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Hot Trend: Rock-and-Roll Fashion

by eldean | August 08, 2007
Rock-and-roll loves fashion and fashion loves rock-and-roll. After all, true rock royalty like Mick Jagger, Steven Tyler, Chris Robinson, and Joan Jett sport head-turning, hip-shaking, mouth-dropping looks year after year. Thank goodness designers periodically...

Hot and Convenient: Free Parking at Rocca

by eldean | August 08, 2007
If Rocca Kitchen & Bar (500 Harrison Avenue, Boston, 617.451.5151) was located in Dover, say, or Weston, its enormous parking lot wouldn't be cause for celebration. But in the South End, where permit-only street parking is the rule and most restaurants...

Hot Fabric: Tweed

by eldean | August 08, 2007
Tweed is one of those fabrics that finds its way into fashion nearly every autumn - so much so that incorporating tweed pieces into your fall wardrobe is now akin to buying school supplies just before Labor Day. Find updated takes in the form of metallic...

Hot Reads: New-Fangled Menus

by eldean | August 08, 2007
We foodies devour menus the way scholars study texts; the latest fruit of our scrutiny is the happy realization that we're no longer being railroaded by dint of menu headings into ordering an old-fashioned trio of courses. 51 Lincoln (51 Lincoln Street...

Hot Sip: Bitters

by eldean | August 08, 2007
Long a symbol of the good life for Europeans and a secret handshake among connoisseurs stateside, bitters - potent herbal distillates drunk both to stimulate the appetite and settle the stomach - are finally trickling into the mainstream. Kick off your...

Hot New Neighbors: Super-High-End Fashion in Boston

by eldean | August 08, 2007
There was a time when well-heeled Bostonians were forced to set off on a seasonal pilgrimage to Fifth Avenue to stock up on their favorite big-name designers. But these days, locals are (finally!) embracing their sense of high fashion - and, as a result...

Hot Addresses: Unique Housing Spaces

by eldean | August 08, 2007
When is a home not just a home? Why, when it used to be a church, a brewery, or a police station, of course. House hunters with an affinity for industry and history will love the new condos that are cropping up in some of the architectural gems of Jamaica...

Hot Obsession: Matsuzaka Mania

by eldean | August 08, 2007
Once upon a time, sushi was an event. You planned an outing and you coveted the unagi. You ordered quality sake at only a few select Asian establishments. Then the Red Sox signed a certain pitcher and our city took on a more Eastern flair. Now Japanese...

Hot Import: Icelandic Products

by eldean | August 08, 2007
A slew of luxurious, eco-friendly, and just plain fun products from Iceland (to say nothing of its über-attractive citizens) are proving why that country is worth a visit. But even if you can't get there, Iceland's natural resources - geothermal...

Hot Fix: Notable Prix-Fixe Menus

by eldean | August 08, 2007
No longer aimed solely at early birds on the one hand and fat cats on the other, today's prix-fixe dining is for hurriers and lingerers, cheapskates and profligates, traditionalists and trendsters alike. Among our current faves: the Godere in Due...

Hot Odd Couple: Salty Sweets

by eldean | August 08, 2007
It's as though today's pastry chefs and confectioners are all flashing back to those old ads for Reese's peanut-butter cups - not merely getting their chocolate in their peanut butter, but wildly mixing up their savories and sweets. Dreamy...

Hot Sauce: Foie Gras Jus at Avila

by eldean | August 08, 2007
Not even the city's top chophouses, with their jewel-encrusted strips and gold-flecked spuds, have whipped up a sauce as luxe as this one. Rodney Murillo, executive chef at Avila (One Charles Street South, Boston, 617.267.4810), is seeing their rich...

Hot Blog: Fashionista.com

by eldean | August 08, 2007
We can't resist a good celebrity gossip blog, but sometimes we're in need of an afternoon time killer with a little more substance. Enter Fashionista.com . Overseen by woman-about-Manhattan and former Fashion Week Daily scribe Faran Krentcil,...

Hot Home Entertainer: BRIX Mix

by eldean | August 08, 2007
It's happened to the best of us: friends are on their way over in a few hours and the liquor cabinet looks like it hasn't been replenished since, um, never. You thumb through a cocktail book before you scoot to the liquor store, but choosing the...

Hot Expectation: Arts at the Armory

by eldean | August 08, 2007
Somerville has long been a city brimming with artists, but not until now have they had the arts facility that brothers Joseph and Nabil Sater have been working on for years. The pair, who have kept Central Square's Middle East a rock-and-roll destination...

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