March 2015 Issue
Best Places to Live 2015: How to Beat the Boom
Boston real estate may be a solid-gold bet, but buying and selling requires know-how. Here’s who’s in the game, where things are hot, and how to navigate the market to find your next home.
Feature
You Gotta Lay It Down to Pick It Up
With his new restaurant, Strip, bon vivant Nick Varano is taking his fabulous show straight into the heart of Boston.
The Greatest Game You’ve Never Seen
How did a sleepy academy in a rural New England town spawn the best high school basketball team in the country?
Stealing Beauty
Set against the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum’s lush interiors, spring’s prettiest looks take an artful turn.
Department
Gone, Baby, Gone
But he can’t stay away. Dennis Lehane left Boston for Hollywood, but you can’t take the city out of the writer.
Not in Newton’s Back Yard
Well-heeled progressives champion liberal ideals, including housing the homeless. Just don’t try it in their neighborhood.
News
Boston, 1975: Hobnobbing at the St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast
Former Globe photographer George Rizer recalls covering the event in Boston.
Open for Debate: The Edward M. Kennedy Institute
The new Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate in Dorchester hopes to inspire the next generation of civic leaders.
Three Questions for Yo-Yo Ma
As he approaches his 60th birthday, the Cambridge-based virtuoso cellist reflects on the role of humor in his work.
The Power of Ideas: Deborah Flaschen
Her new program aims to help adults with developmental disabilities navigate life after high school.
11 Things You Didn’t Know About Stan Rosenberg
As a top legislative leader from western Massachusetts, Rosenberg is a true rarity.
Playing the Market
If we made our own Market Basket movie, here’s who would play a starring role.
The Gronk You’re With
An exclusive post-football-season story by ebook writer Lacey Noonan.
Arts + Entertainment
Fashion + Style
Pack Mentality
A closer look at a richly textured python backpack by Joel Storella that screams opulence without saying a word.
Perfecting Perfection
Check out this corner penthouse that is every city slicker’s dream in the right place.
Full Circle
Channel Brigitte Bardot and Jackie O. with these fresh round sunglasses, updated with studs, cutouts, and bold prints.
Lashing Out
In a city of augmented fringe, Courtney Hollands joins the fray of eyelash enhancement.
Restaurants
Time to Eat in Watch City
Waltham is becoming a dining and drinking destination in its own right. Ahead, your road map to what’s open now and what’s coming soon.
Hitting a Sour Note
How one cook’s passion for vinegar is winning over Boston’s restaurant elite.
Dining Out: Comedor
Newton’s lively, Chilean-influenced bar/restaurant has plenty of unusual items to draw diners—but can it keep them coming back?
Down to Earth
To add savory complexity to cocktails, bartenders are increasingly using produce-infused juices, syrups, and spirits. Ahead, six new ways to drink your vegetables.
Health
What’s in Your Medicine Cabinet?
Take inspiration from a local dermatologist’s beauty regimen.