I just discovered the greatest Gmail trick, and it makes me absurdly happy. Go to Settings in the upper-right of your screen. Select the far-right tab, Labs. Scroll down and enable “Google Calendar gadget.” (I also added the Google Docs gadget and the Mark As Read Button.) Presto! You have [...]
misguided pretension
misguided pretension
So, I guess the general rule on dating sites is towards the highbrow so you look deep, but this guy just looks like a moron.
Gift Cards: the good and bad
Gift Cards: the good and bad
In any event, the same rules apply when buying gift certificates as when buying gifts: you have to know the person you’re getting something for. Be observant and inquisitive. You need to discover their tastes, their likes, their needs and wants.
Winter Safety Advice
Winter Safety Advice
Given the amount of snow Boston has received in the past week, more predicted snowfall, and my lifetime of New England living—including seven winters in a major metropolitan area—here’s some sound advice, primarily for drivers and pedestrians in Boston, for surviving the rest of the winter.
looking for something to read?
looking for something to read?
Here’s a good place to start: Arts & Letters Daily. Each day, two or three new articles appear on the top of each column. If you read nothing else, ever, you will be a well up-to-speed news- and culturewise only reading this once a day.
New Shoe Review & a Love-Letter to Boston
New Shoe Review & a Love-Letter to Boston
Sunday afternoon, I found myself at one of my favorite intersections in Boston: Boylston and Newbury, right by Copley Square. The weather was all wrong for being there, but I had a long-overdue appointment to match my winter-bleh to my summer-golden haircolor, and my salon is directly across from the Public Library. Athena Salon, formerly Linea Aveda.
