Kara Baskin

Sam Sisakhti’s Stuff

25 August, 2012 | Good | Kara Baskin

As any aspiring designer will tell you, breaking into the fashion industry can seem like an impossible feat (one tougher than the wackiest Project Runway challenge). Sam Sisakhti wants to change that.…

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Barbara Lee’s Stuff

27 July, 2012 | Good | Kara Baskin

The Cambridge-based Barbara Lee Family Foundation and Barbara Lee Political Office are the brainchildren of their eponymous founder, a political powerhouse and unflappable feminist committed to ensuri…

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Brian Coleman’s Stuff

09 July, 2012 | Good | Kara Baskin

Brian Coleman has a record collection that would make even the most well-stocked DJ swoon. The marketing maven, writer, and hip-hop fiend runs his own PR and event-management agency, Good Road, which …

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Andrew Cabot’s Stuff

09 March, 2012 | Good | Kara Baskin

There’s an old poem about the city’s famed Brahmins: “And this is good old Boston/The home of the bean and the cod/Where the Lowells talk only to Cabots/And the Cabots talk only to God.” Fortunately, …

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Emily Muller’s Stuff

24 February, 2012 | Good | Kara Baskin

Fashion design isn’t always glamorous. Since she emerged on the local scene in 2010, Emily Muller’s flowy designs and vintage silhouettes have graced runways in Boston and Providence. But before that…

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Sirry Berndsen’s Stuff

26 December, 2011 | One Thing | Kara Baskin

Photo: MICHAEL DISKINIt's easy to overthink things at year's end. Maybe it's the excessive bubbly that makes us emotional. Whatever the reason, we tend to turn reflective and search for guidance on ho…

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Holidays by the numbers

12 December, 2011 | Stuff We Love | Kara Baskin

Photo: TIM GRAY | Principal dancer Kathleen Breen Combes is among the stars of Boston Ballet’s The Nutcracker. Now in its 44th year, it’s playing through December 31 at the Boston Opera House (539 Was…

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Chris Damian's Stuff

12 December, 2011 | One Thing | Kara Baskin

Photo: MICHAEL DISKINRestaurateur Chris Damian is a true Renaissance man. Not only is he a driving force behind the Legendary Restaurant Group - surely you've hoisted a margarita at Papagayo or swille…

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TJ and Hadley Douglas’s Stuff

28 November, 2011 | One Thing | Kara Baskin

Photo: MICHAEL DISKIN Theirs is a true Boston love story: TJ and Hadley Douglas met almost a decade ago on Marathon Monday. He was working at Back Bay's late Vox Populi; she was jumping on its couche…

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An Affair to Remember: Bachelor(ette) Bash Ideas that will guarantee a big night before the big day

28 November, 2011 | Stuff We Love | Kara Baskin

The (blurry) sight of tiara-topped women gyrating on tables. The crisp touch of a dollar bill as it's tucked in the G-string of a lace-clad lady named Bambi. And of course, the morning-after taste o…

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Dave Ralph’s Stuff

17 October, 2011 | One Thing | Kara Baskin

Photo: MICHAEL DISKIN Dave Ralph leads a charmed life: he lives in quaint New Hampshire with his wife and son, yet he also jets into the city each night to oversee Royale, the Tremont Street nightc…

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Style guides: Expert advice on finding your flair — from head, to toe, to dinner table

19 September, 2011 | Stuff We Love | Kara Baskin

Photo: MICHAEL DISKIN For me, September still means "back to school," even though I haven't been in school for years. In junior high and high school, I'd painstakingly compose my goals for the upc…

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Yolanda Cellucci’s Stuff

19 September, 2011 | One Thing | Kara Baskin

Photo: MICHAEL DISKIN Septuagenarian Yolanda Cellucci embodies a glamorous time when women wore ball gowns and debonair men sipped martinis in three-piece suits. She brought that elegance to…

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David Chum’s Stuff

05 September, 2011 | One Thing | Kara Baskin

PHOTO BY MICHAEL DISKINArlington designer David Chum, recently seen on Project Runway, has a life story as dramatic as any reality show. His parents fled the Khmer Rouge, traversing Cambodian jungles …

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Denise Korn's Stuff

22 August, 2011 | One Thing | Kara Baskin

Photo: MICHAEL DISKINDenise Korn runs Youth Design, a summer internship program that pairs artistic teenagers with local industry leaders. Now in its ninth year (one that saw Youth Design's largest en…

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Adam Lantheaume’s Stuff

11 July, 2011 | One Thing | Kara Baskin

Photo: MICHAEL DISKIN Adam Lantheaume presides over the Boston Shaker, the Davis Square spot where the cocktailing cognoscenti procure rare ingredients and quality barware. The shop, which debuted in…

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Carissa Halston’s Stuff

04 April, 2011 | One Thing | Kara Baskin

Photo: MICHAEL DISKIN Carissa Halston edits a literary journal, apt, by day. But four times a year, she hosts a steamy reading series at the Middlesex Lounge. The series, Literary Firsts, unites poet…

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Designer Michael Ferzoco creates a covetable bachelor pad on a budget

25 January, 2010 | Good | Kara Baskin

How many times have you stumbled home after a long day, flicked on the lights, and felt downright uninspired? If only your apartment were cozier. If only your accessories were more unusual. If only yo…

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A Study in Contrast: Jacob Kulin’s Creations Unite the Rustic and the Reﬁned

11 January, 2010 | Good | Kara Baskin

Jacob Kulin, furniture maker and sculptor, presides over a studio space tucked in a remote corner of Southie. His workspace is quiet; he is not. An intense 37-year-old with twinkling eyes and a friend…

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Hot Tips

29 June, 2009 | Stuff We Love | Kara Baskin

YOUR GUIDE TO SURVIVING SUMMER IN THE CITY The heat is on, and perhaps you’re panicking. After all, when the first hint of humidity arrives, this town clears out faster than a Lauryn Hil…

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