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Boston’s Summer Theater Offerings 2012

Boston’s Summer Theater Offerings 2012

While there may not be anything quite like a summer respite from the heat in the cool enclave of a city movie theater, perhaps you are looking for a retreat a bit more engaging, enlightening or even more entertaining. If Broadway beckons you but a trip to Times Square frightens you, remember that Boston has […]

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Cupcake Artistry – Georgetown Cupcake Now open on Newbury Street

Filed in Featured, Spotlight, Things To Do, Tourism by on July 1, 2012 0 Comments
Cupcake Artistry – Georgetown Cupcake Now open on Newbury Street

There really can’t be such a thing as too many cupcake shops in a city as I see it. And as I am fresh off a trip from NYC that featured a trip to Magnolia’s Bakery, the famed cupcakery on West Bleeker Street, I was rather delighted to come back home to find that Georgetown […]

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Get Your Summer Bod Ready in Boston

Filed in Featured, Lifestyle by on June 11, 2012 0 Comments
Get Your Summer Bod Ready in Boston

Can’t yet bear to bare it all? Well, now that our patch of less than stellar weather is hopefully behind us, now is the time to do some serious summer body maintenance as our glorious sun has started to show its face once again. To help you out – here are some hot spots to […]

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Boston Summer Libation Picks 2012

Filed in Featured, Things To Do by on May 31, 2012 0 Comments
Boston Summer Libation Picks 2012

There is nothing like the heat of summer in the city to help you work up a thirst. And when you are looking to quench your thirst with a drink of the alcoholic variety, the choices are many.  So consider the following while making your selection: look for a creative set of mixologists that know […]

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The Revere Has Arrived

The Revere Has Arrived

Perhaps named solely for the opportunity for Bostonians to show off their Boston accents, the Revere Hotel (read: Ree-vah Hotel) Hotel is now open in Boston in the former home of the Radisson. A block from the Boston Common and steps from the heart of the Theater District, the Revere plays on the historic side […]

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Boston Comic Con This Weekend

Filed in Things To Do by on October 23, 2009 0 Comments
Boston Comic Con This Weekend

As if having Barack Obama in town today wasn’t exciting enough, the city will play host this weekend to a different kind of super hero – those of the tights and cape variety. Geek chic hits astronomical levels as the Boston Comic Con graces the Back Bay Events Center (180 Berkeley St., Boston) this Saturday, […]

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Haunted Happenings in Salem MA

Filed in Headline, Local Events, Things To Do by on October 17, 2009 2 Comments
Haunted Happenings in Salem MA

Whether those young ladies of the Salem Witch Trials were real witches or just misunderstood (or misguided) youths, the reality is there are self-declared witches and warlocks who today call Salem home year round.  Thus the reason for making Salem, MA the most fitting spot to celebrate Halloween, so long as large crowds of ghoulish […]

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Disorientation 2009

Disorientation 2009

Boston is no doubt a college town.  And WFNX, the alternative college-centric station, and the Boston Phoenix, the alternative college-centric weekly paper (both owned by the same company) welcomes back the student population every year with their Disorientation concert. While the format, cost and location changes from year to year, a few things remain the […]

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The 8th Annual Boston Tattoo Convention

The 8th Annual Boston Tattoo Convention

Whether you’re inked yourself, looking for some derma deco, or just admire the body art of others, the 8th Annual Boston Tattoo Convention is a spectacle you simply do not want to miss out on. Taking place October 2nd, 3rd and 4th at the Boston Center for the Arts, this year’s convention promises more than […]

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Boston Fashion Week

Filed in Arts & Entertainment, Headline, Local Events by on September 26, 2009 0 Comments
Boston Fashion Week

While  Boston may not be the fashion epi-center that New York likes to think it is, Boston has more than its share of youthful, innovative, creative and out-of-the norm designers that bring new notions to the runway. And, as anyone who has taken a mid-day stroll down Newbury Street knows, Bostonians love to don their […]

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