Summer Is Nearly Here! 🍦🕶️🌞🍉
Will you join me in celebrating? Come say hi!
I started writing this on a rainy Sunday over Memorial Day weekend. It doesn’t look much like summer yet, but we’ve had a couple of hot ones, and a couple more coming up next week (in fact, the day I’m sending this is going to be a scorcher). I’m ready for it! So let’s talk about a few of my favorite summery things:
🍦🍨Ice Cream and Gelato - (technically this is an all year favorite thing!) my faves include: Toscanini’s and J.P. Licks in Boston; Kimball Farms in Carlisle, MA; Holy Cow in Gloucester, MA; Gelato Fiasco in Portland, ME; Morgenstern’s and Il Labratorio Del Gelato in NYC; Frigidarium, Fatamorgana, Giolitti and Old Bridge in Roma; Perche' No and Vivoli in Firenze; Geloteca Suso and Gelo - Artigiani del Gelato in Venezia; and Cremeria Santo Stefano in Bologna. I’m staying close to home for the summer, but think about Italian gelato all the time! Yum.
A day trip from Boston to P-Town.
I love Provincetown because nearly everything about it is fabulous. Taking the ferry on a day trip from Boston to the historic spot (where Anthony Bourdain got his start!) makes for a perfect day.
Summer concerts!
I’m a huge music nerd. Back in the day, I thought I might do record promotion and interned at Virgin Records, did my stint as a DJ… then I realized how hard it was to be a woman in the industry and make money, and shifted into marketing. Less luxurious, more lucrative. But I still love going to shows, and if Joe can’t go with me, my friend, Drea, is my concert buddy…we’ve seen so many over the years! This summer, on the docket is They Might Be Giants, Franz Ferdinand, The Church (sadly, can’t make this one due to day job travel), Squeeze, Adam Ant, and Haircut 100 (which I’m super excited about!). Love me a good summer show! To gear me up, here’s the Spotify playlist I created.
Come Say Hi! Upcoming Events:
VIRTUAL - Adventures by the Book Book Bingo - May 28
I love it when a Book Bingo comes around. They’re super fun, and I always learn so much about the authors and the books they’ve written. This is a free event and your chance to win books! You can sign up here.
Notte Veneziana Dinner at Standard Italian - June 2nd
I’m so thrilled to be returning to Standard Italian for another fantastic dinner of food and history…this time all about Venezia. This is a fundraiser for the Boston arm of the Save Venice organization, dedicated to preserving the city and culture of the most beautiful and impossible city in the world. I hope you’ll consider joining us! Tix can be purchased here. Even if you can’t attend, a donation to this wonderful cultural champion would be very appreciated!
In Convo with Tim Weed About His New Novel THE GATEPOST - June 9
The last time I did an event with Tim was back in 2017, when our first books came out (Feast of Sorrow and A Field Guide to Murder and Fly Fishing). This time we’ll be talking about Tim’s latest wonderful novel, The Gatepost. I had the pleasure of reading it early for a blurb: “At its heart, The Gatepost is a story about a daughter’s relentless love for her father, but Weed wraps that search in layers of Mesoamerican cosmology, hallucinogenic wonder, and quantum possibility. He writes with the precision of a scientist and the soul of a shaman, pulling readers through underground worlds both geological and mythological. A wild, luminous ride.” I hope you’ll join us at Belmont Books on June 9th!
At the Sea Hag Literary Salon, June 11
This is going to be SO fun! Not just because I’ll be there with other author friends whom I adore, but because there are new authors and books to discover. Come on down to the Sea Hag for the Boston Literary Salon
What’s Bringing Me Joy
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Awh that lobster roll!!! Wish we could be at the Venezia dinner. It will be a fabulous evening. Thank you for the listing music list…it will add more variety to my collection of music genre😃