You know what? I just realized that I've never been to the ballet. I've been to musicals, plays, operas, the symphony. Just about everything you could think of. But I've never been to the ballet. I was just reminded of that when I got this email abou...

Are you in good shape? Like really, really good shape? Stuff Magazine is now taking submissions for their annual Bodies by Boston contest.We love bodies. All kinds — hard or soft, tall or short. (And a little ink only makes them more fun.) We like to ...

John Mayer isn't really my cup of tea, but I know LOTS of people who love him. For some reason, there are just a couple of pretty popular performers that I can't get into. DMB is one of them and John Mayer is one of the others. Other than that, I'm a huge...

Greg at BuBikes spotted the crews out painting today, hurray new bike lane day! Related Posts:New Bike Lanes Everywhere!Boston Getting It's Very First Official Bike LanesBike Lane Enforcement, Real And HilariousBusted!Bikes Lanes On Com. Ave. Meeting Ton...

The folks at Masterpiece Rentals asked me to take a look at their site and see what I thought about their Florida luxury rentals. And it couldn't have come at a better time. It's starting to get chilly out and worst of all, it's starting to get really d...

The Great Shake Shack Controversy hits the New York Times – and Hub Blog is prominently featured. I await the flood of new readers and private-equity offers to buy my blog, though I hope the due-diligence types don’t notice that I never wrote the quot...

The Great Shake Shack Controversy hits the New York Times – and Hub Blog is prominently featured. I await the flood of new readers and private-equity offers to buy my blog, though I hope the due-diligence types don’t notice that I never wrote the quot...

In response to my inquiries, the Coakley campaign has told BMG that Martha Coakley supports the Senate health care bill and, given the opportunity, would vote for it. Martha supports the Senate bill. She believes it represents great progress toward assuri...

Email: COAKLEY, CAPUANO, KHAZEI AND PAGLIUCA TO PARTICIPATE IN CONSORTIUM DEBATE AT NECN STUDIOS ON WEDNESDAY, DEC 2 BOSTON GLOBE, WBUR, WGBH-TV AND NECN CO-SPONSOR FINAL TELEVISED DEBATE BEFORE SPECIAL SENATE ELECTION PRIMARY NEWTON, MA - The four Democr...

Lists by publications are made to stir debate and also give them a bit of publicity. The list that was published today by The Sporting News and sister publication Sports Business Daily/Sports Business Journal certainly does that. Already, I’m a bit ...

Today AOL launches a new travel brand/site/blog called Tripvine, and I'm the arts & culture blogger for their Boston Insider pages. The official launch is today, but we've been posting items on there for some days now, so check us out. Of cou...

Now is the time to act to fix health care reform. The lobbyists are out in full force to control the agenda, as reported in the New York Times In House, Many Spoke With One Voice: Lobbyists', and to write into law 12 plus years of monopoly pricing (in add...

Sad news today regarding the imminent bankruptcy and anticipated demise of Brigham's as a going concern.  Fortunately, the ice cream is still available (Hood bought the recipes and the brand name, and continues to make a pretty tasty mocha almond), a...

Apologies for the interruption in our usual programming. Some unforeseen work obligations crept up on little cat feet. We will resume our usual schedule the weekend after Thanksgiving, with some intermittent reports in between....

Yes, I hurled all manner of verbal abuse at my TV on Sunday night and, yes, my wife walked out on me for the last 13 seconds. In fact, she got so flustered that she forgot to take our youngest with her, leaving him to ask to no one in particular, “W...

The stuff is hitting the fan work wise so I’m doing these links now while I can. I may not be able to do the megalinks on Friday. Keep your Twitter and RSS feeds updated. USA Today’s Michael McCarthy writes about the NFL trying to crack down o...

Did the new mammography guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force come about because a review of the scientific evidence shows that there is no data to support the idea that the benefit of mammography outweighs the risks for women between th...

Wow. The Massachusetts unemployment rate fell last month for the first time in more than two years, plunging nearly a half-percentage point as employers trimmed payrolls by just 900 jobs, the state Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development repor...

I was reading the news last night and saw a story about an Eggo frozen waffle shortage. A waffle shortage? Hmmm. Okay. According to the article, one of Kellogg's facilities was closed for a time due to historic amounts of rain in the area. On top of that,...

College Basketball Puerto Rico Tipoff Quarterfinal, George Mason vs. Villanova – ESPNU, 2 p.m. Quarterfinal, Indiana vs. Ole Miss – ESPN2, 5 p.m. Charleston Classic Quarterfinal, UNC-Wilmington vs. Penn State – ESPNU, 4 p.m. Quarterfinal...