New England identity

City Life

Why Doesn’t Connecticut Ever Really Feel Like Part of New England?

Welcome to “The Salty Cod,” a new monthly column in which humorist Steve Calechman grapples with uniquely New England dilemmas.  Dear Salty Cod: Why doesn’t […]

Restaurants

An Insider’s Guide to South Shore Bar Pizza: A Regional Massachusetts Phenomenon Goes Mainstream

On a frigid February evening in Randolph, all is quiet. At least, all is quiet as I stroll across a dark parking lot outside an […]

City Life

How to Be a Real New Englander? Complain.

I was born in Boston and grew up just outside of it. Save for four years in Wisconsin—loved it; wicked cold—I’ve been here all my […]