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Table of Contents: Boston Mag

December 2008

Cover Story

Top Docs 2008: The Enlightened Patient

How to pick the right doctor, ask the right questions, and take charge of your healthcare.

Feature

A Crash Course in Crisis Economics*

*Starring (to the Extent, for Good or for Ill, That Any of This Can Come Down to One Person, Which...
Maureen Tkacik

Invasion of the Policy Snatchers

It may be a long time before Massachusetts matters again to presidential candidates, but the blitz of out-of-town cash that...
Joe Keohane

Let Them Eat Chicken

When Chris Kimball founded Cook's Illustrated, he broke all the industry rules. Now he's beating the glossies at their own...
Jane Black

The Bling Job

Alpha Omega founder Raman Handa shocked a lot of people when he mysteriously vanished last December, leaving his associates bewildered...
Alyssa Giacobbe

The Scientist and the Monster

MIT's Bob Rines has risked his reputation on a three-decade quest to solve one of the world's great mysteries.
Billy Baker

Winter Fashion: All Dressed Up and No Place To Go

Just because your budget's tighter doesn't mean style has to suffer. Dial back the occasion, ramp up the look: It's...

Dining, Food & Wine

Attention, Bistro Shoppers!

Still or sparkling? How about paper or plastic? Why top area eateries are suddenly going retail.
Donna Garlough

Hot Plates: Fruitcake

A few stollen moments worth savoring.
Travis Dagenais

The Heat Is On

As December's chill hits Foxboro, can Patriot Place lure revelers in from the parking lot? Our intrepid field testers weigh...
Jason Schwartz

The Iceman Stirreth

Drink's John Gertsen wields a mighty arsenal on his path to mixological perfection.
Amy Traverso

Turkish Delight

Ana Sortun's new Middle Eastern bakery and café Sofra specializes in morsels of a certain variety. (The kind that's impossible...
Corby Kummer

City Journal

Barely Legal

The steamy seafood ads the T wouldn't let you see.
Matt Donnelly

It's All New York's Fault

Turns out, Knickerbockers of old are just as much to blame for our budget woes as today’s greedy Wall Street...
Paul McMorrow

Rocking in the Old World

A Brookline-based Yiddish choral powerhouse marks a milestone.

Jason Schwartz

The Schwartz Factor: Donny Marshall

The new C's color man educates Jason Schwartz on the difference between Tommy Points and the Marshall Plan.
Jason Schwartz

Yule's Gold

It seems Father Christmas is the only one not tightening his belt this holiday season. Mayor Tom Menino may have...
Rachel L. Axelbank

City Style

Epic Proportions

The season's most irresistible unconventional silhouettes.

Fashion Masochist: Linebacker Shoulders

From shoulder pads to balloon sleeves, women's deltoids haven't been this big since Delta Burke was on Designing Women. Rachel...
Rachel Baker

Hostel Takeover

No need to let holiday visitors cramp your spare bedroom. Our cheat sheet for outsourcing guests of every ilk at...
Carmen D. Nobel and Emily...

It's the Thought That Counts

Don't let that pesky recession get you down. Using highly sophisticated analytics, our all-but-patented Gifting Wizard™ generates thrifty alternatives to...

Parental Rentals

When only a mother's touch will do, Wellesley's GoodDeeds leases it out by the hour.

Carmen D. Nobel

Santa's Real Helpers

No, they're not elves.
Emily A. Brown

Secret Santa (With People You'd Actually Want to Play With)

Our second annual round of the classic gift-swapping game, as played by nine creative Bostonians-all of whom have launched a...

Shop. Smarter.

Seasonal gift tips to help you navigate the retail wilderness.

Rachel Baker

The Great Stocking Stuff-off

We gave Boston's savviest personal shoppers three hours and $100 to round up some choice holiday loot.

January 2008

Click, Click, Boom Driven to Insanity The Big Digs 2007

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February 2008

A Wintry Blast How the Moultons Made Peace with the War King Sal

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March 2008

The Best Places to Live 2008 The Coolest Sellouts in Town Burning Up the Air

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April 2008

The Case Against Casanova Om Schooling Next-Generation Design

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May 2008

Errol Morris, in Five Takes Idol Chatter The Making of an Outraged Mom

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June 2008

Wanted: Kamikaze Candidates Summer Travel 2008: The Islands, Decoded Double Trouble

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July 2008

The City That Might Have Been The Shocking Truth Greener Than Thou

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August 2008

NKOTB 4-EVA!The Row Warrior Art Failure

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September 2008

The Martyrdom of John Connolly Harvard Business School: Ain't No Party Like an HBS Party The Girl Who Cried Wolf: A Holocaust Fairy Tale

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October 2008

It Ain't Easy Being Queen The Secrets of Their Successors The Envy Issue

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November 2008

No-Sin Zone Melee at the Manor A Most Proper Con

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December 2008

The Scientist and the Monster A Crash Course in Crisis Economics*Winter Fashion: All Dressed Up and No Place To Go

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Cover: Preview - Living History: Ted Kennedy in...

Cover: New England Travel: New England's Best Small...

Cover: Best High Schools 2009: The Best...

Cover: Best of Boston 2009

Travel Club Newsletter

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Dental Profiles

Keep your mouth happy and your body healthy. Find Boston’s finest dentists here.

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