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Welcome to Travel, Wine, and Dine. My name is Meghan, and I am a Boston based food, travel, and sometimes wine blogger. I am also a self-employed Marketing Communications and Social Media Consulant. I started this blog in June 2009 as a place to share my interests and passions, mainly food, travel, and wine but also exercise, to a certain extent, and general life in Boston. I was a Marketing Communications Manager at a publishing company at the time, and while I was learning a lot and loved the people I worked with, I realized I wasn’t that excited by what we were actually doing. This got me wondering if I would ever be excited about my job. I knew I loved Marketing and everything that came with it, and my interest in Social Media had been growing for some time. But, it’s not easy to leave a steady job in a down economy (that just got worse!).
For me, Social Media and my blog were amazing tools for following my instincts and building a Marketing business of my own. Fast forward a year and a half into my blogging life, with the addition of some amazing Boston and Sonoma based blogger friends thrown into the mix. Blogging helped me not only to build a network of friends with similar passions, ambitions, and spirits, but it also introduced me to countless people who have been helpful in my career.
In August 2010, I started working with Red, White, Boston part time as their Social Media Manager. In October 2010, I quit my full time job to pursue a job that excited me. . . and since that time I have gotten most of the way there as an independent Marketing Communications Consultant. August 2011 brought my new business, Pop! Marketing Communications, and a steady stream of clients needing Marketing, Social Media, and Digital PR assistance have followed. Work is good, I am excited about what I do, and I will always take on more!
But, of course, it’s not just work. A little more about me: I was born and raised in Central New Jersey (fist pump!), got an English degree with a Judaic Studies minor from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, studied Irish politics and literature at the National University of Ireland, Galway, and in 2002 settled in Boston. A year later, I met my now husband, who himself had just made his way to America from Galway. We got married and moved to Dorchester in 2006, and we have been traveling and enjoying life here ever since. Ireland and New Jersey are second homes, and thanks to the kindness of strangers met through Social Media, many visits to California has made it feel like a third.
In addition to my love of all things food, including grocery shopping, farmers markets, cooking, eating, dining out, going out for cocktails, wine tastings, and traveling to other places to eat and drink, and spending time with family, I also love animals and have been a volunteer at the MSPCA since September 2007 and can’t wait to one day have enough time in the day to adopt a dog, preferably a pit bull (my favorite, and most misunderstood breed) or two. I am also a four time marathoner (Boston Marathon 2000, 2008, 2010 and Bermuda Marathon 2004) hoping to add a fifth sometime in the near future.
There’s so much more, so stay for a bit! I hope you enjoy my recipes, travel stories, and general bits of our life in Boston. I love comments and questions so please feel free to email traveleatlove ( @ ) gmail.com. And of course, if you are looking for Marketing, Public Relations, Social Media, Content Development, or Event Planning, I can help!
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“When in Ireland” – I LOVE IT! A girl after my own heart!
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What a cool blog, as a Boston gal who loves to eat and travel, I’m definitely looking forward to reading your posts!
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Thanks for the comment on my blog! I love your healthy attitude and the statement that you’re “deliriously happy” with the balance you’ve attained–way to go! I’m on my way there too
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Aww you’re so cute!
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Hi, thanks for visiting my blog! Your blog is great! That’s awesome that you’ve found such a good balance with food and exercise. Yay for real food and enjoying your meals! And wow, three marathons – Congrats!
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Ciao!
Your blog is an inspiration! I am 51 and I think you have just got it all figured out. I don’t know I was THAT savvy at 29, maybe I was. BTW it just gets better! Enjoying your blog and will put it on my blog as a favorite!
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I just came across your blog – so cute! I love to travel as well (and just went to San Francisco this summer! You’ll love it!) and eat of course! I love your food philosophy – and hey New England! I’m adding you to my blog roll to follow along!
Erin
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Awesome blog. I love traveling but don’t get to do it as much as i’d like. i better get to it before we have any kiddes! Love the blog
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Just found your blog from Live, Laugh Eat’s and was so excited when I read that you live on Boston! I lived there for 7 years and absolutely loved it! I’m in NC now but truly miss New England! Can’t wait to read more.
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You have a great blog! Looking forward to more healthy delicious recipes!
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Thanks for stopping by my blog. It’s nice to find other foodies living in Boston. I love your blog and look forward to reading more. I am particularly interested in your passion for local wine, I don’t know that much about wine but would love to learn and local is always better in my opinion
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You are fabulous in every way! I am so glad you are sharing this love of yours with the world! I look forward to following it!
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A Boston gal with a love of Pitt bulls and travel who makes delicious sounding food? Fantastic! Fellow Beantown resident and new devoted reader here- can’t wait to read more. It’s always exciting to see other Boston blogs! I cannot wait to try your tomato soup with the brie and fig sandwiches.
Jenny (www.colorhungry.wordpress.com)
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Hi! Thanks for visiting my blog! Yours is great – visiting wineries and winetasting has become one of my favorite hobbies over the years as well (although there aren’t many good wineries in PA).
I’ll definitely be visiting again!
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I just found your blog and can’t wait to read more! So much of your About Me are things that I would say (if I put more time into my About Me
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Hey! I just found your blog but may have visited before (?).. Life begins to meld together.. I don’t know.. I love your title and your pics. I love to travel.. and eat.. and you get the picture! Just letting you know I’ll be tagging along for the ride for a while here.. happy blogging!
Georgia in Texas
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Came across your blog today and just wanted to say hi! I love traveling, healthy living and animals too!
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You are a kindred spirit! Just found your blog! Am following you on twitter! I am very interested in what you discover in New England. I live in NY state.
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Thanks for visiting my blog! I would like to take a trip to the Finger Lakes wine region in New York soon!
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I love love love this section. I’ve recently started a blog and will be following yours.
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Hi ya Hon,
Glad you enjoyed your trip back to Ireland. I just had a good look through your blog. Well done it’s great. It’s in my favourites now. I’m looking forward to seeing more. You have inspired me. I’m definitely going to start work on mine.
Thanks again for Sunday’s yummy dinner.
C XxP.s I know what to get you for your 30th… KERRYGOLD!!!
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We have the same dream jobs — working for a travel or food publication and being paid to travel around the world.
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Glad to find another Boston Foodie — and a runner too!
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Thank you for visiting my blog.
I’m looking forward to reading your posts. I love to travel as well, and eat. Running is another passion of mine. Bravo!!! A marathon is not an easy task to accomplish, now three? Ayaa yayyy.
I have to say that I really like your About page, (I have not finish mine
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“Fat cheese, real butter, bread, chocolate, and fresh vegetables and fruits”? You are my kind of person!Well, I hope you are having a fantastic day, filled with food, health and joy, lots of joy.
It’s is a pleasure meeting you.Alba H. Rodriguez
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I LOVE your food and fitness philosophy! I see a ton of comparisons between you and me – especially that you’re in Boston and so am I!
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Hi! I’m enjoying your blog. I live near the Finger Lakes region in NY and would be happy to share tips with you about traveling in this area or we could meet up!
Alison
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Thank you for commenting! I can’t wait to check out your site. The Finger Lakes region is on the top of my to-visit list, maybe this summer or fall. I will definitely let you know if we decide to plan a trip. Its so close!
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Love your blog and life experiences!
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Attn: Blog Leader
I’m writing from Emmy-winning production company, Magical Elves (Project Runway and Top Chef). We are casting a new show for NBC called United Plates of America (wt) – a competition show where the next great restaurant concept could make a big splash. We are seeking foodies, entrepreneurs, restaurateurs, those with a creative business sense and really anyone with the next big idea in the food biz. As someone whose content gets in front of a lot of these types, we are hoping you might find this interesting enough to let your readers know about.
More information can be found at: http://www.NBC.com/casting, with a click through to our site with the application on it.
We will be announcing our nationwide open calls soon, please keep checking the website for updated details.
Thank you for considering posting; it might be an exciting thing for someone who gets on the show to have heard it from you first. . .
Best Regards
Jason Skweres
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I love your site! Your philosophies are very similar to mine! I LOVE food and Whole Foods is my favorite store
I am curious about Friday’s Foodie Feature. How do you pick the Foodies you feature? I would Love to be featured (since I just started my blog a month ago I am looking for as much exposure as I can) and in return I could feature you in one of my posts! Let me know! Thanks and great site!!-
I would love to feature you! Basically, all you have to do is answer the questions in bold in the Friday Foodie Feature and email those with a photo to me @ traveleatlove2009@hotmail.com. Once I receive the answers, I will let you know when it will post.
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My friends think I’m crazy that I’d rather meander down an aisle at the grocery store over taking a stroll through the Prudential shops, so you’re not alone! Wish you luck at finding a way to couple your career of communications with your love for food – I’m hoping and dreaming of the same thing.
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So nice to meet another boston blogger!
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Love your site and topics! Being a gal from Beantown, I feel like I know you already! Prezza is a great restaurant! Good luck on Monday. It should be good running weather.
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I love your blog, I try to read it everyday after work to catch up with what is going on in Boston and also the wine world.
Keep up the good work.
Enrico
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Thank you, Enrico. I appreciate the support!
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Okay…I think you are my long-lost friend. I love you and I don’t even know you
…first – can you get me a job at your publishing company …uh, no for real – please?!
Second, I picked up the French Women Don’t Get Fat -and appreciate your feedback above.
3rd – well, I also want to work for food/wine companies, write, travel…all that stuff….oh, please, oh please will somebody hire me…
Ahem – sorry off track there – 4th – I just love your blog…and am uber impressed at your running abilities.
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Hey I just discovered your blog from CarrotsNCake and I live in southern NH and am frequently in Boston also. I am also working on a degree in Marketing! Can’t wait to read about your food adventures around NE!
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Thank you for stopping by! I look forward to reading your blog!
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Oh how I miss Gwynnie and Bitman and Mario and Claudia. I loved that series! I would always settle in with a really great glass of wine to watch each episode. I live in NorCal so I’m a frequenter of many wineries. It’s such fun.
Great blog
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Next time we are going to CA I would love to hear your recommendations!
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Love the picture – looks like a great event.
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You ran a marathon in Bermuda!?! I was born there! What made you decide to run a marathon there??
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I love love love your view towards food and exercise….that sometimes you’re a “runner” and other times you just fit exercise into your everyday life. I’m a twenty-something girl on the quest for the balance you’ve found
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Just found your blog through foodbuzz and I definitely will be following this now. Also adding you to through the networked blogs to follow.
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Hi there! I wandered over from Daisy’s blog (she’s my best friend) and I just recently started a travel blog of my own. I’ve been reading through a few of your latest posts and have enjoyed them immensely! Travel being near and dear to my heart, I gravitated towards your end of year “Travel” post. I look forward to reading more!
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Thank you for commenting! I am going to check out your blog right now. We haven’t been traveling as much as usual, so I will live vicariously through you!
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I totally agree about The French Women Don’t Get Fat Cookbook and the whole European mentality of eating smaller portions of quality foods (ie real butter) in place of an XL serving of fake diet “food” (and I do use the word “food” loosely in this context…who honestly considers Tasti D-Lite satisfying??). My last blog post actually included a recipe from that cookbook because I’m OBSESSED with Magical Breakfast Cream and I swear I ate it every day for 3 months.
I laughed when I read about preferring grocery shopping to clothes shopping because I, once a mall fanatic, am now more thrilled by the sight of fresh veggies.
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Thank you so much for your comment! I look forward to checking out your blog as well!
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I love your food philosophy! Can’t wait to see more of your recipes! Oh, and I love pit bulls, too…They’re the best!
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wow, Im impressed you found that! I will bookmark this site!
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Um, I love your job. I do kind of the same thing with being a concierge, but it looks like you have so much more fun! I can’t wait to keep reading.
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Keep up the excellent blog- I am amazed how you do all these things you write about – AND – still have the time to write about them.
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Thanks! If you have any suggestions on places I MUST eat at, send them my way! I will do my best to oblige
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Hi there!
I just stumbled upon your blog from Melissanibbles. I am also in Boston, 31, a runner, with 2 cats and a husband! I love your approach to food and exercise. I’ll be following along now!
Take care,
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Thanks so much for commenting! I hope you are having a good rainy Saturday
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Thanks so much for your kind comment! I am really looking forward to getting older and all that there is to learn. I will check out your blog as well
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Thanks so much for commenting! I love New England, especially this time of year
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I love discovering more Boston blogs! Local wine can be great, and the Coastal Wine Trail is a lot of fun.
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Thanks for your comment! I love “meeting” other Bostonians through the blog. I am looking forward to reading yours!
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My “about me” took almost 5 months to beef up! Thanks for commenting, I look forward to reading your blog
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I love the name Georgia, so pretty! Thank you so much for stopping by!
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