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City Life

The Rise of ‘Elite Speak’: Why Do Smart People Sound So Dumb?

  The realization that a large number of well-educated, well-meaning Bostonians had lost the ability to talk like regular people crystallized for me recently, after […]

City Life

Does Boston Still Drink?

It’s Saturday night, 7 p.m. to be precise, and the temperature is going down faster than the $1 oysters at Vialé. Wind whips through my […]

City Life

No Trad Wives Welcome Here: The Identity Crisis of Massachusetts’ Stay-at-Home Moms

Meet Allison (she’d rather not use her real name—you’ll see why in a moment), who thought she was living the dream. Last summer, she ditched […]

Life & Style

Inside the New World of Luxury Kids’ Parties, Where Parents Are Plus-Ones

Forget the Met Gala—today’s soirees of the century are where VIPs still raid their parents’ closets for couture. From bubble artists to custom teepees to […]