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LATEST ARTICLES ( 18 )

• Magazine/Good Stuff/Get Out/Fashion & Beauty/Food & Drink...

  

  Magazine/Good Stuff/Get Out/Fashion & Beauty/Food & Drink/Deals Sunday, April 01, 2012FeaturesSexSaturday Night LiveStuff TonightVideoGet Close with ... Viggo... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Boston Local Food Festival

  

  Here's a blog I wrote for the Boston Local Food Festival. They got my name wrong. When I heard Oxfam was going to have a booth at the festival, I was a bit... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• Miss A Article Best Wine Bars in Chicago

  

  Best Wine Bars in ChicagoBY MELISSA POCEKJUNE 8, 2011 0 COMMENTSWe all know wine making is not conducive in Chicago. Yet, we Chicagoans love drinking it. Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• Dragon Boat Practice

  My friends convinced me to join Harvard's dragon boating team. Last night, marked our 12th practice and this weekend we have our first race in Boston. Here's... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• Best Macarons in Chicago

  

  Macarons are getting off their Parisian plane and setting up shop all over Chicago. As the trend sets in, it is no longer the cupcake who in its heyday ruled... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• Elvis Costello: The Kindness of Strangers

  

  If you are ever wandering around a new city-I'd suggest you do it alone. Some may say, that it's dangerous. You won't know where you're going and could find... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• Wine Riot

  My favorite new wines that I tried at Wine Riot:Triumvir (California)2006, Triumvir Wines SyrahUSA>California>Mednocino County $38Farnum Hill, New England2009... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2010 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Cocktail Party

  The HR lady at my publishing house sent an invite for all employees to attend a kick-off party to the Boston Book Festival. So by virtue of that, I assumed it... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2010 SELF EXPRESSION

• My Friend Doug Wrote This About My Encounter with Lady Ga...

  My friend Doug wrote this about my encounter with Lady Gaga:When Celebrities Stop ByAugust 26th, 2010 11:41 am ETThe Fist: an arbitrary, unrelated photoPhoto:... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2010 SELF EXPRESSION

• James Baldwin

  

  is one of my favorite writers. NPR interviewed the editor that published a collection of James Baldwin's stories entitled The Cross of Redemption. NPR's... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2010 SELF EXPRESSION

• Lollapalooza 2010

  

  The oppressive heat of the direct daylight, the submission – while wedged between sweaty fans – to becoming but part of a mass; both paradoxically manage to... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2010 SELF EXPRESSION

• Chicago

  

  I am in Chicago to check out the writing market and to cover Lollapalooza. Even though the publication I will be writing for has a rather large readership in Ne... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2010 SELF EXPRESSION

• I Am Still Exhausted from a 5.5 Hour Bike Ride Yesterday....

  

  I am still exhausted from a 5.5 hour bike ride yesterday. I went from Somerville to Newton, Brookline, and JP to the North End. Total 45 miles. I think bike... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2010 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Road is My Oyster...

  

  Picture it now, you're cruising down the highway, nothing but pillowy clouds and a broad expanse of blue overhead. Swaths of swaying corn all around... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2010 SELF EXPRESSION

• Talk About Dream Jobs, Going to Lollapalooza to Cover Mus...

  

  Talk about dream jobs, going to Lollapalooza to cover music! Here's a link to my pictures for the Boston Phoenix in 2008. Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2010 SELF EXPRESSION

• Fourth of July

  

  I went down south to Cape Carteret, N.C. for the fourth of July. This was the third year that I visited and celebrated with my oldest family's friends the... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2010 SELF EXPRESSION

• Boston Phoenix Picked up My Sighting of Lady Gaga

  I have a ritual of getting a beer and reading the newspaper at Bukowski's tavern in Inman Square. It's usually a quiet crowd on a Tuesday night, but last night... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2010 SELF EXPRESSION

• Mass Market at Mass Art

  

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  Posted on 28 June 2010 SELF EXPRESSION