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[Spring Style 2010] DOC_1211StyleShopSM

SHOPPING

Location: Flock, 274 Shawmut Ave., Boston. 617.391.0222. flockboston.com

 

On Cristi:

Shoulder-pad blazer | $228 [Pinkyotto, 156 Newbury St., Boston. 617.236.1238. pinkyotto.com]

Parker cream ruffle blouse | $144 [Crush Boutique, 131 Charles St., Boston. 617.720.0010. shopcrushboutique.com]

Adia Kibur necklace | $96 [Salmagundi, 765 Centre St., Jamaica Plain. 617.522.5047. salmagundiboston.com]


[Spring Style 2010] DOC_1211AllThreeSM

SEVENTH-DAY HEAVEN

The Dig's annual spring style guide

Spring Sundays are like vintage hats: No two are exactly alike. You should be able to say the same about your outfits. So layer up, button down and put your best pompom pump forward—here are our favorite looks for the sunny season.


[News to Us] NWS_1211ChemoCostsSM

CHEMO COSTS ... ARE COSTLY

"Many people in this room will have cancer someday," Dr. Omar Eton told the Legislature's Committee on Public Health last week.

[News to Us] NWS_1211DowntownXingSM

THE MENINO LETTERS

Breaking down the mayor's fiery language

One Franklin Street, aka the giant hole in Downtown Crossing formerly known as Filene's Basement, has sat relatively untouched for more than two years.

[Cruel World] OCW_1211OlympianFailSM

Dear creepy motherfucker who wouldn't leave us alone,

I get that all bars are meat markets to you. I don't blame you for trying.

[Bean Counter] BC_1211ArkSM

THE DIG'S QUALITY-OF-LIFE INDEX

In the wake of the damning candid camera exposé put together by conservative "journalist" James O'Keefe, ACORN is rebranding, changing its housing branch's name to Affordable Housing Centers of America.

[Media Farm] MF_1211BarstoolBattleSM

BARSTOOL BATTLE

WE ARE LOATH TO side with Barstool Sports—hell, we hate looking at their website, since there are all these naked ladies on the side banner, and god help you if some intern walks by when you land on a "Guess that ass" post, leaving you no choice but to shout, "THIS IS RESEARCH!"—however, last week presented us with a local internet feud so ass-backwards, we've got to vote in their favor ... sort of.


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The Woodward at the Ames Hotel

LUPEC's Eight-Drink Minimum Revealed

ONE COURT ST., BOSTON. 617.979.8200.

WOODWARDATAMES.COM

LUPEC's last installment of Dig-assigned debauchery ended with a 12-cocktail flight. Suffice to say, this is how we roll. We know a long night is in store so commence Operation Woodward early, precisely at 5:08 p.m. on Sunday.

Drink 0.5: The Aperitif


[nightlife2010] 5D_1210HiltonSM

The Airport Location of a Certain Large Hotel Chain

 

Everything that could have possibly gone wrong on this evening, did. This includes a completely erroneous side-trip to Charlestown, where there just so happens to be another street called Terminal.

[News to Us] NWS_1210WarOnTrashSM

THE WAR ON TRASH

... will be won by cameras

Graffiti artists and illegal trash dumpers beware: The city of Boston might just be watching you. Copying New York, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and even Providence, the Boston City Council considered boosting a vandalism deterrent that catches taggers and trashers in the act.


Featured Blogs

RJD2 Live at the Paradise

By weeklydig on Tue, Mar 16, 2010 7:17 pm LIVE REVIEW BY RILEY OHLSON

RJD2 got his start DJing for Columbus rap group MHz in the '90s, but is better known for his solo work, beginning with Your Face or Your Kneecaps in 2001, and hitting his stride with widely acclaimed 2002 release Deadringer.

Copeland/ I Can Make A Mess at Middle East 3/6/10

By cmcduffie on Mon, Mar 15, 2010 2:33 am

The Middle East is a great venue when it's kind of full--but it can be a mess when it's completely sold out.

 


Surfer Blood & Turbo Fruits

By ioncrash on Mon, Mar 8, 2010 5:26 pm None-too-shockingly, Jonas Stein of Turbo Fruits (formerly of Be YourOwn Pet) turns out to be a pretty chill guy. After all, the dude’s written more songs about weed than I care to list right now.
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