May 2007 Archives - Boston Magazine

May 2007 Issue

City Style

Just because it’s old doesn’t mean it’s vintage. Tips on spotting the good stuff.

The Breakdown: How to Shop Vintage

A historic neighborhood gets gussied up.

What’s In Store: Twilight

Subtle is so last season. Electrify your warm-weather look this month with a statement carryall in a starry sheen.

Get This: Silver Bags

New York export Equinox invades the Boston fitness scene this month. We put it head-to-head with our city’s reigning gym, the swish Sports Club/LA.

Sweat Shops

Hit the ground running with a batch of ready-for-planting, city-friendly flower bulbs.

Bloom Town

City Style: The Local Diet Roundup

The Local Diet Roundup

The authors of the new Martha’s Vineyard Diet Detox book promise “purification of body and soul” and dramatic weight loss by the glass. Rachel Baker takes the plunge.

Fashion Masochist: Liquid Detox

The Harbor Islands make for an easy day trip for sunbathers, history buffs—and especially the traffic-weary.

The Other Islands

High-end design takes a laid-back approach.

Couch Surfing

Feeling pasty but unsure which self-tanner to choose? In pursuit of sun-kissed perfection, we brave orange ankles to test new potions and old standbys.

Glow Getters

Other

Soldiers who say they no longer believe in armed combat come to Louis Font for help getting out of it. That hasn’t made the Brookline lawyer very popular with Army brass. But his own experience in uniform has convinced him that changing the way the

The War Within

With women way past liberated and our collective libido in hyperdrive, it’s a glorious time to be a guy. For the desperate ones not getting any, though, the shame has never stung worse. Fortunately for them, seduction guru Vin DiCarlo has the solut

A Portrait of the Pickup Artist as a Young Man

A certified desk potato—and self-professed motivational vacuum—pounds both pavement and punching bags in search of Boston’s most excuse-proof fitness programs. What she discovers will hearten all those who dread, don’t understand,

7 Perfect Workouts for the Perfectly Workout-Averse

Avi Kremer doesn’t want your pity. He wants your money. And when patients like him sponsor their own search for a cure, it raises an uncomfortable question: Do some diseases simply deserve more research dollars than others?

The Priorities of an Impatient Patient

An amateur’s guide to scoring at Brimfield.

Field Notes

Gonz Show Extended: Akrobatik

When I first called your phone, it went straight to voicemail. Which made me laugh, cause your voicemail message is nothing but the A-Team theme […]

Stock up on clothes with a little history—from Chanel suits to cowboy boots—at our favorite vintage shopping spots.

Bobby from Boston This museumlike SoWa shop showcases truckloads of old-school gentlemen’s (and some women’s) apparel and gear with a dandy staff and a Sgt. […]

Poised for monumental change, our provincial town is looking beyond its borders for new ways to do things. Too bad it keeps ripping off all the wrong ideas.

Copycat City, USA

Letters: May 2007

Letters: May 2007

Celebrity-obsessed kids (and it’s not just the girls) are taking prom mania to new heights with red carpet arrivals, $2,000 getups, and Diddy-style after-parties. And their guilt-ridden parents are going along with it.

Lights, Camera…Prom!

How Boston bluefin tuna became one of the world’s most obsessively coveted and extravagantly expensive foods—and why, decades later, you can finally eat it here.

The One That Almost Got Away

Local fitness experts share tips on making the most of your workout regimen.

Bodies of Knowledge

Five more unconventional ways to feel the burn.

Exercising Your Options

Music to sweat by, courtesy of three area athletes.

Amped Up

City Journal

City Journal: MVP

MVP

City Journal: Senior Year

Senior Year

Forget Morning Edition—Dorchester’s best-loved rapper is reinventing the way we get news. He gives John Gonzalez a taste of his skills.

The Gonz Show: Akrobatik

City Journal: Sucka Brown

Sucka Brown

City Journal: Addled

Addled

The juiciest bits from an opinionated new book on the Cape Wind dustup.

Beach Screed

Restaurants

Cleaning up never smelled so sweet.

Orange Crush

Somerville’s La Spina has classic appeal, but could use a little modern refinement.

Just Like Old Napoli

Dairy Queen

Dairy Queen

A week in Provence…Tuscany, Paris, or Barcelona? Local guides create culinary tours for every palate.

Movable Feasts

Gari serves up sushi that’s anything but standard.

Reinventing the Roll

Jasper White shares a few tricks.

Love Shack

Hot dog maven Eddie Andelman points the way to six of his favorite wiener joints.

Man Bites Dogs