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Cary Grant smiled at me from my laptop screen. Grinning at me from maybe “Indiscreet” or “Holiday,” “The Awful Truth” or “My Favorite Wife.” Whatever the film, Grant’s rakish and […]
As Pandemic Restrictions Lift, Local Movie Theaters Are Still Waiting To Exhale
Blue Bottle Coffee Permanently Pours Out of Harvard Square
Blue Bottle Coffee turned its temporary Covid-wrought closure into a permanent one last month, leaving Harvard Square just three years after its opening.
Boston-born entrepreneur hopes to educate and empower women at Cambridge cannabis shop, Yamba Boutique
Leah Samura is on a mission to empower women in the cannabis industry. She intends to do this with her own adult-use marijuana shop called Yamba Boutique. The store is […]
Cannabis shop to open inside a former police station in Harvard Square
Janet Wu Interviews Dick Friedman, Part Two
Janet Wu sits down with the developer behind Boston’s new Four Seasons, The Charles Hotel, The Hyatt Regency Cambridge, and The Liberty Hotel, to name a few. Dick Friedman has […]
Living the Pandemic Year in Harvard Square
Life being homeless on the streets of Harvard Square was tough, but I noticed last year a glimmer of hope.
Janet Wu Interviews Dick Friedman, Part One
Janet Wu sits down with the developer behind Boston’s new Four Seasons, The Charles Hotel, The Hyatt Regency Cambridge, and The Liberty Hotel, to name a few. Dick Friedman has […]
As Massachusetts Reopens, Harvard Square Businesses Regain Lost Momentum
After a year of uncertainty, Harvard Square business owners are looking forward to welcoming more tourists and students to the Square in the next few months, now that Covid-19 vaccines […]
Del Posto Alum Mark Ladner Will Come Home to Open an Italian Restaurant in Cambridge
The Belmont native, who has earned much acclaim in New York, will open a restaurant at the Charles Hotel in September — and yes, there will be lasagna
Hanging In There: Small Business Survival During A Pandemic
When COVID shutdown Cambridge’s iconic Harvard Square, college students were sent home and tourists largely vanished. Small business there depends on both. But the majority of those small business has […]