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
 
 
 
 
Boston Buzzworthy

Baby, it's cold outside!

Oh the weather outside is frightful, but Newpro windows keep inside so delightful. Install now, no payments until 2010!
 
 

Virtual Design Home

You haven't missed your chance to see this impressive and innovative New England style home at the Pinehills in Plymouth, MA. Visit the Virtual Design Home now!
 
 

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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