Celebrate 20 Years of Sex and the City with The Lenox
What better way to celebrate 20 years since our first introduction to the fabulous four than their religious weekend practice… Brunch!
Grab your leading ladies & join The Lenox in the beautiful Dome Room, Sunday September 30th, for their first ever Sex and the City Brunch. Be transported to the chic streets of Manhattan with their breathtaking terrace and bouquet arrangements.
Your ticket includes:
- Open La Marca Bubbly Bar
- Made-To-Order Omelette Station with farm fresh eggs
- Sweet & Savory Waffle Bar with toppings to include fresh berries, candies, whipped cream, warm Vermont maple syrup, and more
- Build-Your-Own Yogurt Parfait
- Union Square Donuts Custom Donut Wall
- Sex and the City Inspired Games
- Fun Prizes
- Gift Bags
- & More!
The movie and soundtrack will be the perfect backdrop to an afternoon of gossip & glamour. Refresh your memory on everyone’s favorite seasons to prepare for Sex and the City trivia and games sprinkled in between the fun.
Please let The Lenox know the names of everyone in your party during checkout and they will try their best to seat you with your preferences. The best way to guarantee seating with your entire group is to purchase a full table at a discounted rate.
This event is 21+ with a valid ID. All sales are final, sorry no refunds.
Join Taj Boston for a Pop-up Rooftop Brunch and Book Signing featuring Kim Foley MacKinnon and her new book 100 Places to See in Boston Before You Die.
A featured destination in Ms. MacKinnon’s book, the Rooftop at The Taj boasts one of the most dramatic views in Boston of Back Bay and beyond. Each adult ticket includes a copy of 100 Places to See in Boston Before you Die, a curated compendium of the best of Boston, with ideas, essential sights, can’t-miss dining and more. In addition, author Kim Foley Mackinnon will be in attendance to sign books and share her Boston expertise.
The hotel’s culinary team has created a menu that includes something for every palate from omelet and waffle stations, soups and salads, raw bar display, cheese and charcuterie and more. Enjoy assorted entrees, a sushi station, and an Asian station. Brunch has a sweet finish with a selection of desserts.
Learn how to make your very own sweet and savory travel cakes, cakes that stay moist and travel well, with Executive Pastry Chef Valerie Nin!
Join Grill 23 for an intimate two hour class where you’ll prep, bake and decorate vanilla buttercake and cornbread. Optional additions of fruit, sweets, jalapenos and cheese will be available for that extra touch. Also learn how to make lemon royal glaze and chcocolate glaze. Finally, enjoy your creations with tea and coffee (or take them home) during their fun Q&A .
Alcoholic beverages will be available for purchase.
Tickets are limited.
The second annual Back Bay Battle of the Breweries returns with all of your favorite local craft brewers in one spot!
Enjoy samples from over 20 New England Breweries and then place your vote for your favorite!
The winning brewery gets a Tap Takeover in City Table, City Bar and Solas!
Ticket price includes unlimited beer samples, customized tasting glass, hors d’oeuvres created by Chef Sean MacAlpine, live music with Jason Silverman of Hot Mess and a night full of good eats, brews and fun!
Be sure to get your tickets early – the last Back Bay Battle of the Breweries sold out quickly!
PARTICIPATING BREWERIES:
Night Shift Brewing – Everett, MA
Idle Hands – Malden, MA
Lord Hobo – Woburn, MA
Jack’s Abby Craft Lagers – Framingham, MA
Cambridge Brewing Company – Cambridge, MA
Devil’s Purse Brewing – South Dennis, MA
Widowmaker Brewing – Braintree, MA
Westfield River Brewing Company – Southwick, MA
Bantam Cider – Somerville, MA
Bent Water – Lynn, MA
Aeronaut Brewing Company – Somerville, MA
Turtle Swamp – Jamaica Plain/Roslindale, MA
Naked Ox – Dorchester, MA
Small Change Brewing Company – Somerville, MA
Notch Brewing – Salem, MA
Definitive Brewing – Portland, ME
Great North Aleworks – Manchester, NH
Athletic Brewing Company – Stratford, CT
Castle Island Beer – Norwood, MA
Citizen Cider – Burlington, VT
Cisco Brewers – Nantucket, MA
Winter Hill Brewing – Somerville, MA
*All attendees must be 21+ with a valid ID. Nobody will be allowed into the event who is under 21 or who doesn’t have a valid ID.
For more information, check out the Lenox’s BLOG!
Kick off your Valentine’s celebrations early with chocolate and wine!
Enjoy a glass of bubbles or a cafe beverage while Rochambeau’s Executive Pastry Chef Michele Fadden and her team lead you through a truffle making class! Use the toppings bar to create six unique truffles and take them home in a heart shaped box for your sweetheart — or for yourself!
For more on Rochambeau, please click here.
Just in time for the most romantic day of the year and returning by popular demand, “15 Shades of Red” is back!
On February 13, step up your Galentine’s Day festivities (guys welcome, too!) with your best amici or main squeeze as you stroll through the store and explore a full range of vini rossi. Throughout the evening, you will discover over 15 shades of red wine—from blush pink colors of light rosés to the robust hues of full-bodied vino.
And because no wine tasting experience at Eataly is complete without food, Eataly is bringing you an array of Valentine’s Day-themed bites – from local oysters to artisanal cheeses to decadent Italian chocolate.
…we know. Is it February 13 yet? Get your tickets now!
For more about Eataly Boston, please click here.
Galentine’s Day = a celebration of female friendships. Galentine’s Day Party at OAK = a fun night out to celebrate with food, drink & more!
Back for year two! OAK Long Bar + Kitchen and The Food Lens are joining forces again to throw a party for ladies to celebrate the ladies in their lives the day before Valentine’s Day, popularly known as Galentine’s Day. On Thursday, February 13, from 6:00–9:00 PM, join their soirée for a night of sipping, snacking, and sweets—all while supporting a local charity that serves homeless women.
Here’s how they’ll be honoring the ladies:
- With a tasting of standout rosés produced by lady vintners
- With signature Galentine’s themed cocktails
- With a sweets station from OAK’s pastry chef, Lindsay Le Blanc
- With cheese sourced from female purveyors, plus a charcuterie spread
- With delicious passed hors d’oeuvres and a bountiful raw bar
- With a chance to win a gift basket filled with tasty and pampering items from local women-owned businesses
- With a playlist featuring the queens of pop
Tickets are $55 and include all food, two specialty cocktails, the wine tasting, and a charitable monetary donation. *They will donate $10 from your ticket* to Women’s Lunch Place, a daytime shelter on Newbury Street offering a safe sanctuary, nutritious meals and critical support services for Boston women experiencing poverty and homelessness.
“What’s Galentine’s Day? Oh, it’s only the best day of the year!” – Leslie Knope. The holiday was created by the show “Parks and Recreation” and has since transcended the TV screen to become a beloved tradition of celebrating female friendships annually on February 13, whether that be your friend, sister, co-worker, mom, partner, or other!
For more about OAK Long Bar + Kitchen, please click here.
ABOUT THE FOOD LENS
The Food Lens is a curated website that enables the culinarily curious to discover or rediscover Boston’s dining scene. Eternally curious and always hungry, female founders Molly Ford and Sarah Jesup have eaten their way through the city, culling the most authentic dining experiences Boston has to offer.
Celebrate Valentine’s Day with the three C’s: champagne, cheese and chocolate.
Sample our innovative and classic menu which will evoke your senses while you dine on a menu inspired by the C3‘s:.
Arrive to a warm welcome with acomplimentary champagne cocktail. You are then guided through an extraordinary 5 course dinner created by Swiss Executive Chef Markus Ripperger. Savor the sensuous flavors, smells, and textures, and challenge your palate to discover. There will be some commentary on the compilation of the menu items and the making of them.
Menu
Champagne Soup Sampler
Trilogy of gingered organic Veuve Clicquot carrot soup, crémant cheese, caramelized beet and Moet soup, cream of French pea with a hint of Perrier-Jouët and parmesan crisp.
Vegetarian option: Same as above
Textures from the Oceans
Skillet seared lobster and gulf shrimp, baked in a filo crisp, green apple, organic arugula, white chocolate ribbons, rosé champagne vinaigrette.
Vegetarian option: Garden vegetables baked in a filo crust with green apples, lemon thyme and arugula lettuce.
Intermezzo
Champagne sorbet with cantaloupe melon pearls and Madagascar coco dusting
The Big C³ entree
peppered beef tenderloin, coco crusted Lamb rib, cheese crusted veal tenderloin, Mousseline potatoes, haricot vert with miniature carrots.
Vegetarian option:Parmesan Polenta cakes with roasted red peppers, chargrilled portobella mushrooms, spinach, garden vegetables aged balsamic glaze, olive tapenade.
Heavenly Sweets
bittersweet crackle, double chocolate & champagne crème brûlée and Swiss chocolate cheesecake.
Vegetarian option: Same as above
For more about Hampshire House, please click here.
Ex’s and Ohhh’s they haunt us… So off to the Valentine’s Day themed Drag Brunch…
Hosted by Robyn Edges and Neon Calypso-OH-OH-OH
Whether you’re trying to find your squeeze or forget them, join Back Bay Social at our Valentine’s edition Ex’s and Ohhh’s Drag Brunch on Saturday, February 15th. Doors at 11am, Show at 1pm.
One, two, three they’re going to bring the mimosas to me.
We always want to come but we never want to leave!
Performances by Mizery Mcrae and Teasha.
Check out the brunch menu here
**** AN EVENTBRITE TICKET DOES NOT GUARANTEE A TABLE OR SEATING. PLEASE VISIT BACK BAY SOCIAL’S WEBSITE HERE TO MAKE A RESERVATION ****
But first, Champagne!
Join The Lenox for your first step to planning your dream wedding at the Lenox Hotel with some of their favorite local vendors! The Lenox is opening their doors to future Newlyweds and their friends and family to experience their beautiful Dome Room and visit with their favorite wedding vendors all while enjoying complimentary hors d’oeuvres and adult beverages!
Couples will have the opportunity to chat with the Lenox Hotel’s wedding experts in a relaxed setting. Mingle with the industry’s top wedding photographers, bakers, florist, DJ, rental company and so many more!! Wedding planning can be stressful, but at their Wedding Marketplace, it doesn’t have to be! Bring your partner, friends and family members and come enjoy a fun night out all while checking off your Wedding To-Do list!
This Wedding Marketplace Event is FREE with your RSVP!
Be sure to check out all of WEDDING MARKETPLACE VENDORS:
- Photographers – Scott Zuehlke Photography & Amy Spirito Photography
- Florist – Table & Tulip
- Cake – Dessert Works Bakery
- Videographer – Next Level Films
- Bridal Favors – Seacoast Sweets
- Bridal Favors – Q’s Nuts
- Music – 617 Weddings
- Dessert – Ben & Jerry’s
- Dessert – Union Square Donuts
- Custom Gifts – LUX BOX Company
- Invitations – Lynn Graham Design
- Lighting – Your Love in Lights
- Wedding Rentals – Peak Events
- Photo Booth and Pianist – Entertainment Specialists
- Bubbles – La Marca
- Liquor – Bully Boy
- Beer – Night Shift Brewing
- Hair – Kloud Nine Hair Salon
- Event Design – Vintage Charm Rentals & Design
- Menswear – 9Tailors
For more about this event, please click here.
