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Bachelor pad
Wait — you're living with guys? Don't you know they're filthy creatures who don't clean up after themselves and leave a trail of Doritos everywhere they go?!
Throwing it all away
Chances are that two of you have no friggin' idea what you want to do with your lives, and the one of you who does will change his or her mind by age 25.
Lucky for us, the McRib has turned out to be the Cher of sandwiches
When it comes to crap food, everyone has a guilty pleasure.
Commuter rag's front-page bread ad: Sandwich porn?
Next stop: world domination
Prime places to track down all the single ladies
While Boston does have a few conventional — some might say uninteresting — gay bars, it doesn’t have a designated hotspot for queer women.
Ice Age over at Vogue?
Brazilian fashion model Ana Carolina Reston was not the first model to die from an eating disorder, and sadly, she won't be the last.
When learning goes too far, get back on track
With a new decade comes dubious planning for self-betterment and the optimistic promise of a fresh start. However, even the best of intentions have the potential to go awry, and seemingly innocuous continuing-education courses are no exception.
Hungering to become more worldly?
Though several local continuing-education schools and centers have travel programs, they're inactive during the winter. While you wait it out for your next globetrotting adventure, classes in international dance, music, art, and language are an affordable way to build on your new food know-how within the confines of your busy lifestyle.
Eat your way around the world
When you have to dig through your couch cushions to gather coins for your weekly naan fix, it's fair to assume that things are not looking up.
From historical to horrific to humorous, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is iconic
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is an unapologetic, cross-promotional cheese-fest. But whether you love or hate it, you have to admit that its giant balloons are nearly as synonymous with the holiday feast as turkey, cranberries, and indigestion.
Swinging a Dead Cat Dept.
Missing Persons singer Dale Bozzio is sitting in an Ossipee, New Hampshire, jail after dropping her appeal of a March animal-cruelty conviction.
Drinking It All In Dept.
An odd press conference took place last week in Post Office Square as a man claiming to be an executive at a soft-drink giant touted “a new era for Coca-Cola,” in which its Dasani bottled water will be labeled “Deception.”
You might want to reconsider making your guests nauseous with these food choices before serving them tons of alcohol.
Remember Halloween back in simpler times, when Mom would bake bat-shaped cookies and trick you and your friends into reaching into a bag full of spaghetti "worms"? Good times.
Cat Crazy Dept.
As she awaits a retrial on animal-cruelty charges in New Hampshire, Missing Persons frontwoman Dale Bozzio’s troubles continue in Southern California, where she faces eviction from her San Fernando Valley home over $4400 in missing rent payments.
Eat well this semester without leaving your dorm
College can be a harrowing experience for budding foodies, picky eaters, and dieters. While the dining hall's gleaming buffets of kids'-menu fare send some students into a feeding frenzy, others flinch.
Eat well this semester without leaving your dorm
Eat well this semester without leaving your dorm
It's dark. You're tired and hungry. You've come to the right place.
Yes, there are places in Portland to get something to eat after 10 pm — even as late as 3 am. From pizza and wings to pancakes and homemade apps, this city has your appetite covered, whether it's been a long night of Beirut or studying (ha!). We wouldn't want you to starve.
Polish your tweets and blogs with a course in online social networking
Nearly nine percent of the Massachusetts workforce is unemployed this summer, and with local colleges cranking out a glut of degree recipients in a lousy job market, many of them are inevitably lounging around on futons, blogging and posting on Facebook walls in between job applications.
Same-sex marriage ignites partisan battle in New Hampshire
Much of New England joined the march toward marriage equality this year, but in the comparably conservative Granite State, its legalization has heated up a partisan battle for control of the governorship in 2010, promising that this political war isn't quite over.
Reappearing Person
The bizarre animal-cruelty case of Missing Persons frontwoman Dale Bozzio is far from over.
Ticket on-sale alert: Marina and the Diamonds, Ray Lamontagne, Brooke Fraser, Diddy Dirty Money, and more- Free Stuff March 3-10
- Ticket on-sale alert: Bruno Mars & Janelle Monáe, Airborne Toxic Event, TV on the Radio, Sarah Vowell, and more
- Free Stuff February 24-March 3
- Clif Garboden's "Music to Fear"
- Free Stuff February 17-24
- Ticket on-sale alert: Queens of the Stone Age, Florence and the Machine, Rihanna, Richard Ashcroft, Glee, and more
- Ticket on-sale alert: Adele, Janet Jackson, Elvis Costello, Rise Against, and more
- Ticket on-sale alert: NKOTBSB, Fleet Foxes, Chris Cornell, Raveonettes, Ellie Goulding, Rusko, and more
- Free stuff: February 3-10
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