As soon as August hits, I get terribly sad about the end of summer.
I know that weekend afternoons reading cookbooks in the garden will soon be memories. They’ll be the sort of thoughts I’ll smile at when picking apples in October and cherish when shoveling snow in January. But I suppose that’s what makes summer so sweet in New England.
With time left to still adore summer, I’m ready to hang up my carry on bag for a bit and lighten up my travel schedule to really cuddle up to August completely. Where have I been recently? It certainly feels like everywhere…
- I was in New York in May for the National Stationery Show.
- I spent much of June in Seattle, Washington for BlogHer 2012 and did a 24-hour jaunt to Portland, Oregon to simply eat good food (thanks to a kind friend’s hook-up).
- I just got back from a week in Berlin, Germany (and killer tapas in Kreuzberg).
- Fully jet-lagged, I took a long weekend in Newport, Rhode Island for a rained out but still wonderful Newport Folk Festival.
I’m equally excited (probably more so!) to plan Eat Boutique’s Fall and Holiday Markets. After all your wonderful emails about our markets, I want to make sure you know that Eat Boutique is ready to gather our favorite small batch food and spirit makers, and cookbook authors for two wonderful afternoons in Boston. So please do consider this your signal to mark your calendars.
The 2012 markets will be as follows… {drumroll please}…
Eat Boutique Fall Market
Saturday, September 22, 1-5pm
Atlantic Wharf in Boston
Under a tent, across from the Tea Party Museum
AND
Eat Boutique Holiday Market
Sunday, December 9, 1-5pm
Artist for Humanity EpiCenter in Boston
Until we share more details – which will come very soon – I wanted to share photo-memories from my summer so far. Hope you enjoy this brief recap and let’s talk summer memories at our first day of Fall Market on September 22 – see you there!
All photos taken by Maggie Battista.
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