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1 month ago | 
bostonmagazine.com | Jonathan Soroff
Guides All of the culture, none of the connections: Nonstop flights from Boston to the City of Music promise to start your European vacation on the right note. Like all great European capitals, Vienna is a city where wandering is more rewarding than checking off items on a to-do list; one has to accept that it’s impossible to see everything.
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1 month ago | 
bostonmagazine.com | Jonathan Soroff
With that, Doris Yaffe would settle an argument with me and her legions of other friends and acquaintances, whether it had to do with politics, religion, or the length of a hem. Yaffe, who died last year at 94, was a grande dame, fashion icon, retail executive, outspoken social activist (long before the term existed), and fixture in Boston’s philanthropic and social circles.
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1 month ago | 
bostonmagazine.com | Jonathan Soroff
What do you listen to in your car or at home? This is the most boring answer ever. I don’t listen to music in the background. I can’t do it. If it’s soft, I keep trying to hear what it is, and if it’s loud, it honestly just makes my skin crawl. I’m fine with loud music when I’m actually part of the cause. But when I’m in the car by myself, it’s a lot of NPR. You can’t listen to beautiful classical music in the car anyway, because the environment isn’t quiet enough to hear the incredible dynamic range.
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2 months ago | 
bostonmagazine.com | Jonathan Soroff
What does it feel like to be a Trump appointee in Massachusetts, where he’s clearly not popular? I’m a prosecutor, not a politician. I’ve lived in Cambridge for 20 years, so I’ve always kind of felt like I’m in the minority when it comes to my political views, but I also know from those 20 years that with some of my closest friends, we have very little commonality when it comes to politics. The same thing is true for this office.
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2 months ago | 
bostonmagazine.com | Jonathan Soroff
Guides This posh North Atlantic island just a hop, skip, and a two-hour plane ride from Boston. From one end to the other, this tiny island gives Oz a run for its money. Just 600 miles off the coast of North Carolina, the 21-mile-long, fishhook-shaped paradise has the super-saturated colors of the tropics without the hassle of traveling to the Caribbean.
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2 months ago | 
bostonmagazine.com | Jonathan Soroff
Fashion for Every BodyJust because someone’s missing a limb doesn’t mean they’re missing a sense of style, which was the raison d’être behind clothing designer Joe Malaika’s runway show Excessive Fashion for Amputees, held at the Sheraton Boston. Highlighting designs that celebrate people with prosthetic limbs, the event supported the A Leg Forever Charitable Foundation and Malaika’s Amputee Self Help Network Uganda, and featured models who have lost limbs.
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Mar 21, 2025 | 
bostonmagazine.com | Jonathan Soroff
A welcome departure from the standard gala fare of vulcanized chicken, the Spaghetti Dinner for the Women’s Lunch Place was held at the Fairmont Copley Plaza and featured a lively cocktail party with a massive silent auction in the Venetian Room, followed by a delicious, family-style Italian dinner in the Grand Ballroom.Front and center were such worthies as TV producer Stan Leven; polo-playing tech guru Dean Goodermote and his equally equestrian other half, Diane Arnold; cigar and golf...
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Feb 20, 2025 | 
bostonmagazine.com | Jonathan Soroff |Simone Migliori
Party Pics Our intrepid society columnist reports from Boston’s swankiest affairs, including the Boston Arts Academy Foundation Honors Gala and the Silk Road Gala. Even the most jaded of socialites couldn’t help but be wowed by the Boston Arts Academy Foundation Honors Gala, held at the MGM Music Hall at Fenway.
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Feb 6, 2025 | 
bostonmagazine.com | Jonathan Soroff
What made you want to become a playwright? I don’t think I woke up and said, “Yes, this is for me.” I had wanted to be a lawyer. I had the dreams of my parents so firmly set inside of me. Then I got to Wellesley College and decided, or learned about myself, that that was not who I was. I started trying different artistic forms. I sang opera. Then I took an acting class. I got out into the world in 2009, when every single economic tragedy had hit.
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Feb 5, 2025 | 
bostonmagazine.com | Jonathan Soroff |David Gawkowski
Forget your well-worn winter break—this is the year of the transformational timeout, where “self-care” is about more than just getting away; it’s about coming back better. From spa days in the Swiss Alps to sleep retreats overlooking the Pacific Ocean, trade traditional tourism for trips that feed your bucket list—and your soul.
