“Single By Choice” on Fox News
Being single by choice: Happy on your own: MyFoxBOSTON.com
I got to chat about my “Single By Choice” story on the local Fox morning show earlier this month. The red jeans were a good choice.
Single By Choice
I’m thrilled to share that I have the cover story in this month’s issue of Boston Magazine, “Single By Choice.” The piece looks at the rising tide of men and women who don’t see marriage as the only way to have a happy ending. They’re contentedly living their lives on their own, and are in fact reveling in their independence.
The idea that being single is a choice was an interesting one to explore, and I was fortunate in that I found a variety of sources who were willing to share their experiences with me.
You can read the story online here, and click through to see some of the places where it’s been talked about on the web.
Boston’s Amazing Medical Breakthroughs
My father was a science teacher, and back in high school, I was a bona fide science nerd. So much so, in fact, that after taking every AP science class on offer, I placed out of my science core curriculum in college, and haven’t thought about bio or chemistry in nearly fifteen years. Fortunately, my chosen career path does let me dabble in the sciences a bit from time to time. For the December issue of Boston Magazine, I edited our Top Docs cover package, which included a roundup of some of the most outstanding medical breakthroughs out of Boston in 2011. I interviewed dozens of fascinating scientists and physicians in the city, including our charming cover model, Dr. Bohdan Pomahac, who performed the country’s first full face transplants earlier this year. Click through to see the scans, or read the entire package online here.
Boston’s Problem Properties Task Force
My New Year’s resolutions include updating this little old blog far more often. For example: Here’s the story I wrote for Boston Magazine’s September issue about Boston’s Problem Properties Task Force, a collaborative effort by several major city agencies to crack down on bad landlords. You can read it online here.
Is College Over?
In addition to editing Boston Magazine’s Best Schools issue, this month I also wrote a feature about the mounting skepticism in higher education circles about whether college is “still worth it.” A slew of studies, reports, and articles have come out in recent months that have raised some fundamental questions about how much students actually learn–or don’t–while in college. So I spoke with academics about their attempts to create more accountability on campus, and find out if my own college experience was worth the while.
Watch This: Boston Magazine’s Best Schools
Top schools in Massachusetts: MyFoxBOSTON.com
I think doing television is easier when you don’t think about it. Or at least that’s how it went this time. Since I oversaw the magazine’s Best Schools issue for September, I got the chance to talk it up a bit on our local Fox affiliate. What you can’t see is the extra set of cue cards we used so I’d be able to keep the awards straight. If the president can use a teleprompter, I can use a cue card, right?
Can These Styles Save Talbots?
Oh hey, wow, it’s August. It’s been a busy few months, and I’m way late in the game with updates, but here goes.
My first major piece for Boston Magazine, on Talbots, the iconic local brand that’s been through some hard times financially. Here’s the online version, with a special slideshow as well. Enjoy.
Loving Louisville
Also in this month’s issue of Traveler: My “Go Now: Louisville” item. Louisville is a surprisingly funky city, aiming to be the Austin of the north (as I say in the piece) and the 21C hotel is honestly one of the best I’ve ever visited. NuLu is a fun, eclectic neighborhood, and Butchertown is still a real deal meatpacking district — legend has it that a woman wearing a red handkerchief set off a stampede down its main streets. I’m still dying to get there for the Kentucky Derby, which is just all the more reason to go back.
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San Francisco a la Coupon
The May/June issue of Traveler just arrived in my mailbox — which was weird in itself as I realized that I never subscribed while working there. Anyway, this is the last issue I had a hand in, and it’s a pretty good showing if I do say so myself. First up, my coupon-centric trip to California this January, which was an absolute blast to put together. I seriously came close to being one of those coupon freaks on TLC during the reporting of this one.
Believe me when I say that only about 60 percent of the stuff I managed to buy with coupons made it into the story. We had a PACKED weekend planned. Just take a glimpse of the Google Map I made in advance. Among the most resourceful sites I used while organizing the trip was Yipit — a coupon site aggregator which I now check daily. Also notable was the mobile coupon site Scoutmob, that actually just launched here in Boston, (I happily blogged about over at Boston Daily). I’m still waiting for Blackboard Eats to come to a city where I live (hint hint). Hopefully it will soon, as I’ve used their $1 coupons for 30 percent off restaurants in both SF and NYC and have never left disappointed.
Other honorable coupon mentions: LivingSocial (I eagerly anticipate their instant deals), Groupon (I particularly dig their new home and garden deals now that I’m settling into my new place), Bloomspot, FreshGuide, Jetsetter and Gilt City (both from Gilt Groupe), and Village Vines, which also offers sweet restaurant discounts (wanna make your way to Boston?). Tons more to choose from, but you’ll have to read the article for that.
I’ll put my Louisville piece up in the next post.
My Big Fat Brazilian Honeymoon
Traveler’s April issue is out on newsstands now; it was the last one I saw through start to finish, so it’s fitting that I was able to leave a final impression. I’m the Backstory, and I wrote a short item about how insanely difficult it was for me to settle on a honeymoon destination (you can see more about that here). Luckily, my friend and colleague Stefan was able to point me to the perfect place, literally putting his finger on the map and telling me that Parati, Brazil was his favorite place on earth.