No disrespect to Larry O'Brien, Vince Lombardi, or the commissioner of Major League Baseball, but Lord Stanley's Cup is the coolest trophy in professional sports. It's big and beautiful. Fun and flawed. It's made for the people, and made to party. Even better, thanks to the Bruins'...

Photo: SANDY POIRIER Manic Panic hair is about as hard-core as pop punk and the sullen, suburban teenyboppers who love it (we've all gone through that phase). The new statement hair colors, with roots across the Atlantic and glowing reviews from taste-making blogs like The Sartorialist and IntoTheGloss...

Spring runways are typically filled with pastel florals, muted renditions of Mother Nature's real-life blooms. This year, quiet combos of pale pink and sage green took a backseat to forget-me-not pairings of hot pink and vibrant orange, teal and cobalt blue, and marigold yellow and kelly green. Moschino...

Photo: JOEL VEAK Piglets and kids and lambs, oh my. Local kitchens are becoming full-fledged menageries these days, with more and more chefs getting into the groove of whole-animal roasts. First on the bandwagon (or perhaps "ark" is a better word?) were Scampo (215 Charles Street, Boston, 617...

Food trucks aren't the only wheels that have recently gotten a big push from the local powers-that-be. It was only a few years ago that Boston was labeled one of the worst cities for cyclists by Bicycling magazine, but now we're much more bike-friendly, in part thanks to two new City-sponsored...

Photo: JOEL VEAK The Great Recession supposedly came to an official end two years ago, but nobody needs to tell you why comfort food remains popular. Too many of us are underemployed, pinching pennies, and generally longing for simpler times - like when Mom served us ginger ale in bed on a sick day from...

Photo: JOSH ANDRUS Small-town Nebraska girl leaves for big city. So does small-town boy from Maine. They meet up in the Hub at Berklee College of Music, fall madly in love, and graduate. Then, after recording themselves covering Chris Brown and Busta Rhymes songs in their bedroom like school girls at...

Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow? If Mary is a green-thumbed urbanite, vertical gardening might just be the answer. Space-starved city dwellers are increasingly turning to hanging planters, walls, and other upright structures to make their little corner of the urban jungle bloom...

Photo: MELISSA OSTROW There's a certain novelty in living like the Jetsons, surrounded by hyper-modern décor made of plastic in pop-art hues. But anyone who has attempted to lounge in an Amoeba chair for too long knows that futuristic furniture doesn't always foster relaxation. In an era of increasing...

Photo: MELISSA OSTROW Anthony Bourdain featured this destination on a recent episode of No Reservations , but it's not a popular eatery. Housewives and hipsters frequent this health-driven establishment, but it's not an organic-food store. So what's the deal with this Southie hotspot? Peter...