Stuff We Love

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  At Home with Taniya Nayak

  04 May, 2012 | Good | Scott Kearnan

  To TV audiences, Taniya Nayak has a familiar face — and an equally familiar sense of style. The Boston-based interior designer is the high-energy host of the HGTV network’s House Hunters on Vacation. …

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  Christine Pallotta’s Stuff

  04 May, 2012 | Good | Miles Howard

  When you’re en route to the Bruins game and craving something more savory and substantial than a corrugated hamburger, Christine Pallotta has you covered. Together with her sister, Carla, she leapt fr…

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  Get outta my drawers

  04 May, 2012 | Sex | Jeannie Greeley

  “I’m wearing your underwear.” That was my guilty admission as my girlfriend stood staring at me in her thong, realizing I had raided her panty drawer. I was hoping she would find it endearing, cute pe…

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  Letter from the Editor: Style Issue 2012

  04 May, 2012 | Letter from the Editor | Scott Kearnan

  People usually think of style as a reflection of someone’s personality. But I’d suggest that style is often a tool used to create one. Think about it. If you’re prowling a nightclub for fresh meat on …

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  Read hot

  03 May, 2012 | Get | Stuff Boston

  Time to clear space on the bookshelf — or at least the kitchen counter. This month sees the release of two food-focused books with local ties. On May 7, check out The Boston Homegrown Cookbook, featur…

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  Haha hot

  03 May, 2012 | Get | Stuff Boston

  There are two things we learned from those Real Housewives of South Boston videos. One, Jackie’s Packie is located on Route 34. Two, Boston provides plenty of fodder for local-color comedy. And here’s…

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  I'd like to thank God for this hot

  03 May, 2012 | Get | Stuff Boston

  Local theater leaders are readying their acceptance speeches for the 30th annual Elliot Norton Awards, which will be presented at the Paramount Mainstage (559 Washington Street, Boston, 617.824.8000) …

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  Hot on the hill

  03 May, 2012 | Get | Stuff Boston

  With its quaint brownstones (filled with blue-blooded Brahmins), Beacon Hill has a quintessentially New England look. But it’s receiving an internationally inspired makeover from VIRA (107 Charles Str…

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  Intelligence & Fantasy fragrance series, or the Icon of Beauty lipstick collection?

  03 May, 2012 | Get | Meghan Kavanaugh

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  Weave it to the pros

  03 May, 2012 | Get | Meghan Kavanaugh

  For a moment, we thought Britney Spears hit her low point with that head-shaving, umbrella-wielding incident. Then she showed up at the Video Music Awards writhing in a too-tiny top and rocking hair e…

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  Hot topic

  22 April, 2012 | Get | Stuff Boston

  We New Englanders love our seafood, and the prime season for fish fries and clambakes is just around the corner. But overfishing is a very real ecological threat (not to mention a major plot point on …

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  Hot and hamming it up

  22 April, 2012 | Get | Stuff Boston

  Over the last few years, the Hub dining scene has boasted plenty of openings worth getting excited about — unless your name is Piglet, Wilbur, or Babe. What’s with the spate of restaurants that nod to…

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  Hot and haute

  22 April, 2012 | Get | Stuff Boston

  Long before the great poet Fergie rhapsodized about her London Bridge always “goin’ down,” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow penned “The Bridge,” a slightly more eloquent ode to the West Boston Bridge (which…

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  The hottest happenings

  22 April, 2012 | Get | Stuff Boston

  Listen up, philistines: if you only associate arty parties with gallery openings that feature boxed wine and stale cheese trays, it’s time to expand your horizons. Start with the seventh annual Greate…

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  .357 cartridge pen, or In a Nutshell collection?

  22 April, 2012 | Get | Scott Kearnan

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  Platinum hit

  22 April, 2012 | Get | Scott Kearnan

  Life’s a party, and then you die. No, seriously. We’ve been trained to mark life’s major milestones with big, bank-account-depleting bashes, from bar mitzvahs to proms to weddings to . . . well, not t…

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  Below the surface

  22 April, 2012 | Get Pretty | Cheryl Fenton

  A picture is worth a thousand words. But you might not always like what it has to say. Once, skin imaging and analysis was largely reserved for the dermatologist’s office. In recent years, though, hig…

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  At Home with Michael Winter

  22 April, 2012 | Good | Scott Kearnan

  Michael Winter worked his way up from Lansdowne Street club bouncer to local nightlife impresario. He’s catered to a long list of visiting VIPs, and his company, East Coast Clubs, has created some of …

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  Nicole Russo’s Stuff

  22 April, 2012 | Good | Scott Kearnan

  Nicole Russo is a powerhouse Boston publicist — so it’s fitting that she once found herself in the middle of one of America’s biggest media firestorms. Before becoming a bigwig in Hub hospitality PR, …

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  Head case

  22 April, 2012 | Sex | Jeannie Greeley

  When my girlfriend recently suggested we talk to “someone,” I immediately went silent. From her tone alone, I knew that in this case the dreaded S-word actually stood in for “psychiatrist.” If there’s…

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