COVID Aftereffects
Hold on, Boston: Spring Is Coming Back and So Will We
Spring is coming, and in more ways than one. Last week I laced up and went for a run around Jamaica Pond in shorts (shorts!), […]
Meet the Boston Musician Who Has Performed Every Single Night of the Pandemic
Where were you, one year ago this month, when the pandemic shutdown first shook up your life? Chelsea, Mass. musician Adam Ezra was logging on […]
Restaurants Across Boston Are “Hibernating.” Will They Actually Return in the Spring?
I was scrolling through my Instagram feed on a particularly dismal day in December when suddenly, my heart sank. Staring back at me from my […]
Getting Your COVID-19 Vaccination? Here’s a Delicious, Post-Shot Treat near Each Site
If you’ve ever donated blood, you’ve probably been handed a post-needle cookie to replenish your blood sugar levels. What a treat! (It takes so little […]
Five Fun Businesses that Boston Could Really Use Post-Pandemic
If the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s what we can go without—and what we really need: Family, friends, food, and a little bit of fun, […]
With Takeout Food Taking Over, Can Fine Dining Survive the Pandemic in Boston?
Chris Coombs is an exceptional chef. He’s also an exception. Ever since last March, when the pandemic (and the state’s regulatory responses to it) first […]
Goodbye, Sloppy Styrofoam: Here’s How to Take Actually Stunning Photos of Takeout Food
It was all so simple, once upon a time: You’d take a seat at a restaurant. A gorgeously plated meal would arrive. A few snapshots […]
Oh, Crap: In COVID-Era Boston, Free Bathrooms Are Hard to Find
There’s something we need to talk about. Something that’s been lost in the shuffle, in the rancor, in the daily firestorm of stress-inducing headlines that […]
Without Aid, an “Extinction” Level Event Is Coming for Boston Restaurants This Winter
The temperature reached 63-degrees in Boston on Dec. 1—unseasonably balmy. And yet, all over the city, restaurants making use of public property were required to […]
COVID vs. the Ski Industry
The morning of March 12 at Jay Peak ski resort in Vermont’s Green Mountains, was, by all accounts, a bluebird day. That’s old-school, ski-bum speak […]
How Boston Could Save Winter by Finally Doing Something Fun with Its Streets
A pop-up movie theater on a side street in Harlem. A touch-less obstacle course for kids in the Bronx. A five-week-long stationary parade in Chicago. […]
The Year That Changed Boston’s Dining Scene Forever
What would you choose for a last meal? I never thought I’d ask myself that question—or a version of it, anyway—until a microscopic virus arrived […]
The Not-So-Amazing Race: Boston Restaurants Scramble for Patio Heaters
As autumn slowly inches toward winter, temperatures fall, and the pandemic-era economy continues to put restaurants out of commission (about 20 percent of Massachusetts eateries […]
Boston Is Among the Nation’s “Rattiest Cities,” and It’s Only Getting Rattier
One of the odder and least welcome side effects of the dramatic changes we’ve made to life in the COVID era has been Boston’s rat […]
With Evictions Slated to Restart, Questions Fly about Baker’s New Plan
Things are not looking good here in Massachusetts: COVID-19 cases are ticking up, state unemployment is the highest it’s been since the 1970s, winter is […]