Courtney comes to Boston magazine after a four-and-a-half year tenure at Boston.com and the Boston Globe, where she headed the EPpy-award winning Things to Do section online and contributed regularly to the lifestyle sections of the paper and to the Boston Globe Sunday Magazine. Before that, she worked for WickedLocal.com and covered government and crime for the Patriot Ledger. She also interned at Rolling Stone (ask her about touring with Good Charlotte in Australia). Courtney prides herself on random knowledge of Boston's neighborhoods and nightlife, and when she isn't writing or editing, she's probably shopping, running, at a concert, or drinking craft beer.

Southie, You’re a Stahh
Posted on 5/11/2012 at 11:42AM | No Comments

A&E and TLC are both filming shows in the neighborhood.

The St. Patrick’s parade in South Boston. (Photo via wilbanks on Flickr.) Apparently, everyone in Hollywood wants a piece of South Boston. Earlier this week, A&E ordered the reality series “Southie Rules” from Somerville-based Powderhouse Productions and Magilla Entertainment — it will be centered around “one wicked-stubborn native South Boston ... READ MORE
New England Beercations, Redux
Posted on 5/4/2012 at 9:05AM | 1 Comment

More great places to sate your suds cravings in New England.

(Is Burlington be the beeriest town of them all? (Photo by Jared and Corin/Wikimedia Commons) Find great places to enjoy delicious ales and lagers around New England? Yes, please. I pretty much had the best assignment ever for May’s beer package: “Three Brewtastic New England Getaways.” I wrote about all the ... READ MORE
Concord Puts the Kibosh on Plastic Water Bottle Sales
Posted on 4/26/2012 at 10:13AM | No Comments

It's a historic move for a historic town.

Last night, Concord voted to ban the bottle. (Photo via iStockPhoto.) At Concord’s annual town meeting last night, residents passed a bylaw banning the sale of single-serve plastic water bottles by 39 votes, 403-364, according to Wicked Local — supporters say it’s the most sweeping municipal ban in the country. Somewhere, ... READ MORE
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