

2. Separate out 1 quarter of the fruit and toss the remaining 3/4's with the tapioca. When filling the pie shell use the larger portion on the 

bottom and top with the tapioca-less portion. 

3. Roll out dough and fit to 9 inch pie pan. Add the fruit mixture and dot with butter, if using.

4. Top with remaining dough or create a lattice top using 1/2 inch strips. 

5. Turn oven down to 350 degrees and bake for 60 minutes. 

Flowers and Ferragamos

Happy Friday, everyone! My current obsession is pleats, they are fun, flirty, and pair well with a blouse or a more casual t-shirt. I love the length of this Alice and Olivia (here in white) skirt, it is perfect for the city as it doesn't drag on the streets and yet it feels dressy and sophisticated. Let me know your current obsessions below!

 

Shirt- Gap
Skirt- Alice and Olivia
Shoes- Ferragamo
Bag- Tod's

 

Have a fabulous weekend! xoxo, Poppy 

Cloudy Day Brownies

The temperatures in New England dipped into the high forties yesterday. My first reaction was to board the next Caribbean bound plane, however the more feasible course of action was a pan of delicious brownies. 

Gooey brownies bring back fond childhood memories of chocolate covered fingers and milk mustaches, they are easy to bake, and without fail brighten the greyest of days.  

 This scrumptious recipe came from Joy the Baker (as a chocolate purist I omitted the walnuts.) For those of you lucky enough to enjoy warmer climates serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream for a cool treat. 

                                                                                            
                                                                                                                        xoxo, Poppy
                          

A few of my favorite things

 1. Cozy cashmere in Spring shades from White + Warren

2. A twist on the classic Jack Rogers

3. Monogrammed jewelry from Jennifer Zeuner

4. The newest member of the family: Hazel

5. Antoine de Saint-Exupery's Wind Sand and Stars

Mother's Day

Today was a celebration of the two most beautiful women, inside and out, in my life: my grandmother and my mother. One of my go-to "occasion" restaurants is Burdicks- the food is consistently impeccable, the desserts mouth-watering, and the location charming (in addition to their Walpole, NH location they have chocolate shops in New York City and Boston). Our lunch was all I had hoped it to be: leisurely, fun, and finished off with chocolate, but most of all it was a gift to spend a stretch of uninterrupted time with my two favorite women.  

 August, 2013 

                                                                                         xoxo, Poppy