Best of. . .

Its almost Friday. . . and Friday at 6 is my favorite time of the week! I hope you are all gearing up for a fun and relaxing weekend. I have a few product reviews coming up this weekend, and my first guest post ever will be posted on On a Lobster Placemat on Monday morning! I spent my walk home tonight thinking of a Travel Eat Love “Best of”, a post that I will schedule to do quarterly to share my favorites with you all. . . and to see how my favorites change as I try more things and go new places! You will see that my “Best of” isn’t always the most expensive option, that would be too easy! These are real-life things I love; yes, money might be able to buy better, more exotic, or more glamorous, but I wanted to share what was best right now. Sometimes I focus too much on the “I’ll be happy when. . .” and not on what I have been able to experience so far.

Feel free to continue the fun by copying and pasting, making city/town appropriate changes, filling it out, either in the comments section or on your own blog. I would love to learn about what you all love and to have more categories added. I could keep going and going. . .

And don’t forget that the Get Well Stay Well giveaway ends tomorrow! If you haven’t entered and Tweeted/posted about it, make sure to get it in before 8 tomorrow night!

Best of Fitness
Best half marathon: The Covered Bridges Half Marathon, Woodstock, VT
Best marathon: Boston, obviously 🙂
Best gym: Healthworks Back Bay
Best running shop: Marathon Sports
Best walking city: Barcelona Best running city: San Francisco hehehe  

Best of My Travels
Best hotels: The Landmark, London and The Broadmoor, Colorado Springs
Best airline: Virgin (America and Atlantic!)
Best overall travel destination: West Coast of Ireland
Best sushi: Katen Sushi Bar, The Marriott Marquis, Times Square, NYC
Best wine bar: Biquets, Galway, Ireland
Best spa:Spirit One Thermal Suite (Galway again!)
Best market: Naschmarkt, Vienna
Best atmosphere: Old Montreal on an Autumn evening
Best Southern city: Charleston, SC
Best “European-like” North American city: Montreal  

Best of Boston & New England
Best cocktail bar: Eastern Standard (site appears to be down)
Best Italian: Bricco
Best tapas: Toro
Best French: Les Zygomates
Best lunch AND best fixed price menu:  Myers + Chang
Best after work”happy hour”  AND best brunch spot: Masa
Best romantic date spot”: Tangierino
Best suburban restaurant: Ten Center, Newburyport, MA
Best day or two trip: The Coastal Wine Trail
Best dive bar: Delux
Best wine shop: Bin Ends!!!!, Braintree
Best seafood: Neptune Oyster  

Best of Food and Wine
Best cheese: La Tur
Best red: Paso A Paso Tempranillo
Best white: Schiopetto Bianco
Best bubbly: Gloria Ferrer Va de Vi
Best grocery store: Trader Joes
Best chocolate: Cadbury Bourneville
Best olives: lemon marinated olives from Whole Foods
Best beer: Harpoon Old Salt Ale for Legal Seafoods (will be reviewing this weekend)