An extension of the things we’re obsessed with this month:

Ballet-inspired classes: Like the rest of the celeb-following world, we’ve been intrigued by trainer-to-the-stars Tracey Anderson’s dance/Pilates hybrid workouts ever since client Gwyneth started showing off her legs on red carpets everywhere. As we wait for Anderson to open a Boston studio, we’ve signed up to try Life in Synergy’s Ballet Booty and Boston Sports Club’s NYC Ballet Workout Movement. We’ll keep you posted…

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The auditions for the 2009-2010 season Patriots cheerleading squad were held on Saturday at the Dana-Farber Field House At Gillette Stadium. Thanks to some prodding from her sister, Boston magazine online designer Casey McNamara decided to try out even though she had never cheered before in her life.

“My sister literally knocked on my door with coffee in hand that morning,” Casey says. “I knew she was serious, so I quickly got myself glamorized.”

Here’s what Casey’s experience was like.

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We like classical music, but it’s tough to sit still and just listen. We need to be doing something creative while strings resound in the background. Like blogging. Or painting. Or people-watching. So it was with great excitement that we found out that the Boston Symphony Orchestra will be meshing Mozart with the runway next week for Project Mozart.

On February 12, 17, and 19 from 6:30-8 p.m. at Symphony Hall, eleven fashion design students from several area schools will showcase handmade evening wear inspired by the music of Mozart. Pre-concert receptions will take place on all three days with models wearing the designs and flitting about the room so guests can judge which dress is their favorite. (more…)

With all this snow, how are we supposed to maintain our girlish figure on weekends when the gym is 42 miles away and the sidewalks are buried under a foot of snow? We could have sat on the couch all day doing biceps curls with our fork, but thanks to a B-mag assignment, we layered up, headed outdoors, and went sledding.

We were working on a story to find the best sled money can buy. The near blizzard conditions were perfect for testing out the the $249 Airboard. It’s basically an inflatable sled (not unlike an air mattress), shaped like an arrowhead, which allows you to steer and carve turns on a slope by shifting your body weight from left to right. Just the shape and the softness of it made us want to curl up on it and snooze, but we had a job to do (poor us). (more…)

“What are doing for New Year’s Eve?”

“I don’t know. What are you doing?”

“Hitting up 21 parties.”

“Can I come, too?”

“Absolutely!”

Check out our slide show of all the best New Year’s Eve fetes in town.

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…

Well, you heard it here first: This year can be different. Herewith, some of our party-saving favorites:

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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.

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: (more…)

Guess who’s turns one today? Yes, that’s right, we do! In the past 365 days—minus weekends, holidays, and our very occasional sick day—we’ve provided you with a steady fix of industry news, local gossip, party reports, fashion week happenings, and musings on every little odd thing we obsess about, just as we promised on day one.

Now, before you whip out the cake and gifts (you really shouldn’t have), take a nostalgic walk with us, will you?

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It’s that time of year again. Tomorrow night a new America’s Next Top Model will be crowned and too-sweet-for-comfort Whitney’s unmerited stint as the reigning champ will finally come to a much-appreciated end.

With such a weighty decision looming on the horizon, there’s one question on our minds: Why can’t we shake the weeknight guilty pleasure that is ANTM? We really should have quit watching when controversial celebrity judge Janice Dickinson left the panel, taking most of the show’s fun with her.

Now all we’re left with is off-the-rocker host Tyra Banks, whom you might recognize from her recurring role as comedic fodder on E!’s The Soup. Oh, and she also found some success as a supermodel.

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Outside of low-budget school plays and small-town versions of the Nutcracker, it had been some time since we’d taken in a real production, so we were eager to attend Carrie Fisher‘s Wishful Drinking.

For those Bostonistas old enough to remember, Fisher, the offspring of actress Debbie Reynolds and singer Eddie Fisher, was the sultry/cranky Princess Leia before she got into drugs, was diagnosed with bi-polar disorder, and dropped off the face of the planet.

Now, she’s back, touring America with her one-woman show and offering up a few laughs about her whole ordeal. (Sounds a lot like a certain someone else we know—we’re looking at you, Britney.)

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