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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
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.
More than 105 picks in four categories: Food, People & Ideas, Diversions, and Shopping.
Bostonian of the Year
Guarding the House
When the mortgage crisis blew up, Bruce Marks stood up for the Average Joes.
the restaurant issue

The Best in Service
29 places that treat you like royalty, plus the dish on waiters and diners.
UPSTAIRS, DOWNSTAIRS
A gut-renovation involving four floors, a three-hour time difference, two sisters - and one very special ritual.
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DESIGNING Tree House
Salvaged lumber from diseased butternut trees finds a second life in one woodworker's home.
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How the Pros Live
All in its place
When not at work in Au Bon Pain's test site, Thomas Johnn keeps busy in his tidy Newton kitchen-stocked with reliable tools, pungent spices, and other must-haves.

How the Pros Live
Dressing Rooms
Clothing designer Daniela Corte uses the same kind of simple lines and bold details in her collections as she does in her home.

Real estate
The Urge to Renovate
Are we overhauling our houses because we want to one-up the neighbors? Or because we deserve better? Even soft real estate market isn't stopping homeowners from covering tricked-out kitchens, mater baths, wine cellars, and home theaters.
FIRST PERSON
Unparalleled Parking
Auto dealer Herb Chambers gets us up to speed on the diminutive Smart Car, which arrived in the area last month.

PERSPECTIVE
Mr. Sunshine
The Super Bowl was supposed to be the defining moment for Bill Belichick, sadly, it was.
Letters
The Chinese lesson
Underfunding education and poaching baby sitters are wrongs that readers want righted. We also heard about the sadness of missing children, the thrill of a well-dressed man, the joy of friends marrying friends, and the lessons of blizzards.
ON THE BLOCK
Two-Level Living
these duplex condos pack a lot of square footage (and a staircase) into one unit.













