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December 2007 - Posts

A look ahead: Futuristic fashion for the new year

by Michael Diskin | December 17, 2007

SLIDESHOW: Click here to view photos from the "A look ahead" slideshow. Read More »

Filed under: Shoes, Style, Boutiques, Accessories, SAN Cover, Video, Night

Testing My Resolve: One man’s (embarrassingly public) quest to choose a New Year’s resolution

by Michael Diskin | December 17, 2007

I'VE NEVER been a big New Year's resolution kind of guy. I can't remember the last time I resolved to stop doing anything on the first day of the year. (Except in 2002 when, face down in a hotel toilet, I declared I would never, ever drink... Read More »

Filed under: Life, SAN Home, Night, Liquid

In Recovery: The holidays are finally over. Here’s how to unwind and chill out, stat.

by Heather Bouzan | December 17, 2007

ALL THE THINGS we love about the holidays - the expensive bottles of wine, the multi-course meals, the fancy soirées that end with breakfast - are also the things that leave us bleary-eyed, pudgy, and hating ourselves come the season's proverbial... Read More »

Filed under: Restaurants, Style, Boutiques, Shopping, Life, SAN Home, Night, Beauty, Liquid, Feed, Music

Planning committee: What are you doing for New Year's Eve?

by Heather Bouzan | December 14, 2007

NEW YEAR’S EVE: we can never decide whether to love it or hate it. Somehow we’re always making grand plans that never materialize — and when things have panned out, too often we’ve spent the evening nine cocktails deep and making out with whomever happens... Read More »

Filed under: Life, SAN Home, Night

Gifted: Find out what local notables are hoping to get - and give - for the holidays this year

by Heather Bouzan | December 03, 2007

Greg Pic, DJ/producer Last year I got: an incredible number of Starbucks gift cards! I’m seriously addicted to the iced mochas — can’t start my day without one. This year I want: I hate to be a “band geek,” but since I spend more time in my studio than... Read More »

Filed under: Restaurants, Style, Boutiques, Life, SAN Cover

Better to receive: Having trouble forgetting the worst gifts you've ever been given? Purge your memory with these cooler alternatives

by Heather Bouzan | December 03, 2007

Worst gift: Rocking the reindeer sweater won’t win you any style points. And if Rudolph’s nose blinks, all the worse. BETTER ALTERNATIVE: SNUGGLE UP IN THE PRINGLE CABLE-KNIT SWEATER ($175) FROM INTERMIX (186 NEWBURY STREET, BOSTON, 617.236.5172). IT... Read More »

Filed under: Style, Boutiques, Life, SAN Home

Socked in: Stocking-sized holiday treats for all kinds of people

by Heather Bouzan | December 03, 2007

WHENEVER WE’RE desperately seeking inspired gifts for those random people on our holiday shopping lists, we inevitably settle on the themed stocking — with unanimously positive results. Want to do the same? We’ve put together six stockings for the personality... Read More »

Filed under: Style, Boutiques, Life, SAN Home, Beauty