Capturing the sophistication, craftsmanship, and sheer loveliness of Provence, the Rose Olivier line from Bastide is flawless in every sense of the word.
LIFESTYLES
MEET THE CANNAMODELS: ROLLING CONES FOR CELEBS AND STANDING OUT IN AN EMERGING INDUSTRY
We’re a different take on what the clubs call “atmosphere models.” The club management will sit us at tables with their highest-paying clientele. We’ve been placed with Cardi B, Pardison Fontaine, Chris Brown, James Harden.
THE CANOPY ECONOMY: WHERE CANNABIS OVER-CAPACITY MEETS THE FUNERAL INDUSTRY
Recompose perfected a process where the recently deceased body is cleaned, wrapped in a shroud, and placed in a tube on a soft bed of wood chips, straw, nitrogen, and alfalfa sprouts.
FIRST LOOK: ELM STREET TAPROOM
Elm Street Taproom—which is not a brewery, by the way—is so scarily like Democracy Brewing in look and feel that the two appear to be like doppelgangers, almost like beer-based versions of, say, Larry David and Bernie Sanders.
ILIADMATIC: ODDS BODKIN BRINGS BARDIC STORYTELLING TO A TRANSFORMED GRENDEL’S DEN
Besides the voices, the sound effects, like wind or foot-stomps and the open-tuned guitars, Bodkin introduces his shows with the sort of accessible yet scholarly lore that eases listeners into his worlds.
OLD TOWN ROUTE: HOW TO HIKE DOWN THE MIDDLE OF 128 (AND LIVE TO TELL ABOUT IT)
That section is a continuation of the road … but on the other side of the highway—and it can’t be accessed unless a) you have wings, or b) you have a death wish and think it would be fun running across the highway.
OCCUPIED: WHAT ARE YOU MISSING WHILE YOU’RE SCANNING INSTA?
The idea is hardly earth-shattering—just get a bunch of people socializing together who are all agreeing to set aside their devices for two hours.
BOSTON BETTER BEER BUREAU: CONNECTICUT IMPORTS VIA THIMBLE ISLAND, CITYSTEAM BREWERY, AND HANGING HILLS BREWING COMPANY
I have said for years that Connecticut beers can hang with those from Mass or the Empire State or anywhere; in some cases, they may even surpass.
FIRST LOOK: EAST OCEAN RESTAURANT IN NORTH QUINCY
On the menu: pork blood with chives, steamed beef tripe, spicy jellyfish, cold chicken feet, pork blood congee (a type of rice porridge), jellied tofu, and shark fin and pork dumplings.
THE MASK: WINTER DRY-SKIN SAVIORS, FROM VOLCANIC ASH TO ANTIOXIDANTS
Winter is not kind to our skin. Between the cold, biting air outside, the dehydrating heat inside, and the weeks-long spiral into (and out of) holiday indulgences of way too much food and liquor, the interminable stretch of winter months requires some additional care. It’s okay to expect a lot from a mask, […]
