Taste of Back Bay 2017

The Red Balloon is pleased to share the official 2017 Taste of Back Bay Press Release:

The Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay (NABB) will hold its 22^ndAnnual Taste of the Back Bay on Thursday, May 11^th 2017, from 6:30-9:30 pm at the Prudential Skywalk. Come and sample some of the finest food and drink Boston has to offer. This year a portion of the proceeds will benefit Women’s Lunch Place in addition to NABB’s many community programs.  Tickets are $125 members/ $135 non-members/ $150 day of event. For more information or to order tickets go to www.nabbonline.com or call 617-247-3961.

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Contact:                                                                                 Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay

Susan Baker                                                                          www.nabbonline.com

Taste of the Back Bay                                                         info@nabbonline.com

Baker.sue@comcast.net                                                    160 Commonwealth Ave.#L-8, Boston, MA 02116

617-867-9501                                                                      617-247-3961

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                    Back Bay Neighbors to Celebrate the 22^nd Annual Taste of the Back Bay

                                                To be held Thursday, May11^th, 2017

The Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay (NABB) is pleased to announce the restaurants and vendors that will be participating in its 22nd Annual Taste of the Back Bay on Thursday, May 11^th 2017 from 6:30-9:30 pm at the Prudential Skywalk. The proceeds from this year’s Taste will benefit NABB’s many community programs, and a portion will be donated to the Women’s Lunch Place.

The Taste of the Back Bay is an annual sampling of the finest food and drink available in the Back Bay and the surrounding area-including signature dishes, fine wine, and micro-brewed beer. This year’s stellar lineup includes:

-Abe & Louie’s                                     -Kashmir

-Atlantic Fish                                       -King’s Boston

-Bauer Wine & Spirits                        -La Voile

-Bar Boulud                                          -Legal Sea Foods

-Brasserie Jo                                         -L’Espalier

-Bristol Lounge                                    -Lucca Back Bay

-Back Bay Beats                                   -Papa Razzi

-Buttermilk & Bourbon                      -Pecinct Kitchen + Bar

-Capital Grille                                       -Off the Common

-Cornish Pasty Co.                               -Roost Bistro/The Patisserie

-DeLuca’s Market                                -Stephanie’s on Newbury

-Earl’s Kitchen + Bar                          -Still River Winery

-Eatlay                                                   -Top of the Hub

-Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse           -The Urban Grape

-Georgetown Cupcake                        -80 Thoreau

-Joe’s American Bar & Grill                                                                                                                                              

                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                                               

Tickets are now on sale and cost $125 for NABB members, $135 for non-members, and $150 day of event.  Those wishing to attend are encouraged to purchase tickets early.

To purchase tickets, go to www.nabbonline.com or call the NABB office at 617-247-3961.

Man of the Year 2016

The Red Balloon is posting a favorite photo from this past Friday night's Hasty Pudding 50th Man of the Year Celebration: seriously, women everyone are asking, "Who wouldn't want to be that Pudding Pot?"

It was an honor to be part of a tradition with the utmost artistic integrity, including that one part when Joseph Gordon-Levitt took his pants off.

This year Joseph Gordon-Levitt became the 50th Hasty Pudding Man of the Year joining the ranks of Robert De Niro, Martin Scorsese, Christopher Walken, Steven Spielberg, Sean Connery, Robert Downey Jr. and Billy Crystal, all of whom have their very own Hasty Pudding Pot. The story of how the Man of the Year title started comes from the very first man of the year, Bob Hope, who contacted the Hasty Pudding Theatre as he knew they had only a Woman of the Year distinction at the time. He told them he had the perfect candidate for Man of the Year: Himself! And so the rest is history. Today the tradition continues as Joseph Gordon-Levitt received his latest title with honor! Here's to the Man of the Year!