On a cold, gray North Shore day, when the house is fast becoming a prison for you and your kids, with the siren song of the TV harder and harder to resist, there is a place you can go, a wonderland of delights for old and young alike, where all is warm and embracing. I … Read more
It was the pandemic winter of 2021, and I was desperate for an outdoor activity. So when I saw that the North Park Village Nature Center offered snowshoeing once we hit six inches, I was intrigued. I’ve never been bold enough to ski, and the last time I tried ice skating, things didn’t go so … Read more
Christmas bustles like few other days in Chinatown. With restaurants closed elsewhere, it’s almost become a cliché: we Chinese sitting shoulder to shoulder with our Jewish brethren, shoveling lo mein into our maws. Several years ago, perhaps out of irony to score Instagram points, I thought it’d be funny if my Chinese family ate at a … Read more
Staycations! Snowshoeing! Soup! Here’s why we cherish the city’s most notorious season.
“The first step of elevating a neighborhood as being important is naming it and identifying it and thinking of it as a real place.”
They advocated for the vulnerable, reckoned with history, and brought joy to the masses. These six honorees represent the best of our city.
