Matt Siegel, WXKS-FM
We particularly liked his Cabbage Patch doll promotion. That was the one, you may recall, that had no dolls. Just cabbages. With adoption papers.
"Goya and the Spirit of the Enlightenment"
One hundred thirty of the artist's most painterly paintings, drawings, and prints revealed a Goya we hardly knew and couldn't help but admire. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA .
When an actor appearing in Molière's School for Wives at the Merrimack Repertory Theater called for his lines five times in one scene . . . and nobody answered.
Larry Moulter
He's made a civic monument out of a millionaire's new playpen on behalf of the one percent of the population that will be able to buy popcorn there without matching federal funds.
Constantine "Gus" Hampers, husband of Republican candidate for state treasurer Joyce Hampers
Charged by the government with illegally importing endangered species—two ocelots and one mountain lion, found stuffed and mounted in the Hamperses' house last spring.
Saks Fifth Avenue
Izod shirts and shorts tiny enough for newborns are only one attraction here. There are also three-piece pin-stripes for post-toddlers. Prudential Center, Boston, MA .
Icarus
We love it, especially on Friday nights, when there is live jazz (resuming in September), and you're sitting in one of the booths by the wall with a bottle of champagne. 3 Appleton St., Boston, MA .
China Pavillion
This one kind of snuck up on us. Excellent menu top to bottom (unusual for Chinatown), with outstanding dim sum and clams in black-bean sauce. 14 Hudson St., Boston, MA .
Mark Roosevelt
His boast that he was one of the best Massachusetts legislators of the twentieth century makes Charles de Gaulle look like Joe Meek.
Ana Sortun, Aigo Bistro
One taste of her gutsy, flavorful food and you'll know that few people really understand cooking the way she does. 84 Thoreau Street (Concord Depot), Concord, MA .
Speed's hot-dog cart
You've got to taste them, preferably with the special sauces, to believe them. Exra "Spee " Anderson is one of the Hub's great culinary treasures. Somewhere in the corner of the Newmarket parking lot, corner of Massachsuetts Avenue and Newmarket Square, Boston, MA .
A duo: Craig Janney and Bob Joyce
The Bruins needed new blood with fast feet and clever moves. In the two Olympians—one American, the other Canadian—they found it.
Johnny D's
The crowd is young and lively and the lineup is unfailingly eclectic (Texas swing one night, reggae the next) at this live-music institution. 17 Holland St., Somerville, MA 2144, .
Frank Phillips, <em>Boston Herald</em>
Beats the Globe with State House stories weekly, despite being outnumbered four to one by the Globe's reporters.
Andy Hiller, Channel 4
Old helmet head. Of course he's obnoxious. That's one of his endearing qualities.