Check out my Boston MenuPages interview in which I dish about the best Harvard Square eats and my favorite Boston-area restaurants, including Peach Farm (for mother-approved Cantonese), Temple Bar (my recommended date spot), Blue Fin (my favorite sushi), Berry Line (my daily sugar fix), and more.

Also, if you’re in need of hot, original tees, the $10 Threadless holiday sale is still going on and smaller sizes are beginning to sell out, so grab your desired design via my link. Mine are arriving this week and I’m psyched!

The Cocktail Party on a Tuesday Night Outfit

At Tara and Tiff’s after a cocktail party, originally uploaded by lenachen.

Home from a cocktail party, originally uploaded by lenachen.

Rebecca Taylor Tea Dress in Black
Naturalizer Sequin Net Pumps in Gold
Casual Corner Blazer in White
Kate Spade Wellesley Quinn Shopper in Brown

Earlier this week, I lamented that I had no Thanksgiving plans, but I actually liked how low-key it turned out this year. I spent the holiday with Tara, my British blockmate who doesn’t celebrate for obvious reasons. Nonetheless, I forced her to make a list of things she’s thankful for this year (she’s never done it before). Our respective lists:

My Thanksgiving List, originally uploaded by lenachen.

Tara’s Thanksgiving List, originally uploaded by lenachen.

We took a long walk from her apartment in Harvard Square to Newbury Street. After we had linner and dessert at Sonsie we walked back to our home turf for dessert part deux. It was a lot harder than anticipated. Most restaurants were serving prix fixe menus only (or Thanksgiving-themed desserts like pie, yech!). After hopping from about five places, sitting down at three and leaving, and pissing off maybe four bartenders and hosts in the process, we finally ended up at Legal Seafood with chocolate mousse and hazelnut lattes (just what I wanted).

Tara at Sonsie on Thanksgiving Day, originally uploaded by lenachen.

A vibrant Boston on Thanksgiving Day 2007, originally uploaded by lenachen.

Tara walking down Mass Ave toward Newbury, originally uploaded by lenachen.

A walk in Boston on Thanksgiving, originally uploaded by lenachen.

I’ve been living out of my blockmates Tiffanie and Tara’s off-campus apartment for the past couple weeks. Tiffanie is off to California for the holiday so I’ve hijacked her bedroom (no hanky-panky allowed though!) I’ve turned into a huge homebody as a result. For example, I wanted ice cream all day today but I’ve been too lazy to leave the house so I just finished sweet-talking two MIT men into bringing it over. Like most difficult things in life (shelving, problem sets, tech help), if I ask nicely, I can get a man to do it for me.

And that is something I’m very thankful for.