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City Life

China’s Town

The priciest homes, the best schools, the hottest handbags: From Newbury Street to the waterfront, big-money Chinese buyers are spending millions. Are we cashing in or selling out?

Home & Property

Kitchens 2014: Get Cooking

Take inspiration from these four local cooking spaces, elegantly outfitted with cobalt-blue appliances, sparkling sea-glass tile, sumptuous wood, and other unique features.

City Life

Best Schools in Boston 2014

Our exclusive ranking of 65 area high schools. Plus, why the new president of the state’s teachers union wants to abolish testing altogether, and how Northeastern gamed U.S. News’s college-ranking system.

City Life

Best of Boston 2014

Our 41st annual guide to the best of everything in and around the city.

Weddings

Making Waves

Elegant gowns with of-the-moment details—illusion necklines, graphic lace, asymmetrical sleeves—shine against the Charles River and the very modern Harry Parker Boathouse.

Restaurants

The Boston Seafood Lover’s Guide

How to: Find a from-the-sea meal for every occasion. Shop for sushi. Wrangle ­octopus. Pan-sear bluefish like a chef. Turn your apartment ­kitchen into clambake central. And much, much more.

Home & Property

Return to Glamour

A neglected Back Bay mansion gets a new lease on life.

Arts & Entertainment

Summer in the City

The insider’s playbook to summering in Boston like a pro. From the hottest rooftop pools to the best festivals, here are 75+ ways to take the heat in style.

City Life

The Power of Ideas

Meet the city’s new power class: visionaries, idealists, and thinkers among us whose insights are transforming the way we live, work, learn, and play—not only here in Boston, but around the world.

City Life

Your Guide to the Best Marathon Ever

For the uninitiated and the seasoned spectators alike, we present our unofficial, irreverent, and completely idiosyncratic guide to Boston’s biggest day.