Ilan Mochari: I was waiting tables at a restaurant in Cambridge called Full Moon. I worked with a waitress named Jen Bates, who’s an actress. She has since moved to the Bay Area. Jen knew Holli. I don’t remember how they knew each other, but they were friends. When Holli moved up here and wanted […]
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As a kid growing up in Jamaica Plain, Michael Monestime lived underneath the elevated Orange Line that used to run from Forest Hills down to Chinatown. He still remembers when the historic tracks closed in the late 1980s. “I saw sunlight for the first time on Washington Street,” he says. “That was monumental in me […]
With Dec. 31 drawing near, many well-meaning people will make promises to themselves that will inevitably be unkept over the following 12 months: New Year’s resolutions. It’s a shame, since most of those resolutions revolve around things that should make us better in one way or another: work out, learn new things, support worthy causes. […]
Whether by way of culture or faith or family tradition—or simply for the love of breaking bread with friends—holidays have almost always been associated with food. In the cultural melting pot of Cambridge, there are more than a few opportunities to sample holiday fare that might not be a staple of your own pantry. It […]