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A Primer on Boston’s Victorian-Era Buildings

From Boston Home’s Summer 2023 issue. Boston is considered a contemporary architectural underdog, often overshadowed by larger cities. But few places can boast of more than […]

Alcohol Sales Tax Repeal: A Decision Worth Toasting?

Our long civic nightmare is over: Starting this month, booze is once again sales-tax free.

Fresh Faces

KRISTIN WANTED A NEW NOSE. A better nose. A resculpted, slightly smaller version of the original, with no bump on its bridge and a shorter, […]

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The Schwartz Factor: Donny Marshall

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

The Schwartz Factor: John Hodgman

The PC guy from those Mac commercials instructs Jason Schwartz in the fine art of preparing and serving canard.

Prescient to a T

James Michael Curley had the T all figured out decades ago. Here’s why we should have listened.

The Schwartz Factor: Yo-Yo Ma

The classical music phenom is searching for a new collaborator, and is even willing—God help him—to give Jason Schwartz a try.

Book: The Idler's Glossary

The genuine idler is not a dawdling layabout but rather a philosopher king, savoring the pleasure of his own thoughts and planning to act on […]

Book: The Idler's Glossary

The genuine idler is not a dawdling layabout but rather a philosopher king, savoring the pleasure of his own thoughts and planning to act on […]

By the Numbers

200Estimated number of tubs of Fluff to be served at the What the Fluff? festival in Somerville’s Union Square on 9/27, which this year will […]