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Table of Contents: Boston Mag
January 2009
Cover Story
The 50 Best Restaurants
Ranked like you've never seen restaurants ranked before.
Amy Traverso & Jolyon Helterman
Feature
He's Attorney James Sokolove
And those cheesy ads of his? They've done more than make him a pariah and a punch line. They've also...
Francis Storrs
The Burden of Knowing
For the right fee, a Cambridge firm called Knome will unravel all the secrets hiding in your genes. But what...
Catherine Elton
The Once and Future Hub
Fourteen reasons Boston is poised to lead America's economic comeback. (Whenever it comes.)
Jason Schwartz
Top of Mind: Mike Barnicle
Journalist, Long-Distance Commuter, Father of Seven, Survivor, Age 65, Lincoln
James Burnett
Connoisseur
Going Once! Going Twice! Going… for the First Time?
The Enlightened Auction-Goer: The top local sales, first-timer strategies, and how to turn your junk into someone else's treasure.
Rachel Levitt
The Consumer Index
What the Connoisseur staff is buying, wearing, eating, watching, reading, coveting, craving, fetishizing, and otherwise obsessing over this month.*
Connoisseur: Style
Bostonista: The Prodigy Wears Prada
Teenage blogger Olivia Fialkow has the fashion world logging on.
Rachel Baker, Photograph by Sadie...
Fashion: Masochist: The Faux-Allergy Diet
Taking a cue from newly gluten-"intolerant" weight watchers, Rachel Baker goes against the grain.
Rachel Baker
The Hunt: Things That Make You Go Om
Hoping to find your center? Hit these yoga-gear outfitters first.
Donna Garlough
Vanity Project
Newbury Street's latest location puts serious nips and tucks at arm's length
Alyssa Giacobbe
What's in Store: Leather And Luxe
Vera Pelle has plenty to offer those who don't mind showing a little skin.
Rachel Baker
Connoisseur: Cultural Affairs
Genius, Explained: Masterpieces-by-the-Numbers
Mass MoCA's epic Sol LeWitt show pays tribute to the art of delegation.
Matthew Reed Baker
Maven: Esther Nelson, Medieval Maestro
The Boston Lyric Opera's new chief knows from Mozart and Puccini. She's also a part-time expert on Teutonic culture. (Having...
Brittany Jasnoff
Omnivore
Learning To Sing (More or Less) Online
Matthew Reed Baker
Connoisseur: Food and Drink
Dining Out: The Marliave
A Boston classic gets a new lease on life with a dramatic overhaul that might be a bit too ambitious...
Corby Kummer
Menuology: A Real Basket Case
Why bread service is the last perk to go in a cash-strapped dining economy.
Elizabeth Bomze
Mmmmmm...
Local Winter Veggies
Donna Garlough
The Haunt: Where Everybody Knows Your Byline
Joe Keohane raises a glass to the South End's J.J. Foley's.
Joe Keohane
The Ultimate: Hot Chocolate
We sipped our way through the city's top sweet shops to ensure you'll be hopped up on quality cocoa all...
Brittany Jasnoff
Examiner
Counsel Requests the Right to Appeal
Smokin'-hot lawyer Wendy Savage defends her buzzy turn as a pinup.
Alyssa Giacobbe
Dispatch: Coming to a Sephora Near You: MIT-Engineered Hair Care
Bob Langer and his fellow eggheads at Living Proof fight frizz with advanced science.
Alyssa Giacobbe
Person of Interest
A savior of foreign-news junkies everywhere
Lauren Nikodemos
Since You Asked…
Paul Kix investigates the Hub's quotidian mysteries
Paul Kix
The Argument: Save the Common? Not Without a Fight.
What the push to make over our most symbolic park really needs to accomplish.
Carlo Rotella
The Metric: Taking a measured view of the news
Dianne Wilkerson's Other Legacy
The Skinny
JEALOUSBostonians longing for a real mayoral race, as their neighbors to the west enjoy a vigorous exercise in municipal campaigning....
Forecast
Forecast: January
The month in preview.
Other
Exhibit B: The City, Illustrated
Annotation - Boston in Balsa
Francis Storrs
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Best of Boston® Party Pics
See online party pics from the following Best of Boston® events: North, South, West, Dining, and Style.
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