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Courtney Forrester@Night

Erin Byers Murray — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:14:00 GMT

Sugar mama What a tasty time of year for Courtney Forrester. The owner of Back Bay cupcake boutique Sweet has filled her shelves with seasonal flavors like chocolate peppermint, gingerbread, and candy cane — not surprising for a woman with a serious sweet tooth. And although she gets her fill of sugar at the store, the former director of special events at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum still finds her way to the candy jar when she heads out for the night. @ 6:15 p.m.: I’m usually still...

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Do it or screw it?

Sara Faith Alterman — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:18:00 GMT

Make your New Year’s Resolutions, then choose your strategy Like everyone else in the Western world, you’ve made a New Year’s resolution. Well, good for you. But identifying your resolution is the easy part. Now you have to keep the damned thing. There are generally three ways to follow through on your New Year’s resolutions: the balls to the wall “I’m going to do this even if it’s a slow kind of torture” full-on attack; the more reasonable “setting attainable and pragmatic goals...

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Future Perfect?

Erin Souza — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:46:00 GMT

City dwellers share their New Year’s resolutions By Erin Souza | Photos by Melissa Ostrow The new year is a clean slate — a chance to start fresh and make sweeping changes to our lifestyle, our health, our relationships. But our catalog of resolutions (eat a healthy diet, use our gym membership, reconnect with old friends, do laundry more often than we pay our rent) is longer than our cellphone contacts list, and keeping up is a daunting task. So instead of creating a plan to meet our...

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The Great Escape

Erica Corsano — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:22:00 GMT

SLIDESHOW: 6 MORE IMAGES INSIDE Photographed by Mitch Weiss • Directed by Michael Diskin • Styled and produced by Erica Corsano Model: Leah of Maggie, Inc. • Makeup by Dani Wagener of Shu Uemura Hair by Allison of Mizu • Fashion assistant: David Sebastien Wedemeyer STORES: Barneys New York, Copley Place, 100 Huntington Avenue, Boston, 617.385.3300 Saks Fifth Avenue, 786 Boylston Street, Boston, 617.262.8500 Stel’s, 334 Newbury Street, Boston, 617.262.3348 Twilight, 12 Fleet Street, Boston,...

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Forward Thinking

Erin Souza — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:48:00 GMT

Local experts make their fashion, food, nightlife, and beauty predictions for 2009 In a world in which the items on the “It” lists move faster than the lines you stand in to get them, it can be tough to keep up. So we called in some of Boston’s style, beauty, fitness, and culinary authorities to predict what we’ll be wearing, tasting, hearing, and slathering on in 2009. Don’t say we didn’t warn you. >>Click here for the Foward Thinking slideshow<<

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Out: NYE

Kate Klinck — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:26:00 GMT

The Beehive 617.423.0069, 541 Tremont Street, Boston. “The End is at Hand” New Year’s Eve celebration. 9 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. Pinchbottom Burlesque, Reality music collective, gypsy fare, and desserts. $75/admission, cash bar. $95/admission, food, cash bar. Tickets/ reservations available in person, by phone, and at www.beehiveboston.com. Cambridge Common 617.547.1228, 1667 Mass Ave, Cambridge. 6, 8, or 10 p.m. Brew Year’s Eve FestivALE showcases the best beers of 2008. Choose one of three beer...

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Gone More Than Fishing

Tamara Wieder — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:07:00 GMT

Adventure gifts for the fearless on your list Me, I'm an armchair adventurer. Sure, I jumped out of an airplane once. But I’m also the girl who screamed “When will it be over?” throughout my one and only rollercoaster ride, and the person who literally keeps the home fires burning in the slopeside condo while my friends are whizzing down the mountain. Were it not captured on video, I might even doubt that my afternoon of skydiving ever took place at all. Still, I recognize that...

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Current Events

Erin Souza — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:53:00 GMT

In tough economic times, turn your over-the-top holiday bash into something more reasonable — without sparing the staples We hate to be the Grinch who stole your holiday hope, but we have to be honest: in a time of economic uncertainty, you can be sure about one thing: ’tis the season to be frugal. But that doesn’t mean you have to forgo the festivities in lieu of a financial-woes pity party. We scoured the city for some cheap-but-chic party necessities, then checked in with events guru Bryan...

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Wannabe Wishlists

Erin Souza — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:51:00 GMT

>>Click here for the Wannabe Wishlists slideshow<< What to get for the guy who wishes he was in a rock band? How about the girl who wants to be the next Rachel Zoe? We've taken the guesswork out of your holiday shopping by compiling some ideas for what to buy the aspiring jetsetter, fashionista, musician, chef, and domestic diva on your list. Text by Erin Souza Illustrations by Kevin Banks

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Audra Boyle@Night

Erin Byers Murray — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:06:00 GMT

Good Looc Charm Audra Boyle opened her cool shopping haven, Looc Boutique, on Union Park in 2007. Since she and her now-husband lived a few blocks away in an apartment above B&G Oysters, she could always count on a quick commute, making her seven-day work week actually feel pretty cushy. The couple has since moved to Hanson Street, also a quick walk to work, and they still take advantage of the many bar and dining options nearby, sticking close to home on their nights off.  @ 6:15 p.m.:...

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Street Seen

Erica Corsano — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:06:00 GMT

Who we spotted. What they were wearing. <<Click here for the Street Seen slideshow>>

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The Last Suppers

Erin Souza — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:37:00 GMT

PHOTOS: Click here for The Last Suppers Slideshow>> VIDEO: Scroll to bottom of article to watch the chefs cook their last meal. It’s one of the most common questions asked of chefs: what would you choose to eat for your final meal? We wanted to know too, so we took the idea a few steps further and rounded up seven of Boston’s most acclaimed chefs to actually cook — and eat — their hypothetical last meals. The long wooden table is set with simple white dishes and empty wine glasses. The...

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Sibling non-rivalries: Family food without the family feud

Erin Souza — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:28:00 GMT

Family food doesn’t necessarily lead to family feuds Many veterans of the restaurant industry liken working in the kitchen, serving tables, and spending hours with the same people every day to being part of a family. But for those who own and operate restaurants with their brothers and sisters, their restaurants are tru extensions of their homes and families. Sibling-run restaurants are places where the ties of brother- and sisterhood can sometimes be tested, and the line between professional...

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Rodney Murillo@Night

Erin Byers Murray — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:26:00 GMT

All in the family Rodney Murillo has worked his way through just about every position, from dishwasher on up, at the original Davio’s, its newer location, and now at Davio’s sister restaurant, Avila, where he’s currently the executive chef. His climb makes one thing clear: family is everything to him. He’s a close friend of owner Steve DiFillippo and the company’s other executive chefs, and he met his wife, Audrey, when she worked at Davio’s 10 years ago. These days, Murillo spends his nights...

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Dani Wagener@Night

Erin Byers Murray — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:48:00 GMT

Makeup for it As the boutique director and atelier artist at Shu Uemura, Dani Wagener is used to helping others primp. Discerning brides and runway organizers bang down her door for makeup applications, brow-shaping, and lash extensions because they know to expect a sure hand and coveted expertise. So it’s no wonder that when the Winthrop resident gathers some friends for a night out, the party starts at Shu’s Newbury Street boutique, where Wagener herself applies the group’s finishing...

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