Happy Saturday, B-Siders!
🫖 Introducing our next supper club: Silver Dove Afternoon Tea on Feb. 28 at 1 p.m.! B-Side members get full afternoon tea service for just $40 all in (normally ~$60!). Enjoy bites like delicious scones, finger sandwiches, pastries, and ofc, a pot of tea. Start a free trial here to get a ticket!
👀 What’s on tap today:
THE girl dinner deal
A local spa day hack
Why a Fleet game made me cry
Up first …
B-SIDE GUIDE
Girlfriends, Galentine’s, and girl dinner
Illustration: Emily Schario.
Winter might be dragging, but your plans certainly aren’t. From $30 dinners to apartment pizza to wine nights, these are the best bites, bargains, and buys to cure your winter blues:
🔑 P.S. To claim any B-Side Member discounts, signup to become a member (free trial), and we’ll email you promo codes for these events.
🍝 Jump on our new girl dinner deal. Area Four Pizza in Kendall Square is giving B-Side members the ultimate $30 meal deal all February long: a Caesar salad, your choice of pepperoni pizza or vodka pasta, and any cocktail. Yes, really. Just show your B-Side pass!
🧘 Breathe to the beat. Source Method hosts modern breathwork classes in Somerville and Cambridge — think pulse-slowing breathing techniques with playlists that actually slap. B-Side members get $15 entry to class on February 8, 16, 23, and March 4 (normally $27). Check their schedule for times and book your first class here!
Note: Code must be applied to any 'Full Price' ticket at checkout.
🏋 Sweat it out on Newbury Street. Pop Up Wrkout and Reforming Pilates turned a Newbury Street townhouse into a heated Pilates studio, so snag a spot to one of the final Saturday, Sunday, or Monday classes before they're gone! B-Side members can score a free yoga mat towel at any remaining class when you flash your pass ($28 value). Book here!
🍷 Trade roses for rosé. Need Thursday plans? Join us and Pana Tastings on Feb. 5 at M Fine Arts Galerie for a members-only wine tasting with light bites. Learn how to taste wine from a sommelier (and keep the glass!). Tickets are $25 for B-Side members only.
💌 Hear ye, single B-Side boys: Our matchmaking event with Love Letters at WBUR CitySpace is Feb. 12 and there are 6 spots left for men. Buy your ticket here (or send this to your single friends!).
P.S. If you’re participating, consider this is your reminder to fill out the questionnaire ASAP! You should have an email. <3
🍹 Mix drinks with your gals. Girlfriends Boston and Daiquiris & Daisies are teaming up to host a Galentine's Day cocktail party on Feb. 13 with a welcome drink, hands-on cocktail-making, and light bites from women-owned restaurants. B-Side members save $5. Grab tickets here!
The rest of this newsletter, including the four below things to do listings and all of the above deals, is for our premium members who contribute to our journalism.
🍕 Boston’s new fav pizza is from … an apartment?!
🤑 A $10 menu that requires a bar seat
❣️ A craft with a complimentary mocktail
🌿 A super-wholesome plant swap in Brighton
If you start a 14-day trial below, you’ll be able to continue reading today’s issue at bside.beehiiv.com!
👀 Plus, our members get access to curated Boston Globe content every Saturday — paywall-free. Here are this week’s reads:
🥶 We’re in what we call the “New England trenches.” Here’s the latest on this Sunday’s potential nor’easter. Spoiler: *Hopefully* not a lot of snow (for Boston).
🤖 ChatGPT: Can you clean up this email? Here’s how American workers (and how many) are really using AI in the workplace.
😋 Cooking dinner for dummies. All you need for this recipe: A sheet pan, a few veggies, some sausages, a hot oven, and BOOM, dinner is ready.
🥯 You like bagels, eh? This new bagel joint in Allston is bringing Montreal-style goodness to the neighborhood.
😂 The most Boston photobomb doesn’t exi … We stand corrected. This bride and groom planned for a wedding at the Omni Parker House — but they didn’t plan for a photo bombing by Paul Revere and co.
🧖 You don’t need plane tickets to escape the cold. Just use this hack to get into some of Boston’s bougiest hotel facilities on the cheap.
🐟 More people are getting hooked on tinned fish. And this New England native’s brand has helped lure them in.
🎓 Men are opting out of college. And New England’s campuses are missing them. The gender gap is widening year by year, to the point where colleges are worrying about the shortage of male students.
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