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SPECIAL ISSUES

your home issue

The Grand Outdoors

Four garden makeovers, plus the perfect window box and tips from Ellen C. Wells.
the real estate issue
The Cape Is Calling

The Cape Is Calling

Vacation homes on the Cape, plus the best ZIP codes and rules for surviving a soft market.
the summer camps issue

Finding the Right Camp

A guide for the anxious parent, plus camps off the beaten trail, parenting tips and more.
Best of the New
More than 105 picks in four categories: Food, People & Ideas, Diversions, and Shopping.
Bostonian of the Year
Guarding the House

Guarding the House

When the mortgage crisis blew up, Bruce Marks stood up for the Average Joes.
the restaurant issue
The Best in Service

The Best in Service

29 places that treat you like royalty, plus the dish on waiters and diners.

The Best Photos of 2007

The Best Photos of 2007
Some of the most memorable photographs last year had equally memorable stories behind them, as the images and words from Boston Globe staff photographers on the following pages reveal.

On the Line

In an excerpt from his new book, "The Assist," Neil Swidey finds Jack O'Brien, the impossibly intense basketball coach of Charlestown High, struggling to help one of his toughest players, Jason White, take his big shot at a better life, before it slips away.
miss conduct

A Thirst for Office Politics

When water coolers don't get replaced, plus bad boyfriend memories and shopaholic relatives.
Losing Proposition
COUPLING

Losing Proposition

My wife suggested I go on a diet. I wasn't going to suffer alone.
Tall Order
PERSPECTIVE

Tall Order

If Boston is serious about going green, it needs to join other major cities and embrace the skyscraper.
Turning It Loose
FIRST PERSON

Turning It Loose

DJ Shiftee, a.k.a. Harvard senior and math major Sam Zornow, spins practically anything into gold.
Bowled Over
COOKING

Bowled Over

Stick-to-your-ribs whole-wheat pasta calls for a flavor-packed sauce.
PIERCED

Worth a Gamble

A little leniency for this criminal could go a long way.
TALES FROM THE CITY

Bad Vibrations

Sounding a wrong note, and a quest for options.
on the block

Zamboni Not Included

Satisfy your winterlust with your own backyard skating rink.
letters

An Alternative Clinic

Our medical issue produced a rash of reader responses on the wisdom of combining conventional and alternative medicine, the hope of diet cures, the disappointment of certain doctor behaviors, and the promise of good talk therapy.
THE FIND

Easy Does It

Reinventing the wheel - with a snow shovel attached.
fashion plates

Gilt Trip

Roll out the red carpet.
fashion plates Michele Franchi
SHOP AROUND

Window Dressing

Jari Ford, the owner of Jari Boutique in Boston, has a cure for fashion cabin fever.