Ok, so we've covered local television news crews, overly-friendly staff, and, sadly, lack of cheap wine. (Although the store is stocked on Guinness for the big holiday). But who are these crazed shoppers, anyway? "[With] Whole Foods, Garden of Eden, Food Emporium, and now Trader Joe's, I'm excited," said Peter, a self-described "foodie," who lives Read More
AIMEE: Brian and I arrive in Maryland for a whirlwind day of wedding planning: Our all-important first stop? Popping by the Dorchester County Courthouse in the tiny town of Cambridge to get ourselves a marriage license. Aimee and Brian getting their marriage license. With my parents in tow, Brian and I wander in and a Read More
I have very good news. Simon Russell Beale has unexpectedly taken over the role of King Arthur in that mad pleasure of a show, Monty Python’s Spamalot, and his smashing performance is a wonder to behold. It may even be the most amazing debut in a Broadway musical I’ve ever seen. Mr. Beale is the Read More
In case Freddy advisor Jen Bluestein hasn't told you yet -- she hasn't? -- we bring you the news that her brother's excellent Cambridge restaurant, the Craigie Street Bistrot, won him a "best new chef" award from Food & Wine Magazine. The restaurant was, not coincidentally, a haunt of Democratic operatives during last summer's Read More
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-"Cambridge here is not unusual. It mirrors New York and Los Angeles, or San Francisco, certainly-a lot of people hate Bush, but no one really likes Kerry. No one really feels they have a sense of who he is." That was how Martin Peretz, Cambridge resident, editor in chief of The New Republic, part-time Read More
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-"Cambridge here is not unusual. It mirrors New York and Los Angeles, or San Francisco, certainly-a lot of people hate Bush, but no one really likes Kerry. No one really feels they have a sense of who he is." That was how Martin Peretz, Cambridge resident, editor in chief of The New Republic , Read More
Wednesday 29th
Comedians talk about their first time and their worst time (which was one and the same for us) … and take turns signing How to Do It Standing Up , a collection of stories by comics published by the Friars Club. On hand for a panel discussion will be Curb Your Enthusiasm 's Read MoreThe other day, I fell to talking about A.E. Housman with a friend who'd also been to see The Invention of Love , Tom Stoppard's play about A.E. Housman. I wasn't as crazy about it as my friend, but then the only show for which I had been able to get tickets was the first Read More
Uneasily I write this column: In the fear-heavy shtetls , where superstition was as common as the common cold, folks refrained from pronouncing aloud the beauty, skill and fineness of their children. It was thought that such boasting would bring on the Evil Eye and that calamity would follow as night to day. These superstitions Read More
Trimalchio: An Early Version of 'The Great Gatsby' by F. Scott Fitzgerald, edited by James L.W. West III. Cambridge University Press, 192 pages, $39.95.
There are many ways to love The Great Gatsby , and sometimes I feel I've run through them all: avid worship of the rich, romantic prose; cool appreciation for the lean structure; Read More
