“What are doing for New Year’s Eve?”
“I don’t know. What are you doing?”
“Hitting up 21 parties.”
“Can I come, too?”
Check out our slide show of all the best New Year’s Eve fetes in town.
Archive for December, 2008
PARTY LIKE IT’S 2009Posted by admin on 12/19/2008 at 6:02PM | No Comments
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BOOK REPORT: STILL ALICE BY LISA GENOVAPosted by Brigid Sweeney on 12/18/2008 at 2:08PM | 2 Comments
Instead we went home, planted ourselves on the couch, and stayed up until 2 a.m. reading a book we grabbed from the office freebie pile. All told, we’re pretty sure we made the appropriate decision…because Still Alice by local writer Lisa Genova is great. READ MORE |
SALE AWAY: FOCUS ON THE SAVING (NOT THE SPENDING)Posted by Rachel Baker on 12/17/2008 at 12:29PM | No Comments
So scurrying to Barneys (Copley Place, 617-385-3300, www.barneys.com) on our lunch break we went. And we’re oh so glad we did, as the prices had already been slashed to levels they’ve never before sunk to pre January—and the pickins’ were already trending toward slim side. If we had stuck to our guns, we’d have been too late to score the perfect-fitting Vena Cava dress we’d been eyeing for months (marked down from around $550 to about $175). We’d have missed out on the dark Rogan shift (pictured in white) that has just a hint of sheen, a subtle black and white plaid under layer, and a vampy exposed zipper in back (originally $264, now $159). Our closet would have hungered for the sophisticated burgundy sheath from this new Italian label that we can’t pronounce ($450, down to $150), and we would been forced to go nude from the waist up without the tunic-length white button-down by Vince ($195, now $59). The horror! READ MORE |
HOLIDAY GIFT IDEA: EASY READINGPosted by Sascha de Gersdorff on 12/16/2008 at 5:13PM | No Comments
The coffee table book—boring old gift or inventive present? We like to think it’s the latter (and we’re excellent givers). Here, a few of our favorites. |
CELEB-INSPIRED HOLIDAY HAIR TIPSPosted by Brigid Sweeney on 12/11/2008 at 3:29PM | No Comments
I know I should coax it to greatness, but I am (mostly) busy and generally distracted and also somewhat conflict-averse, so I usually overlook its mediocrity. My patience, however, expires around the holidays. So our December interaction tends to go something like this: Me: Hey! Holiday parties! Let’s get ready! And then I drag it to the party, where it sulks and demands to be put up in an artless and non-voluminous ponytail. But, according to SalonCapri owner Nick Penna, our relationship doesn’t have to be quite so dysfunctional. He recommends three low-maintenance, party-friendly looks. |
WHAT’S IN STORE: PAWSH DOG BOUTIQUEPosted by Rachel Baker on 12/10/2008 at 12:45PM | No Comments
Back Bay’s only dog boutique opened last month just a few steps from Newbury Street by Mike and Nancy Maida and their charming Boston terrier Balki. A year ago, the couple noticed the increasing four-legged bodies strutting the streets and also the absence of options to buy food, warm clothing, and fun toys for these pooches—observations that soon cultivated into Pawsh’s very cute and semi-practical inventory. READ MORE |
GAME ON!Posted by Sascha de Gersdorff on 12/9/2008 at 5:33PM | No Comments
Well, you heard it here first: This year can be different. Herewith, some of our party-saving favorites: |
THREE THEME-PARTY IDEASPosted by admin on 12/5/2008 at 1:01PM | No Comments
Every Friday, post-work, we’re going to meet up at a different friend’s place, each armed with a bottle of good wine, some takeout, and partake in the following activities: READ MORE |
ON THE CALENDAR: ICA’S SECOND-ANNIVERSARY PARTYPosted by Brigid Sweeney on 12/4/2008 at 5:18PM | No Comments
Believe it or not, the museum’s second-anniversary-party-slash-fashion-show is next week…and we have no doubt it’ll measure up to last year’s fabulousness. Coordinated by Debi Greenberg and art advisor Charlie Scheips, the event will celebrate major fashion presences like Tuleh, Sari Gueron, Ashley Olsen, and Brian Reyes. READ MORE |
OH, HAPPY DAYPosted by Sascha de Gersdorff on 12/3/2008 at 4:35PM | No Comments
Now, before you whip out the cake and gifts (you really shouldn’t have), take a nostalgic walk with us, will you? |
On Monday night, we told ourselves we were going to do the following: Waste 30 bucks on a useless item for an extended-family grab bag, stop by the Verizon store, clean the bathroom, and wrap three presents.
Thankfully, we have absolutely no patience whatsoever. You see, we had reconciled to wait until after Christmas to do our sale shopping, which is what we’ve done in years past, and we always cleaned up real nice. But a couple of days ago as we stared into our closet, wondering what we’d wear to these nonstop holiday soirees, and we got a case of that resolution-destroying I Have Nothing To Wear bug.
Our hair is a classic underachiever. (Well, just mine. Lots of fellow Bostonistas have 
It has all the essentials of any trendy boutique: funky t-shirts, stylish apparel, fun accessories, fragrance sprays, fun toys, and hip bedding. But at 
At this point, we’re past Thanksgiving, and all that holiday’s typical accoutrements—unexpected relatives, post-turkey lethargy, valiantly trying to catch up with Great Aunt Agnes. And heading straight into late December’s more of the same…
Bostonista loves going to the most exclusive parties at the sweetest locales in town, but every now and then, we love to throw a proper shindig at home with our best friends. For the holidays, we cooked up some unique ideas.
Was the 
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