Cinco cosas for your Cinco de Mayo.

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Annual Be Kind to Pets Week
What: Adopt a fuzzy creature from The Animal Rescue League of Boston.
Why: A subject sure to give you paws.
When: Thru Sat. (Or anytime you’re ...

Some people say Harvard Square has lost its character. They rattle off a list of dearly departed shops and old standbys, and you feel like you missed all the fun.

Next victim? Iruna, the Spanish stalwart that introduced tapas to ...

So your dear friend gets a makeover. And, you know, you’re happy for her. She looks good.

But you’re worried. Will her head get huge? Will she suddenly be too busy for the likes of you?

That’s how we felt ...

As any flawless maiden of Tokyo will attest, the secret to beauty isn’t about just one product.

It’s a lifestyle. A way of seeing things.

Know what we mean? If not, you will, now that the Shu Uemura cosmetics boutique (only the third ...

Somewhere between bargain Bui and Coltrane, you’re destined to hit a high note.

BUY
Whim Sale
What: Twenty percent — off everything — for one day only.
Why: Poleci and Earnest Sewn and Bui, oh my.
When: Sat., 11 a.m.-7 p.m.
Where:

Let’s face it: A girl likes attention.

But for all the right reasons (a stand-out-in-the-crowd silhouette, say), not all the wrong ones (a stand-up Elizabethan collar).

So draw their eyes with something unique from clothing line Zero Maria Cornejo. The ...

For some chefs, opening a restaurant is pure hell.

But when you’re Dante (de Magistris, that is), you wouldn’t have it any other way.

After earning his chops around town (at the Fed, Restaurant L back when it was Cafe ...