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Pulse Monitor

For years now, Boston’s been holding its own against other international cities.

Fine dining: Radius puts Balthazar to shame. Spas: Kinara’s got nothing on Bella Sante. Sports? Culture? Education? Please, quit your trash talk.

But then there’s fashion. Though local ...

Pickup Artists

It’s like crabby Aunt Betty always preached: Art degrees are useless in the real world. Expensive pieces of paper representing four years of bong hits and inapplicable creativity.

But try telling that to Bridget Devine and Toni MacDonald-Fein, who used ...

Cocktails, Anyone?

Admittedly, you may not covet everything your mom has. Her proclivity to nag? Thanks, but no thanks. The suburban helmet hair? Uh, ick. The fixation on Yanni? Pray it isn’t genetic.

But her honkin’ cocktail ring with yellow diamonds and ...

Navel Academy

If you were like most little kids, you thought your belly button was the most fascinating thing on the planet. Some people had innies, some had outies. And you didn’t get any say in what yours looked like. Basically, you ...

The Boston Evolution

Darwin’s Theory of Evolution may not reign supreme in everyone’s book these days, but here in Boston, it remains pretty much a given.

In our classrooms. In labs and museums. And, without a doubt, in our jewelry lines.

Just ask ...

Label Warnings

Some say logos are the way we brand our lives now. Everything is about recognition and status.

People may say that, but apparently they forgot to inform the folks at Glee, a new North Shore boutique. It isn’t that Glee ...

Queen for a Day

Magical transformations occur everywhere in the spring. Dry grass turns green, bare twigs sprout pink blossoms, and needles turn into bees.

Actually, the latter may happen only on Newbury Street — as what was once Eye of the Needle has ...

Honey, We're Home

Here’s the thing about kitsch: In the right hands (like those of your friend who rocks the cat eyeglasses like no one else), it can be the height of hipness. But in the wrong ones, it can look like your ...