July 27, 2008
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SPECIAL ISSUES
The Careers Issue
Working For a Living
Recession-proof careers, still working at 65, entrepreneurs and more.
the restaurant issue
Restaurants for Every Occasion
Are you breaking up? Making up? Or just in need of a great last-minute spot to take your parents? Don't fret. Just read on.
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 and 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 BOOMERS ISSUE
Older, Wiser, and Available
The middle-aged dating scene, filled with singles weighing one another's emotional baggage, isn't for the weak of heart.
Answers on Aging
Boomers have plenty of issues to wade through in the years ahead. We asked five experts to help.
Hey. Ho. Let's Go . . . Online
I am an online punk rocker. I turn 51 next month. I see no conflict here.
Save My Brain!
The mind, like the body, gets flabbier with age. Can a crash course in, well, anything, keep it in shape? We sent a boomer to One Day University to find the answer.
Too Tight? Or Just Right?
Their children have grown up. But parents of this generation don't want to let go – and neither do their kids.
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Guess the Boomer
Can you identify these local figures from their younger days? |
PERSPECTIVE
The Real Greatest Generation
The generation Tom Brokaw praised won an extraordinary peace against true evil. But boomers did more than give us tie-dye and ABBA. They changed society monumentally.
Miss Conduct
Toddlers Crashing a Party
When adults-only invites are ignored, plus responding to boob jobs and devoted teachers.
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DESIGNING Once Upon a Tile
In Coral Bourgeois's Providence home, art is displayed where you least expect it. |
ON THE BLOCK
Garden Party
These homes have beautiful outdoor spaces, giving you plenty of reasons to celebrate.
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KITCHEN AIDE Five-Minute Fig Dessert CRAVINGS Toast of the Town |
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GET THE LOOK What to buy, and where |
TALES FROM THE CITY
Big Difference
An "Olympic old" bicyclist, and a chance encounter on the Greenbush Line.
PIERCED
A Real Pain
Dear Amy Herlihy: Thank you so much for your letter about "putting a little more vacation" into my life by offering a chance for some respite care at your Newton facility for "the senior" in my life.