Third Decade critiques the Improper Bostonian's attempt at licking advertisers a best-of list, which, like most of the other ones, pretty much considers everything beyond the Fenway and on the other side of the Harbor to be terra incognita.

I'd take a look myself, but the Improper still seems to think it's 1994 and that a giant animated GIF of its cover is all anybody really needs online.

Guests will be served blues-inspired hors d’oeuvres created by Azure’s nationally recognized Executive Chef, Robert Fathman and specialty drinks made with Reyka Vodka. The party will feature blues by Stretch and a raffle for several prizes, including a grand prize chef's tasting dinner for 6 at Azure. Guests are encouraged to wear blue, and there will be prizes for the best blue attire!

Tickets are $50 per person. 100% of the proceeds will benefit Community Servings. The funds raised from the sale of each ticket will provide two weeks worth of meals for a Community Servings client.

Boston Daily Blog has the scoop: The Globe has hired Improper Bostonian editor Veronica Chao to run its City Weekly section.

Go figure: The Improper Bostonian doesn't print every photo from locals who drag a copy of the thing to some exotic foreign locale.

It's not just that the Globe dedicated FIFTEEN reporters, photographers and editors to its list of the 25 most allegedly stylish people in Boston. Or that it was spread over six pages (with four pages of non-stylish reviews weirdly stuck in the middle). Or that they somehow decided that city Councilor Michael Ross is more dapper than city Councilor John Tobin. No, what really got me about the whole thing was the intro (print only):

Consider this list firm proof that you are living in a new Boston. Publications in this city have forever pelted readers with lists such as "The 18 Best Places to Eat Crepes Suzette al Fresco" or "The City's Sexiest Podiatrists," but this is a list you've never seen.

Oh, where to begin?

A new Boston? The new Boston is "minority majority;" at least 51% of the residents of the city of Boston are not white. Of the 25 people on this list, 17 are white, three are black, three are Asian and two are Hispanic.

But, and this is the part that kills me: You have all these reporters and editors at a Pulitzer-winning newspaper collaborating on this thing and none of them thinks to do any fact checking? You know, two minutes with Google would have helped you avoid the embarrassment of having to retract your claim of being the first to ever think up such a brilliant concept. See, a year ago, Boston Magazine printed its own Fab 40 list of "the most stylish, sexy and dynamic Bostonians" (the cover). That's the same month the Improper Bostonian came out with its own list of Boston's 10 most stylish people. Gad, beaten by the Improper Bostonian!

At mAss Backwards, Bruce snarks several of the entries.