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The Weekend Guide

Beat the dog days of summer with these beauties.

GIVE
A Dog a Bath
What:
The Hotel Marlowe hosts its third annual Bark & Bath. For $15, pups get a wash and dry from LaundroMutt and snow cones from Polka ...

Let’s Dish

The last time you threw a dinner party, it was:

a) Delicate. You were using Grandma’s hand-me-down china.
b) Served on Target-ware (circa ’98).
c) A cinch. All of the dishes were disposable.

Exactly when did you drop your ...

Start Your Engines

One car travels west from Boston at 60 mph, and another heads east from Worcester at 80 mph. Who reaches Newton first?

Who cares? If either car uses an MPG-Cap, less harm is being done to the environment.

Here’s why: ...

Zap Out of It

You’ve done a lot of things for love.

Fly-fishing. Countless football Sundays. Whipping up a souffle … naked. But all those testosterone-induced events led to the same thing: man-size portions. Of beer. Of pizza. Of souffle.

Might be time to ...

The Weekend Guide

It’s been a tough week. Take a few days off.

SEE
Movies by Moonlight
What:
Watch Hitchcock’s Vertigo outdoors on the big screen with a view of the harbor beyond.
Why: Don’t get dizzy. It’s free.
When: Fri. at dusk.

Pins and Needles

Shoulder: God, I hurt. Remind me not to hook-shot empty water bottles into the recycling.

Index finger: Try clicking a mouse 350 times a day. Then we’ll talk.

Neck: Oh, yeah? I’ve been supporting twelve pounds of dead weight for ...

Power of Prayer

Forgive us, Father, for we have sinned. 

Last week it was a late-night Chinese food binge. Then there was that 11 a.m. hot-fudge sundae. Pray, how can we ever repent?

What’s that, Father? You’d have us sin again? Oh! You said ...

Island Hopping

You’re wasting away all right. But instead of Margaritaville, you’re on some South End roof deck waiting for another round of watery mai tais.

Hang on one more day, then you can do some actual island hopping in Boston Harbor. ...