Donut Pop-up

As I drove down Tremont Street this past Sunday morn, I spied a line of folk and a police car holding court across from the Plaza Theaters.  How odd!

But then I realized, oh, it is the donut pop-up!  I had read about it earlier in the week, about how Stephanie Cmar, lately of No. 9 Park, was starting off her dream donut shop Stacked Donuts with a series (3) of weekend pop ups at The Butcher Shop.  This was week #1.

But I was late!  So I could not stop.  *sigh*

$3 donut - you and me, this weekend.  It's a date.

Source: Eater

Boston Urban Idiotorama 2014

A combination of food, fun, and charity!

Sounds cool!  But unfortunately, I will be out volunteering at a local food pantry on the morning of the 1st of March, thus, I will miss the entertainment factor of a crowd of costumed folk racing from bar to bar around the Fenway area as they collect canned and dry foods from teammates, friends and spectators, with an aim of hauling in 30 lbs per team for The Boston Medical Center Food Pantry.

There’s still time to register a team if you want to participate first hand in the Boston Urban Idiotorama!  But get cracking as you’ll have to costume up and decorate a shopping cart (and get one!) before Saturday.  It is $99 per team of 4-6 ‘doggies.’

You can also spectate.  They take off from the Lansdowne Pub at 11am, and after a pub crawl-style race of 4 yet to be publicized other similar establishments with forced rest periods of 20 minutes at each where they play games for prizes and such, they’ll end back where they begun with an open to the public after-party starting at 2pm. Just bring something to contribute to their food drive!

Summer in the City

Tomatoes?  In the winter?

Yes, and not only that.  I, who would wonder just who could be keeping the food trucks in business during these frozen months, I waited in a food truck line for my choice of two tomato sandwiches and a soup or bean/tomato salad.  But it was for a good purpose!  100% of my $5 donation went to the Greater Boston Food Bank, and in return, Clover Food Lab provided lunch, and the first 100 of us went home with a cute box of yummy Cocktail tomatoes grown in Maine by Backyard Farms.

Sure, it wasn't the most organized event (it took me a while to realize that there were two different sandwich lines), and my fingers were quite frozen, but I got the warm fuzzies for participating in this charitable event and left with a satiated tummy.

Backyard Farms Tomatoes for sampling

Maine Tomato Winter Sandwich
(Backyard Farms tomatoes, Deep-fried seaweed & Sriracha mayo)
& tomato pinto bean salad

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