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Five Takeaways from a Conversation with Charlie Moore
He has a flashy designer wardrobe, a thick Boston accent, and a bright-yellow Lamborghini—in other words, not exactly what you’d expect from a typical outdoorsman. […]
JC Monahan: Breaking My Silence
I could hear their voices, soft and muffled. I couldn’t make out what they were saying. Eventually, they grew louder. Two, maybe three male voices? […]
Five Takeaways from a Conversation with Paul Theroux
At a time when getting away still feels like a distant dream to many, Paul Theroux’s award-winning oeuvre of travelogues and novels beckons with epic […]
What I Learned From Walking All Over Town
I became a walker in part because I didn’t know where Union Square was. When I first moved to the Boston area, my geographical knowledge […]
Are the Red Sox Owners in It for the Love of the Gain?
For Red Sox die-hards, the turn of the calendar to March represents an invitation to officially begin obsessing about the upcoming season. Despite the past […]
Who Gets to Be Bostonian Onscreen?
Teyonah Parris may be making headlines these days as Monica Rambeau on the Disney+ Marvel series WandaVision, but watching her trade quips with the Scarlet […]
Five Takeaways from a Conversation with Chef Jason Santos
It used to be that the phrase “blue hair” conjured up images of old ladies. These days, it’s just as likely to make you think […]
Her Pain Was Their PR
Erica Johnson couldn’t contain the emotion that came over her as she rang the ceremonial bell marking the end of her cancer treatment, sobbing, her […]
East Boston Oysters’ Alexis Cervasio Shares Some of Her Favorite Things
Last March, when COVID-19 forced Alexis Cervasio to cancel East Boston Oysters’ coveted oyster and caviar parties—themed bashes thrown by her self-proclaimed “secret supper club”—she […]
This Modern Porch in Rockport Was Once a Crawl Space
Will Ruhl purposely bought a ranch in Rockport knowing he was going to renovate it. But in between the time he and his wife made […]
We Can’t Get Enough of These Handmade Homewares by John Francis Designs
More than two decades ago, John Welch and his peers sat around benches creating birdhouses during eighth-grade shop class. Today, he works atop one of […]
It Ain’t Easy Being Green during a Pandemic
Ecologically speaking, my personal pandemic nadir came when I finally tried to deal with the accumulation of plastic bags in my kitchen closet, which had […]
An Oral History of Wally’s Café
When Wally’s Paradise opened its doors in 1947, it wasn’t just serving up stiff drinks and smokin’ jazz to patrons—it was making history. After all, […]
Five Takeaways from a Conversation with Linda Henry
From the pandemic to a new U.S. president, 2021 is off to a busy start if you’re in the news biz. For the Boston Globe’s […]
Winter, the Weatherman, and Me
It’s an odd thing, someone you’ve never met becoming a significant person in your life. But it can happen. That’s what I was thinking about […]