Eat, Shop and Learn! That's what the team behind the brand new Eataly wants patrons to do. The credo has been part of the Eataly manifesto for many years in cities like New York, Chicago and Copenhagen, and this holiday season they bring that spirit to Boston's Back Bay. Oscar Farinetti is the founder and creator
It's more the share than the give. It's the shared joy that when it's being consumed, I can feel it and they can feel it. Handcrafted Mugs from Healing Touch Pottery The famed Chef, Author and Entrepreneur Mario Batali once said, "It's more the share than the give. It's the shared joy that
In my long struggle with misery, quite by accident, I discovered the mental equivalent of physical exercise. I found that one can deliberately effect life-changing mental changes with simple training exercises... if you will, bicep curls for the mind. Chade-Meng Tan was not always a happy guy. It was a skill he had to
Slow it down. Make it simpler. Make it softer. What is serving you today? Slow it down. Make it simpler. Make it softer. What is serving you today? These are some of the cues being lobbed at the twenty plus yogis gathered in the sun-splashed practice room at Bow Street Yoga in Somerville's Union Square.
Some of the cast and crew at Sadhana Yoga You'll find the all new Sadhana Yoga tucked along Worcester Street, among the artisnal shops and restaurants of the city's South End neighborhood. The team there likens the yoga center to an "urban oasis" offering a broad selection of classes to meet most any style of
Jack Lenor Larsen founded his own textile design company in 1953. Today, the Larsen name is "synonymous with exquisite woven fabrics, epitomizing the point at which modernism, craft and technology intersect". In their Vows series, the New York Times recently featured a hand-forged stainless steel mango fork whose design (which pierces the stem end
As we learned from the events of this past week, we get what we get... and, oftentimes it's not what we want. In his weekly (Insight Meditation Communtiy of Berkeley) dharma talk, Awakening Joy (Parallax Press, 2012) author and Buddhist scholar James Baraz shared an alternative to the often habitual contracting that arises in response to the unpleasant experiences
Music... the universal elixir. It sports the dual powers to both inspire a digging deeper and also usher us into an inner quiet. In our winters and our summers, through shadow and in light we turn to music for its many healing properties. This week we invite you to tuck these three tracks into your playlist. Perfect companions
Harvard Square is peppered with its share of rich traditions, academic and otherwise. Among its many institutions sits Harvest, one of the Greater Boston area's long celebrated restaurants. As it basks in the light of its fourth decade in operation, the torch has been passed to a new generation... in the kitchen that is. Claiming that helm is
As we shift seasons and head into the colder temperatures here in New England, there's a host of simple edits we can make to weather the mounting conditions. Beyond the obvious defensive actions of bundling up, loading up on vitamin C and such, another proactive shift we might consider is copper. Research abounds that this reddish-orange conductor of heat and electricity offers a