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Doorstep Market curates locally made products
The online market's creators say they're using local expertise to chose the best of the best products.

Boston classical groups among Grammy nominees
Nominations went to Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Skylark Vocal Ensemble, and the BSO.

IN THE FAMILY WAY

How to winterize your parenting

Sunlight is important, but the other senses matter, too.

Three ways to have a safer, saner (and fun) Thanksgiving

A party planner, a psychologist, and an infectious disease expert talk turkey.

Parents have never had more reason to drink — or more reasons to avoid it.

You don’t have to suffer from addiction to question your relationship with booze these days.

How to co-parent in a pandemic

COVID-19 is like having a third party in a relationship, especially if you’re divorced.

All I want for Christmas is some front-row seats
Mendon Drive-In extends season with holiday classics and light shows.

Deck the storefronts with Boston’s favorite performing arts groups
Boston BID's "Stage Windows" initiative puts performing arts groups to work in Downtown Crossing.

What if I don’t want to start at the beginning of ‘The Crown’?
If you jump in at season four, here’s what you’ll miss, and what you won’t.

Rocky the Christmas tree stowaway owl returns to the wild

Rocky the stowaway owl is back in the wild. The tiny Saw-whet owl was named Rockefeller after it was found by a worker setting up the holiday tree at Manhattan’s Rockefeller Center.
TABLES

Garbanzo Mediterranean Fresh comes to Arsenal Yards, and Detroit-style pizza arrives in Natick

TRAVEL

Locked up abroad: One traveler’s experience inside South Korea’s mandatory 14-day quarantine

My husband wants to have his parents over for Thanksgiving

I’m high risk and don’t want anybody in the house. He says I’m being paranoid.
BOTTLES

6 things to know in New England beer this week

Given the flurry of openings, closings, and restrictions recently, you might have missed some fairly significant announcements. We’re here to help.
GETTING SALTY

At his newest restaurant, Avi Shemtov mixes Southern barbecue with Israeli spice

A La Esh just opened in Sharon. He recommends the tuna melt.

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Locked up abroad: One traveler’s experience inside South Korea’s mandatory 14-day quarantine

10 New England travel joys we are thankful for this year

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Here’s one skier’s approach to a most unusual winter

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COMFORT ZONE

All I want for Christmas is some front-row seats

Mendon Drive-In extends season with holiday classics and light shows.

My husband wants to have his parents over for Thanksgiving

I’m high risk and don’t want anybody in the house. He says I’m being paranoid.

Deck the storefronts with Boston’s favorite performing arts groups

Boston BID's "Stage Windows" initiative puts performing arts groups to work in Downtown Crossing.

BOTTLES

6 things to know in New England beer this week

Given the flurry of openings, closings, and restrictions recently, you might have missed some fairly significant announcements. We’re here to help.

GETTING SALTY

At his newest restaurant, Avi Shemtov mixes Southern barbecue with Israeli spice

A La Esh just opened in Sharon. He recommends the tuna melt.

Potholders pretty enough to bring to the table

Weston native Vonnie Williams uses “orphaned fabrics” to stitch these fun designs.

Tastes-like-home-baked crackers from Maine

Nina Murray, founder of Mill Cove Baking Co., makes crackers that are thin, buttery, and flaky-crisp.

FOOD

From ‘Rocky Horror’ feasts to virtual turkey trots, people are embracing an unusual Thanksgiving

Families are finding new ways to connect, such as showing off cheeseballs on Zoom or snail-mailing lovingly crafted cakelets.

Hot chocolate for serious hot-chocolate people

Check out the fragrant hot chocolate powder from Willie’s Cacao, a bean-to bar chocolate maker from England who buys cacao directly from farmers.

DEVRA FIRST

All the things this food critic is thankful for this year

In this challenging time, small comforts matter more than ever.

Love Letters Podcast

Paging Prince Charming

Sarah Huckman had grand expectations for her romantic life heading into college. Then she got there and it wasn’t quite what she’d imagined.

COMFORT ZONE

Knitting your way to a peaceful state of mind

Knitting has proven benefits for heart, mind, and soul. Here's how to get started.

The dating ‘dings’ make me anxious

Help a reader who's dinged by dating apps.

Husband seeks a good reason to leave

Advice from Amy Dickinson.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Can a Biden presidency help bring tourists back to the US? The travel community is feeling buoyed by the prospect

The travel industry is banking on a vaccine, and Joe Biden, to help entice travelers back to the United States.

COMFORT ZONE

What you need to know about ‘Don’t Look Up,’ Netflix’s star-studded movie filming now in Boston

Even as COVID-19 cases have skyrocketed in Massachusetts, movies and TV shows are continuing to film across the state. The biggest movie to film in the Boston area this year, the Netflix comedy “Don’t Look Up,” kicked off production last week.

Ask Amy

Treated like toddlers, grandparents act like teens

COVID concerns disrupt long friendships

Husband seeks a good reason to leave

New mom needs respite and empathy

Whistling chef leaves line cook boiling mad