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The ultimate media circus rolled into Boston when Liz Taylor and her ex-ex-husband Richard Burton starred in a
six-week run of Noel Coward’s play Private Lives at the Shubert Theatre in the spring of 1983. The city went
bananas, with throngs of fans swarming their every public appearance, hoping for a glimpse of Liz Taylor drip-
ping in diamonds and rocking a Hollywood haute-couture style rarely seen in sensible Boston. No matter that Liz and
Dick were no longer married (the fact that they were playing a divorced couple who reunited while on honeymoon with
their new significant others made it all the more juicy), or that their best days as actors were behind them. Everyone was
still enraptured by the impossible glamour of Liz and Dick when they fell in love on the set of Cleopatra in the early 1960s
(while married to other people) and became Hollywood’s most fascinating couple. They went on to dazzle the critics and
titillate their fans in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf in 1966, when they played a bitterly feuding husband and wife. The lure
of gossip—how much of that on-screen battle was happening behind closed doors in their marriage?—just upped their
ranking as superstars. When they premiered Private Lives almost two decades later, fanatical admirers came out in
droves to watch them claw and kiss once again onstage. The Boston Globe eviscerated the play in a famously catty review,
describing Taylor as “a caricature of Coward’s heroine inside a caricature of an actress inside a caricature of Elizabeth
Taylor.” But bad press didn’t hurt the show a bit: It was a sold-out run in Boston. The legend of Liz and Dick was more
important to their delirious devotees than anything they might do in the present. In today’s era of gossip mania, we’re
surrounded by people who are “famous for being famous”—a term that was practically invented for Elizabeth Taylor
and Richard Burton. Maybe Mayor Kevin White knew what was in store when he presented them with silver bowls in
the lobby of the Met Center on opening night, then declared, “Now we can relax, enjoy, and stare at our celebrities.” BC
Public Couple, Private LivesWHEN ELIZABETH TAYLOR AND RICHARD BURTON ARRIVED IN BOSTON TO STAR IN PRIVATE LIVES,
THEY BROUGHT THE CITY TO ITS CELEBRITY-WORSHIPPING KNEES. BY JENNIFER DEMERITT
Paparazzi swarm Elizabeth Taylor at the premiere of Private Lives on April 13, 1983.
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People 43 In Liz We Trust
One of Boston’s most beloved newscasters
trades the newsroom for the boardroom.
46 The Greener MonsterAs Boston gets ready for opening day at
Fenway, Dr. Allen Hershkowitz reveals how
the Red Sox implemented Major League
Baseball’s first conservation program.
50 Throwing a FitWhen Hollywood hotshots hit Boston,
Robin Chalfin is their go-to tailor.
52 Sir SneakerheadDeon Point gets ready for spring’s new
drops at the sneaker mecca Concepts.
54 The Eyes of Lino SanchezFrom jail to the classroom, Lino Sanchez
uses his life story and his nonprofit, Urban
Achievers, to give troubled kids a new start.
8 Front Runners
22 From the Editor-in-Chief
24 From the Publisher
26 ...Without Whom This Issue Would Not Have Been Possible
29 Invited
38 The List
46 The Greener MonsterDr. Allen Hershkowitz hits a home run for conservation at Fenway Park.
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Culture 60 Banned in Boston
One of the city’s most spirited fundraisers
pokes fun at pop culture with the help of
New England’s biggest names.
64 The Mod SquadA painter, clothing designer, and gallerist
cut a new cloth in Boston’s art scene.
Taste 66 Sister Act
You can take the girls out of the North End,
but you can’t take the North End out of the
girls at their seaport sensation NEBO.
70 Rooms with a View Designer Meichi Peng spotlights restaurants
that combine great food and eye-catching
décor.
72 Red Carpet SurvivorsEllie Fund supporters Kelley Tuthill and
Tara Griffith dish about the nonprofit’s
cancer-fighting mission and its upcoming
Red Carpet Gala.
Style 78 This Is 40
Elie Tahari talks about how he got his start,
the popularity of his Copley Place boutique,
and his ’70s-inspired anniversary collection.
92 Paint the TownSpring fashion blooms with bold, splashy colors.
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108 Family TiesGiving money isn’t as easy as it sounds,
particularly when different generations
are involved. Here, philanthropists,
advisers, and wealth managers tell how
to minimize familial differences and
make charitable gifting a smooth sail.
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80 Green with EnvyWhat does Catheline van den Branden of
the French Cultural Center covet this
spring? Alexandra Mor’s dazzling
emerald ring.
82 Optical EffectsFor Bostonians craving the latest skincare
treatments, there’s a new product that takes
antiaging solutions in a new direction.
84 Time JumpAs anticipation builds for the Boston
Marathon, precision timing is top of mind—
and jump hour watches answer that call.
Features 88 Being Matt LeBlanc
As his Showtime sitcom Episodes moves into
its fourth season, the Emmy-nominated
actor reflects on his decade with the iconic
series Friends, his childhood in Nonantum,
and his TV reincarnation as… himself.
By Nichole Bernier
Photography by Rainer Hosch
100 The Look of LoveBallet, romance, and fashion connect Kathleen Breen Combes and Yury Yanowsky.
92 Paint the TownSpring fashion and art burst with bold
shapes and splashy colors.
Photography by Robert Ascroft
100 The Look of LoveBoston Common spends a night on the
town with five of Boston’s most stylish
couples—the rockers, dancers, and
mavericks whose synchronized styles
make the city sizzle.
Photography by Eric Levin
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Haute Property 115 Philanthropy Begins
at Home One of Boston’s most elegant
socialites opens up her home to
share her designing and
entertaining secrets.
118 Building a Hipper Home What do Boston homeowners
want? We went straight to the
source and asked the area’s top builders.
120 Catlike ReflexesJaguar’s new sports car pounces onto
New England’s roads with a vengeance.
The Guide 123 Have Bag, Will Travel
Milicent Armstrong of Artemis Design
Co. expresses her love for exotic lands in
her graphic designs for spring.
124 AcquireMake a statement with dramatic cuffs.
126 RelaxJump-start your spring with a high-tech
treatment.
Parting Shot
128 Mean StreetsWill nouveau bike etiquette triumph
over Boston’s hardwired road rage?
115 Philanthropy Begins at HomeElena Matlack favors history and comfort in her Brookline house.
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Anna Cheshire Levitan, Kristina Hare Lyons, and I backstage before our big dance scene in Banned in Boston.
I might have found my next car at Boston Common’s Holiday Gift Guide Gala—a 2014 Range Rover Sport.
This issue is devoted to style, a subject near to
my heart. My dad was a fashion designer, and I grew up with racks of
clothing routinely showing up in the middle of our living room, along
with the stray hanger in the kitchen sink. What came out of all that was a
deep appreciation, not just for what goes into a quality piece of clothing,
but for what someone does with it once they have it on. Because to me,
fashion is fun, but style is spiritual.
Style is confidence, the way you speak, how you move. It’s how your
clothes fit you, and what you choose to put on your body. Style is an
intimate art—maybe the most—because it is entirely a personal choice,
from the inside to the rest of the world. With that in mind, we thought it
would be terrific fun to celebrate five couples that have it going on in the
style front for Boston Common’s feature “The Look of Love.” “Pretend you
just won an Oscar!” we told them
at the photo shoot. “Make believe
the paparazzi are following your
every footstep! Have a blast!” Of
course, they did. These duos are all successful and talented, but they are
more than that. They are positive, forward-looking, original thinkers who
follow their own beat. They love their life and each other—and they really,
really enjoy dressing up. Why wouldn’t they?
That sense of optimism is personified by Lino Sanchez, the subject of
our Spirit of Generosity story. Sanchez did not have it easy during the
first part of his life. He made some poor choices. But a mix of fate, luck,
and perseverance changed his course. Since then, he has devoted
everything to helping at-risk kids make the right choices through his
nonprofit, Urban Achievers. A lot of folks talk the talk, but Sanchez
walks the walk. At the end of the day, that is the best style of all.
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and on bostoncommon-magazine.com.
LISA PIERPONT
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ABOVE: With Ricardo Rodriguez and Daniela Corte in the 2014 Land Rover Sport “photo booth” at our Holiday Gift Guide Gala. LEFT: David Ortiz and his wife, Tiffany, with Eliza Dushku and Rick Fox at the David Ortiz Celebrity Golf Classic in the Dominican Republic.
With Scott Kudrick and Rita Bean at our second annual Holiday Gift Guide Gala at the Mandarin Oriental.
With Susan Barabino of the Celtics at the Four Seasons Hotel’s annual holiday luncheon.
It was a whirlwind holiday season packed with parties that left us thankful for such a
vibrant community in Boston. I was excited to attend the opening of
Chanel’s two-floor boutique on Newbury Street after watching it steadily
rise over the past year. Its stunning interiors, tweed walls, and dazzling
sculptures did not disappoint. Burberry, Cartier, La Perla, Ritz-Carlton
Boston Common, and the Four Seasons Hotel (appropriately themed as
PBS’s hit show Downton Abbey) also held festive holiday parties, and it was
wonderful to see everyone out and about—and shopping.
Boston Common held its second annual Holiday Gift Guide Gala in the
elegant ballroom at the Mandarin Oriental, produced by Party by Design,
with Land Rover, Audio Video Intelligence, Peroni, Moët Hennessy, Saks
Fifth Avenue, and a host of other glamorous sponsors. It was a fantastic
opportunity to get a start on gift ideas, and everyone (myself included)
enjoyed having their picture taken in the 2014 Land Rover Sport with
a festive winter background. We’ve also been keeping an eye on all the
exciting building and movement
in the Chestnut Hill Square and
The Street in Chestnut Hill. Both
developments have added more
accessible shopping and dining to the area: Del Frisco’s Grille debuted
its new luxury bar concept at The Street, and Equinox opened its first
club with a barre studio at Chestnut Hill Square.
After a long and snowy winter, we are looking forward to a bright,
warm spring in Boston and farther afield. There is a hopeful feeling in the
air, and it won’t be long before we see crocuses blossoming in the Public
Garden and daffodils on Nantucket.
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and on bostoncommon-magazine.com.
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Nichole Bernier Nichole Bernier is the author of the Boston
Globe’s bestselling novel The Unfinished Work of
Elizabeth D. (Crown, $14) and has written for
magazines including Psychology Today, Elle, and
Self. She is a former golf and ski editor and a
television spokesperson for Condé Nast Traveler,
and she holds a master’s degree in journalism
from Columbia University. She lives west of
Boston with her husband and five children. In this issue: Bernier sat down with cover man
Matt LeBlanc at Blue Ginger to chat about his
new show, Episodes. What struck you most about Matt LeBlanc? “His loyalty to the
writing and the writers, and to making a scene
the best it can be.” How did he differ from your preconceptions? “I had the impression
from his clips on talk shows that being in the
public eye came naturally to him. But
speaking with him about the oddity of fame
and his years of withdrawing to his ranch
showed that there’s more to the story.”
Ciara Hunt Ciara Hunt lives in Boston and has worked as the
editor-in-chief of Hello! magazine in Canada and
as the managing editor of InStyle and The World
of Interiors in the UK. She also covered all things
Prince William and Kate Middleton for the
Canadian Broadcasting Company. In this issue: Hunt writes about Elena Matlack’s Brookline
manse in “Philanthropy Begins at Home.” How often do you change your interiors? “My
mother has given me a piece of art every
birthday since I was 18. With each one I have
to rearrange the whole house.” What’s your most recent décor acquisition? “A Paul
McCobb desk from Machine Age in Boston.”
Jimmy Tingle Cambridge-born Tingle’s career spans three
decades as a comedian, writer, actor, activist,
and entrepreneur. He has appeared on CBS’s
60 Minutes II, MSNBC, The Tonight Show,
CNN, Larry King Weekend, and Late Night with
Conan O’Brien, as well as his own HBO half-
hour comedy special. In this issue: Tingle
writes about the much-debated subject of bikes
in Boston for Parting Shot. What is most exciting about spring in New England?
“People walking the streets for no good
reason—just because they can.” Who is scarier on the road: Boston bikers or drivers? “Considering the average bike weighs
about 30 pounds and the average car weighs
two tons, I would say cars are scarier.”
Webb ChappellA Boston-based photographer for the past 20
years, Chappell cannot think of a better way
to spend a work day than shooting a subject
like Concepts’ Deon Point, chit-chatting
about the bar scene and kids while burying
Point in a mound of sneakers for the shoot.
Webb photographs for editorial, corporate,
and nonprofit clients, such as The Boston Globe,
The Wall Street Journal, and The Guardian.
In this issue: Chappell goes sneaker crazy
with designer Deon Point for Talent Patrol.
Are you a sneakers or a loafers guy? “I’ve
never worn a pair of loafers in my life.” How many sneakers did you use to “hide” Deon? “30 pairs!”
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It was a banner year for David Ortiz, who won the World
Series with his Boston Red Sox teammates and was named
Most Valuable Player. After the season ended, he turned
his attention to the David Ortiz Children’s Fund and the
David Ortiz Celebrity Golf Classic, which was held in his
native Dominican Republic from December 12 to 15 at the
Sanctuary Cap Cana Resort & Punta Espada Golf Course.
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Manny Machado and Adam Jones
Paul Bernon,Sam Slater, and Mike Flynn
Kelli Morrow, Cathy Lafave, Terri Godley, Margaret McNeill, Gretchen Brown, Jessica Broggi, and Blake Maroon
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The four-day David Ortiz Celebrity Golf Classic raised funds to benefit Ortiz’s foundation in partnership with the World Pediatric Project and Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, which provides critical pediatric health care for those in need in Boston and the Dominican Republic. Ortiz was joined by Olympic gold medalist Aly Raisman; actress (and former Boston Common cover star) Eliza Dushku and her boyfriend, Rick Fox; and emcees Heidi Watney and Lenny Clarke. The event raised more than $350,000. Highlights from the live auction included batting lessons with David Ortiz during Spring Training and a lunch with the New York Yankees’ Alex Rodriguez.
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UnmaskedMore than 250 guests dressed in costumes (including Marie Antoinette and Boston Red Sox players) and gathered March 25 at a private home benefit in Weston to raise money for women’s health initiatives in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Ashley Bernon and Stacy Simon Gilman were the event’s cochairs. Chef Lydia Shire cooked throughout the evening while guests sipped Russian Standard Vodka cocktails.
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Lydia Shire
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At Herb Chambers, we don’t sell cars. We help people buy them. What’s the di�erence? A big
one. When you help someone buy a car, you listen carefully to what they have to say. �en you help
them �nd the right vehicle. Patiently. Without pressure.
It’s worked for us. Sales are up, and customers tell us they love our no-hassle approach. Combine
it with our customer-friendly programs, like Smart Pricing and our 5-Day Money Back Guarantee
for used cars, and you can understand why last year alone, more than 48,000 people decided to buy
their vehicle from Herb Chambers. Sold? We thought you might be.
Herb Chambers
“When you don’t try to sella customer on a car,
you’d be surprised how many cars you can sell.”
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Nini Munoz, Pamela Vargas, and Paula Garcia
Regina Mikulinsky, Diane Allen, and Naomi Bockian
Laura and Ken Driscoll
Luke Peterson, Elena Krupennikova, and Ally Forbes
Judy Miller and Anne King
Jennifer Titus and Nikki Dinari
Nicolas Biddle, Rachel Bean, and Jerell Bradley
Jana Rago and Nikki Stalling
Lauren and Jeff Begley
Alina and Chris Ritter
Guide to GiftingMore than 400 guests enjoyed a constant flow of Moët & Chandon Impérial, signature cocktails by Hendrick’s Gin, handcrafted brews by Peroni, and Château D’Esclans rosé at Boston Common’s second annual Holiday Gift Guide Gala presented by Land Rover at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. In partnership with Saks Fifth Avenue, Mozart Chocolate Cream Liqueur offered tastings paired with the scent Love, Don’t Be Shy by Kilian. In addition to browsing pieces from Primigi, The Tannery, Twilight Boutique, Sidney Thomas Jewelers, Clarke, Audio Video Intelligence, and Bowers & Wilkins, guests also enjoyed having their picture taken inside the 2014 Land Rover Sport, which was transformed into a scenic mountain “photo booth” for the evening. The hotel’s culinary team served hors d’oeuvres and desserts throughout the evening.
Heather and Seth Greenbaum.
George Karageorgos and Paul Krasinski
DJ Mario Papathanasiou
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Ronny Zinner, Jen Herman, Samantha Strauss, and Linda Waintrup
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Think PinkSome of Boston’s most fashionable and philanthropic women, including Corinne Grousbeck, Linda Holliday, and Kay Bernon, gathered at the Boston Harbor Hotel on October 24 for the annual Boston Hot Pink Luncheon & Symposium for The Breast Cancer Research Foundation. More than 240 guests helped raised $250,000 as they ate, drank, and mingled with guest speaker and author Letty Cottin Pogrebin.
Nancy Feldman and Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Taste TestOenophiles gathered at the Chilton Club, where the French Cultural Center hosted a black-tie benefit on November 18 celebrating A Taste of the Rhône Valley. More than 100 guests enjoyed tasting and learning about 10 wines from the M. Chapoutier estate with the vineyard’s manager Michel Chapoutier in attendance. Guests sampled wines including Ermitage’s De l’Orée 2007 and Le Pavillon 2007 while dining on Long Island duck breast and monkfish fillet wrapped in Mangalica ham. The event raised money for Accent on Success, the Center’s after-school program in Boston Public Schools.
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Storybook BallThe Museum of Fine Arts took on a different look on October 19, when more than 500 guests gathered for MassGeneral Hospital for Children (MGHfC) Storybook Ball. The annual event raised more than $1.6 million for vital patient programs this year and has raised $20 million in the past 14 years. Proceeds from this year’s event are earmarked for emergency and trauma services within MGHfC, including the opening of a newly renovated Pediatric Emergency Department in 2014. Designed by longtime Storybook Ball partner Rafanelli Events, this year’s gala presented a whimsical tribute to the beloved children’s book Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson, and featured a live auction, luxury game booths, dinner, and dancing.
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Bobi Koukounaris Lelon and Felicia Kiehm
Sinesia Karol and Bryan Rafanelli
Jim Triant and Mene Aliapoulios
Mistletoe MingleThere was no shortage of talented dancers when The Hellenic Women’s Club held its annual Mistletoe Ball, chaired by Felicia Kiehm and Bobi Koukounaris Lelon, at the Fairmont Copley Plaza on November 30. Three hundred guests were treated to an elegant dinner, followed by a dance performance by Joey Scott and the Connection and Greek music by Orfeas. The traditional afterparty, The Mistletoe Mingle, was attended by a host of young professionals who danced until 2 AM. The club has contributed more than $1.75 million in the past 15 years to numerous New England charities, including the club’s annual scholarships.
George and Alexandra Markos
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Aerialists climbed down the museum’s walls.
Robert and Heather Earl
Elizabeth and John Naughton
Making SenseHundreds of Peabody Essex Museum supporters kicked up their heels and ditched their tuxedo jackets when Joey Scott and the Connection played at the Future Creativity Gala. Proceeds from the event support the museum’s educational programs and special exhibitions. The evening got started with a packed Patrons Party, where fearless acrobatic dancers took to the walls of the museum atrium. Guests were treated to experiences designed to awaken their senses, including a wine pairing curated by MIT Media Lab researcher Janice Wang. The museum’s composer-in-residence, Matthew Aucoin, worked with violinist Keir GoGwilt and sculptor Nicholas Pope to present variations of a musical composition.
Domenic and Erica Marinelli
Showing Some GreenIrish eyes were smiling when more than 1,100 guests gathered on November 21 for The American Ireland Fund’s annual Boston Dinner Gala at the Westin Boston Waterfront. The event raised $2.3 million for The Worldwide Ireland Fund’s Promising Ireland Campaign. The annual Boston gala is one of the largest of The Worldwide Ireland Funds’ 100-plus international events. The 2013 Boston Gala was chaired by Desmond MacIntyre. Mary McAleese, former president of Ireland and currently a visiting professor at Boston College, was honored at the event.
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More than 500 people, including Herb Chambers, George Regan, and Steve DiFillippo, gathered for Joslin Diabetes Center’s High Hopes Gala at the Westin Copley Place in Boston on November 23. Thanks to the generosity of the guests, $1.2 million was raised to support the center’s research, education, and clinical care. The evening had an unintentional car theme: In addition to Chambers’s presence, Indy race car driver Charlie Kimball—the first driver with diabetes to win a race in the IZOD Indycar Series—was in attendance. Guests danced throughout the night, in between live and silent auctions, to the band K2.
Howard and Leslie Appleby
Rita Bean and Cedric TonelloWhat a Gem
The Cartier boutique on Newbury Street and many of its clients were aglow (with diamonds, of course) on December 9 when the store hosted its annual holiday cocktail party. Guests, including Rita Bean and Greg and Stephanie Loeber, enjoyed modeling current and vintage Cartier pieces as well as viewing sketches and archival documents relating to two legendary Cartier creations, the Hope Diamond and The Taylor Burton Diamond.
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Emily Whittemore and Mia Hearle
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Sacking CenterGillette Stadium was abuzz on December 2 as former Patriots player Joe Andruzzi and his wife, Jen, hosted the annual New England Celebrities Tackle Cancer Gala, which raised a record-breaking $700,000 for the Joe Andruzzi Foundation. All proceeds from the event assist families with household expenses during cancer treatment and help fund cutting-edge research on pediatric brain cancer. Julian Edelman, Chandler Jones, Devin McCourty, and Nate Solder showed up to support Andruzzi, and former Patriots player Scott Zolak served as the emcee.
Dan KoppenJane Melchionda and Scott Zolak
Devin McCourty and Vanna Pacella
Janice and Zara Muradali
Emily Nardone and Jodi Masdea
Patricks Lyons and Paul Ahern
Chris Redmond and Olivia d’Angelo
Lou and Steffanie Merloni
Room to GrowMarriott Copley Place was bursting with Boston’s sports personalities when Room to Grow hosted its annual fall gala on November 16. New England Patriots wide receiver Matthew Slater presented an award to the brothers Ron Jr., Steve, and Paul Burton for their commitment to helping at-risk children in the local community. The event, with help from a rousing live auction and guests like WEEI’s Lou Merloni, Patrick Lyons, and Mary Richardson, raised more than $450,000 to help infants in poverty.
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Jim Shapiro
Lauren Whalen
Lisa Simons
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Vince Vaughn
Donna Nofi
Alejandro Alvarez
Adrienne Gagliardi
Erika McMillan
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Adrienne Davis-Brody
Patricia Guiggey
Elizabeth Herring
John McHugh
Sheila Schwartz
Sue Perry
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Veteran newscaster Liz Brunner possesses an uncanny ability to connect during
a conversation. She looks at you dead in the eye. She leans in intuitively to listen,
enthralled by your story. Then she pauses to reflect and gather her thoughts
before saying exactly the right words. You walk away from a conversation lighter on your
feet. You have been heard.
It isn’t easy to shatter Brunner’s poise, but she was tested last spring when she went live
on the air to cover the Boston Marathon bombings. “My job was not to add to that fear, but
to share the most relevant, important information in the calmest way possible,” she says.
“Instinctively, and perhaps even unconsciously, I relied on all of my years as a journalist,
broadcaster, and more important, as a communicator, to do my job.”
Brunner is now using those skills to launch a new venture. After nearly 30 years in
broadcast journalism and 20 years with WCVB Channel 5, she left the station last fall to
start her own company, which focuses on developing high-level business executives, ath-
letes, politicians, and celebrities into better communicators and leaders. “I am helping
people develop their own brand,” says Brunner, now the founder and CEO of Brunner
Communications and the keynote speaker for the Boston Business Journal’s Advancing
Women conference on March 13. “We can all learn to present ourselves better.”
She has observed that there is a market of hugely talented individuals in Boston who could
benefit from media training and executive coaching—mastering the not-so-simple art of get-
ting their message across, whether it’s at a press conference or in a boardroom. To Brunner,
the magic formula is a mixture of authority, accessibility, and warmth. And more than any-
thing, she says, you have to be real. Brunner’s ability to connect with people secured her
one-on-one interviews with Barbara Walters and President Barack Obama. “I kept writing
In Liz We TrustONE OF BOSTON’S MOST BELOVED NEWSCASTERS, LIZ BRUNNER TRADES THE NEWSROOM FOR THE BOARDROOM—LAUNCHING A NEW COMPANY AND A NEW LIFE. BY JESSICA LANIEWSKI
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letters to his staff,” she says of her eight-minute interview with the President last
winter. “Everyone kept saying he wouldn’t answer, and [his staff] finally did.”
Brunner’s grace and professionalism took root during a childhood spent on
the stage. Her father, Galen E. Russell Jr., was a minister, and she sang in his
church for many years. (Since then, she has sung the national anthem for the
Patriots and the Celtics, toured Europe with the Park Forest Singers, and sung for Pope John Paul II
at the Vatican.) She taught music to high schoolers in Illinois in the early 1980s, but felt that “there
was more I was supposed to do in the world” and decided to pursue a career in television. She had
some experience, having appeared in a Pontiac commercial as part of her package for winning Miss
Illinois in 1979. She contacted CBS and NBC affiliates in her area, and after six months accepted a
position as the community relations coordinator with WCIA-TV in Champaign-Urbana. At the
same time she worked on segments, hosted a charity-focused talk show, and was part of a weather
team. “It was a unique situation to be in a management position but also doing on-air pieces,” says
Brunner. “It was some of my best training in television.”
After three years at WCIA she moved to Tampa Bay to work for
WTVT-TV as director of community relations, then as coanchor of
the morning news. Five years later, WCVB-TV Channel 5 in Boston
offered her a position at Chronicle—a dream job for Brunner. Within
the year, she was also anchoring the EyeOpener newscast and doing
health and local stories. A decade later she began doing the news full
time, working alongside David Muir, now the coanchor of ABC’s
20/20. “She tackled each assignment as if it were her first,” Muir
says. “That’s rare among veteran broadcasters, and if she can share
the secrets of that trait with her clients, they will greatly benefit.”
Why, then, would one of Boston’s most recognizable women step
down from the spotlight to work behind the
scenes? Because it was time to take on a new
challenge—and to give back. “People know me
and trust me,” Brunner explains, “and it is
important to take risks in order to grow. I talk a
lot about the next chapter, and for me that is
equipping people with the skills to be effective
communicators and leaders.” She works with
each individual or company to assess their
needs and leads intensive seminars for one to
five people, teaching how to project confidence,
interact with groups, and deliver a message
clearly. Her growing client roster includes cor-
porate heavy-hitters like Deloitte, New York Life
Insurance, and HMS Financial Group.
“Most people don’t know how to maximize
their time in front of an audience, whether
it is an athlete speaking with reporters or a
CEO with their employees,” says Brunner.
“Everyone has something different to offer,
and my role is to access that. This new job is
really an extension of what I’ve been doing my
entire career.” BC
FROM TOP: Liz Brunner’s Emmy for reportage; Brunner (FAR LEFT) and her choir sang for Pope John Paul II in 1979.
Liz Brunner scored an interview with President Barack
Obama for Boston’s WCVB in
February 2013.
Eight minutes with President Obama:
“We talked about the economy, John Kerry’s recent appointment as
secretary of state, and our shared love of Hawaii. I stumped him a bit when I asked which was harder—running the
country or raising two young daughters.”
Advice for the next generation:“Most people are living much longer
now, and they are not staying with the same company or job for 20 or 30 years as was the case in previous
generations. My advice is to continually learn and grow, and be thinking
about your next chapters. Have many skills and hobbies that you enjoy,
because you never know when you will need or want to call upon them.”
Favorite place in the city:“I love strolling through the Public Garden or along the Charles River.”
Motivation: “Always challenging myself to learn,
grow, and understand life more deeply. Living life to the fullest and
with a purpose!”
Words to live by:“The goal of living is to be able to
absorb all of the pain of life and lose none of the joy.”
LEGENDARY LIZ
The veteran news anchor talks about what inspires her.
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The Greener MonsterAS BOSTON GETS READY FOR OPENING DAY AT FENWAY PARK, DR. ALLEN HERSHKOWITZ TALKS ABOUT HIS WORK WITH THE RED SOX TO IMPLEMENT MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL’S FIRST CONSERVATION PROGRAM. BY MATT STEWART
Dr. Allen Hershkowitz, a senior scientist at the Natural Resources
Defense Council and founder of the NRDC Sport Greening Project,
has been on the front lines of the conservation movement for the past
quarter century. It was at a 2004 meeting with Robert Redford that the actor,
environmentalist, and NRDC trustee suggested to Hershkowitz that they
work with professional sports teams to get their message out. At that moment
the green sports movement was born, with the objective to work across the
spectrum of professional athletics to create a cultural shift in the way that peo-
ple viewed conservation. “It took the environmental community more than 30
years, from the first Earth Day, to partner with sports,” says Hershkowitz.
“Only 13 percent of Americans follow science, but 63 percent follow sports.” In
2005 the NRDC allied itself with Major League Baseball with the full support
of Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig, and the Red Sox were the first team to
heed the call. In 2008 the team launched its highly successful Fenway Greening
program in partnership with NRDC to make the century-old icon a bellwether
of environmental progress, which we can celebrate along with the World
Champion Red Sox Opening Day on April 4.
Dr. Allen Hershkowitz has brought a wildly successful greening program to Fenway Park.
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How did you begin your partnership with the
Red Sox?
We first sat down with the Red Sox in 2007. At the
time I was beginning to bring environmental issues
to MLB, and when the Red Sox heard about it they
reached out to the commissioner’s office on their own
initiative. The partnership was so successful that the
NRDC and the Red Sox won the Environmental
Merit Award from the EPA the following year for
our work with the Fenway Greening initiative. The
award ceremony took place on April 22, 2008, in
conjunction with Earth Day celebrations happening
around the world. NRDC founder and Red Sox fan
John Adams threw the first baseball at the game that
night. We also aired our PSA about greening MLB,
narrated by Robert Redford. The Red Sox were the
first professional sports team to broadcast an envi-
ronmental PSA. When they showed it I was holding
my breath, because at the time the subject of conser-
vation was so politicized.
Did the controversial nature of climate change
create any challenges?
One of the reasons I reached out to baseball and sports in general was to
depoliticize the dialogue about climate change. I wanted to take it out of the
political realm and make it about operational changes. MLB is not known
for getting involved in partisan political debates, and environmental issues
had a controversy attached to them that presented a risk for MLB when they
chose to support them. The Red Sox were the first to take up this cause in a
visible way.
What were some of the challenges you faced at Fenway?
One of the biggest hurdles is that Fenway is small, especially when you get
backstage. The logistics of implementing really big improvements or even
doing something simple like moving recycling around is difficult. Fenway is
more than 100 years old and was not conceived with conservation in mind.
How were the Red Sox able to implement an effective greening pro-
gram within this historic park?
Despite the challenges at Fenway, the Red Sox worked to put recycling,
energy efficiency, and conservation in place immediately after our first
meetings. They installed LED lighting that is 90 percent more efficient than
what was there before. Part of the initial launch of the Fenway Greening pro-
gram in 2008 was the unveiling of 28 solar panels on the roof of the Red Sox
dugout that now provide 37 percent of the energy needed to produce hot
water for the park, and they save 18 tons of CO2 emissions. Fenway also
made upgrades in its plumbing to include waterless urinals and more effi-
cient fixtures, which has led to a 30 percent reduction in water consumption,
saving more than 360,000 gallons each year. The Red Sox also implemented
the Going Green recycling program, which utilizes volunteers on game days
to collect recyclables. This has been very successful at Fenway and through-
out the MLB, as it gets the fans involved. Because of the success of Going
Green, Fenway has installed 100 solar-powered BigBelly solar compactors
around the park. Each one of these is able to hold 55 gallons of recyclables.
Also, most paper used at Fenway is 100 percent recycled. That includes
everything from napkins at the concessions to Red Sox Magazine.
How have the Red Sox helped to change the larger conversation
about greening?
When the Red Sox let the baseball commissioner’s office know that they
were supporting what he was doing with the environment, that gave huge
momentum to this work. Suddenly you had one of the most historic teams in
baseball saying that they wanted to make conservation an important part of
their DNA. Because the Red Sox and baseball embraced this issue, it then
became okay for the NBA, the NHL, Major League Soccer, the NFL, the US
Tennis Association, and now NASCAR to embrace this issue, too. I have a
deep admiration for the Red Sox and their management. They were truly
the first at bat when it comes to greening baseball and sports overall. BC
“ �e Red Sox were the first to take up the environmental cause in a visible way.” —DR. ALLEN HERSHKOWITZ
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Robin Chalfin knows things. She knows things that tabloids would
pay big money to leak. She has the lowdown on Tom Cruise,
Cameron Diaz, Lady Gaga, and Mick Jagger, too. But you won’t
hear a peep from Chalfin. She’s a professional. Besides, does anyone really
want to know Sir Jagger’s inseam? Well, do they?
“Oh gosh, sometimes people ask those weird kinds of questions, but
Throwing a FitWHEN HOLLYWOOD HOTSHOTS HIT BOSTON, ROBIN CHALFIN IS THEIR GO-TO TAILOR, AND THIS SPRING SHE’S SHARING HER SKILLS WITH NON-CELEBS, TOO. BY LISA PIERPONT
usually they just want to know if a certain celebrity is
nice,” says Chalfin. Her skill as a tailor has exposed her
to worlds she never imagined—megawatt movie sets and
concerts in Boston being the biggest. She altered Sandra
Bullock’s SWAT vest in The Heat, constructed Michelle
Williams’s yellow dress for Shutter Island, and stood back-
stage, needle and thread ready, at Justin Timberlake’s
concert in Fenway Park. Most recently, she worked as the
head tailor on the set of The Forger, which filmed in the
Museum of Fine Arts and stars John
Travolta—known to Chalfin as the Disco
Icon: “The first day on set, I heard his voice in
the other room, and I almost died. It was
major flip-out material.”
Material? Chalfin clearly doesn’t realize
she’s made a seamstress joke. The Peabody
native studied fashion at the Massachusetts
College of Art and Design, where her metic-
ulous basting and darning landed her a
position in the Boston Ballet’s costume
department. “Robin had good attention to
detail,” recalls Charles Heightchew, Boston
Ballet’s manager of costumes and wardrobe.
“Having that keen eye for clean, classic tech-
niques and finishes in the costume world is
trickier than people think.” Just days into the
job, Chalfin was hooked. “To see my costumes onstage
and how the audience became so happy watching the
dancers was extremely fulfilling.”
After nine years at the ballet, in 2006 Chalfin struck out
on her own to freelance on local movie sets and to create
Toolkit, a mobile house-call service for clients all over
Greater Boston. Through April she’s offering two spring
specials: the Bridal Party Soirée (“I take the pain out of
the bridesmaid dress and host a party for the girls, where I
come and fit everyone at once”) and Spring Closet
Renewal, where she helps clients reinvent, alter, or give
away garments. Her stories about non-celebrities rival
anything she’s seen on set. “I once built five bridesmaid
dresses for a Chicago wedding without meeting any of
the ladies. They all fit great.”
The Disco Icon himself had a similar experience,
according to The Forger’s costume designer Abigail Murray. “He suggested I
wrap [Chalfin] up and hide her, as talent like that was truly hard to find.”
That was (disco) music to Chalfin’s ears. “He asked me for my business card
when the film wrapped. It takes a while to get used to normal life again. I’ve
loved working with actors like John,” she says. “But I can always see them in
their movies.” [email protected] BC
INSIGHTShop: “Fabric Place Basement in Natick is my fabric superstore. If I can’t find an exact match, Julie, the manager, takes me into the ware-house to find the perfect color.”
See: “Coolidge Corner Theatre shows diverse films and has a nostalgic feel.”
Robin Chalfin sharpens her tools in the costume trailer on the set of The Forger.
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Five hundred kids on Saturday. Another six hundred on Sunday.
Some camp out for a week to walk through the doors of Concepts,
a sneaker boutique in Harvard Square. The mob scene is just
another day in the life of Deon Point, the almighty, omniscient deity of all
things sneaker. Why the masses? There’s a new drop.
On St. Patrick’s Day, an Aran-sweater-themed lace-up will hit the streets,
Sir SneakerheadA CULT FIGURE IN THE NETHERWORLD OF SNEAKERS, DEON POINT GETS READY FOR SPRING’S NEW DROPS AT THE INFAMOUS BOUTIQUE CONCEPTS. BY LISA PIERPONT
and in April, a Reebok insta-pump, blazing in Versace-
inspired emerald green and red fiery swirls, will be
unveiled. Count on this: The kicks will be exclusive, sold
out in a few hours, and brainstormed by Point, whose
duties at Concepts range from blue- to white-collar. One
day he might be stacking boxes in the storeroom; the next,
meeting with athletic-shoe executives in penthouse board-
rooms. “Our collaborations define us better
than anything else,” says Point, who played an
enormous role in growing Concepts from a
back-of-the-house pocket in The Tannery into
one of Boston’s flagship sneaker stores.
The stories are legendary: “One kid was
waiting for Lobsters [a lobster-themed Nike]
and flew in from California,” says Point. “His
girlfriend got injured in a car accident, and
she had broken her pelvis. He flew home to
check on her, made sure she was OK, and
flew back to wait in line. Crazy, right?”
The sneaker industry fetches a whopping
$30 billion worldwide, according to Global
Industry Analysts, and it makes up 30 percent
of the footwear market as a whole. Point, who
grew up in Brockton, says the appeal blends
democracy (“Anyone can afford a pair of
sneakers”) with social ranking. “A pair of
Jordans was a status symbol that allowed [kids like me] to
stand out, to be envied, and become popular.” In high
school, Point would work any job to score sneakers. He
owned 300 pairs. Today, his closet tops 1,500.
Point landed a job at Concepts in 2003 at age 26, after
pursuing a general contracting career. “When I kept miss-
ing new drops because of work, I asked the owner if I could
volunteer at the store on weekends. I ended up getting
offered a job.” He started on the sales floor but quickly
moved up as a buyer, designer, and manager. After all,
who better to run a sneaker store than a sneaker freak?
“Deon lives it,” says Concepts owner Tarek Hassan. “He
loves what he does, and you can see that at first glance.”
Along with curating collections, which range from
New Balance to Balenciaga, Point collaborates with
brands to create one-of-a-kind designs. Now in talks with
Versace, among others, Point says, “We have always aspired to combine the
everyday with fashion and have it become seamless.” And Concepts seems to
attract people from every walk of life: suburban high schoolers, Fortune 500
executives, pro athletes, and visiting Hollywood stars. “If we make them, the
sneakerheads will come,” says Point. Words to live by, along with these:
Arrive early. 37 Brattle St., Cambridge, 617-868-2001; cncpts.com BC
INSIGHTShopaholic: “I’m a huge fan of independent shops. Louis Boston carved its own lane without compromising— a must-visit.”
Cool hunting: “I like The Greatest Bar after games, Alibi before a night out, and Bijou when I want to drop a car note on bottle service.”
Deon Point traded pouring cement for designing sneakers.
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smile. Then you see the eyes of Lino
Sanchez. They are brown, a deep, rich
mahogany that stare at you straight, holding shad-
ows that tell you they have seen things. Sanchez’s
eyes have seen the glinting edge of a switchblade,
a bloody sidewalk, and graffiti on the walls of a
prison cell. They have seen fists swinging at his
face from people who were supposed to love him,
and they have seen tears. Many, many tears.
As Sanchez stands in front of a classroom at
the Epiphany School in Dorchester, though, he
is the voice of authority, credibility, and respect.
Authority because he is the dean of students at
the school and the founder of Urban Achievers, a
nonprofit organization for troubled kids and fam-
ilies in underserved communities. Credibility
because he lived the same life as those troubled
kids. And anyone would respect Sanchez after
what he’s been through and where he is now.
“I had a very tough childhood,” says Sanchez,
who grew up in Dorchester. “I was beaten up by
my stepfather pretty much every day.” School was
no joyride either. “I was angry. I got into fights. I
got kicked out of half a dozen city schools.” When
Sanchez turned 13, he left home and school for
good. He started selling drugs, earning enough
money to rent a room at the Holiday Inn in
Brookline. At age 17 he was arrested for attempted
murder and thrown in jail. One after the
other—from Nashua Street Jail to Walpole State
Prison—Sanchez bounced around for five years.
His last stint, at MCI Shirley, held a surprise.
He shared a cell with a man named “Sam” [whose
name has been changed to protect his privacy],
who was serving time for a white-collar crime.
Sam was unlike anyone Sanchez had met before:
He was educated, thoughtful, and spent his free
time reading. “I looked at him and thought, What
a nerd,” Sanchez says. “But he had a confidence
about him that I liked.” In spite of his brush with
The Eyes of Lino SanchezFROM JAIL TO THE CLASSROOM, LINO SANCHEZ USES HIS LIFE STORY AND HIS NONPROFIT, URBAN ACHIEVERS, TO GIVE TROUBLED KIDS A NEW START. BY LISA PIERPONT
Urban Achievers founder Lino Sanchez holds a copy of Native Son, the book that changed his life. BELOW: Sanchez, here at age 5, grew up surrounded by violence.
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the law, Sam was ambitious and headed toward a
career in medicine. He also possessed a mentor-
ing streak, having tutored kids since he was 13
years old. He saw something special in Sanchez.
“He had a raw wisdom and compelling curios-
ity,” Sam recalls. “He struck me as a very caring
soul with an innate sense of humanity. I imme-
diately recognized that he would benefit from
some encouragement.” So one day, Sam threw his
cellmate a book. “You know, you’re a smart kid,”
he told Sanchez. “You’re wasting your life. You
should read this book.” The novel was Richard
Wright’s Native Son, which traces the journey of a
young African-American boy and the choices he
makes in life. It does not end well. Sanchez read the
book—his first ever—from cover to cover. When he
was finished, he read another book, followed by
another. Then he decided to change his life.
By the time he was released from prison in
1993, Sanchez had earned his high school GED
and an acceptance letter to attend the University
of Massachusetts. Over the next decade, he held
odd jobs, worked at the Pine Street Inn, a home-
less shelter on Harrison Street, and volunteered
as a basketball coach at the Epiphany School in
Dorchester, where he was eventually hired as the
athletic director. In 2009, Sanchez founded Urban
Achievers, a nonprofit devoted to identifying
troubled kids and helping them turn right, instead
of left. Sanchez was on a crusade to teach kids not
to do what he did. The organization, based out of
the Epiphany School, where Sanchez is now the
dean of students, provides education, support,
and counseling for individuals and their families
after school and during the summer. The $40,000
annual budget is privately funded by supporters.
“We have what we call academies in things like
cooking, photography, fitness, and finances to
teach kids other skills,” says Sanchez, who oversees
the programs at Urban Achievers and counsels
kids and their families. Boston Police officers offer
regular sessions on gang intervention and bul-
lying prevention, while community leaders like
Dr. Peter L. Slavin, president of Massachusetts
General Hospital and a professor of health care
policy at Harvard Medical School, provide sup-
port. “I am particularly
attracted to the health and
fitness component,” Slavin
says. “This program is key
not only to the health of
these children, but to society as a whole.”
On March 29 Urban Achievers will host a
reception at the Epiphany School to recruit volun-
teers to help tutor, hold workshops, secure
funding, and serve as mentors. “Urban Achievers
is only as successful as the like-minded volunteers
who devote their time and energy to help serve
the children within the program,” says Sanchez.
“We are teaching kids life skills. It’s a journey
toward self-sufficiency.”
Thirteen-year-old Iziah Rezendes has started
on this journey thanks to Sanchez. “I was in the
gym when Lino came over and said, ‘You need to
be in this program,’” the eighth grader recalls. “I
said, ‘What’s in it for me?’ He replied, ‘A life!’ He
was serious about it.” Rezendes, who has now been
an Urban Achiever for four years, is the oldest of
four boys, each from a different father. “One of the
most important things I get from this program is a
constant reality check. I often get myself in trou-
ble, but Lino and Urban Achievers never give up
on me. He holds me accountable, and I honestly
hate that because I feel like I can’t do whatever I
want. I know it’s for the best, though, so I suck it up.
They are my family.”
During the past four years, Urban Achievers
has helped some 200 kids, from fifth grade
through high school, and trained more than 100
mentors. Sanchez says that all of the UA gradu-
ates in 2013 were accepted with scholarships to
Lino Sanchez smiles with his wife and two of his six children at Gillette Stadium last year.
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Lino Sanchez with his
grandfather at age 15, when he was already out
of school and having run-ins
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When: April 3, 6 PM to midnight
Where: TD Garden, 100 Legends Way
DANA-FARBER CANCER CENTERWhat: Enjoy fine food and cocktails as more than 50 of Boston’s best chefs come together for Chefs Cooking for Hope and Dana-Farber. Guests will sample small bites from legendary chefs including Michael Schlow, of Alta Strada and Tico, who is the evening’s honorary chef. Proceeds benefit cancer research and care at Dana-Farber Institute. Last year’s event raised nearly $60,000. dana-farber.org/friends
When: March 6, 6:30–9 PM
Where: 125 High St.
TUFTS MEDICAL CENTERWhat: Join other supporters at the Working Wonders gala to recognize the 2014 winner of the Cam Neely Award for Courage, 20-year-old Allison Hawkes, who exemplifies an individual who has fought cancer with determination. The award ceremony will be part of an evening that also includes a seated
dinner and a live auction. Proceeds benefit Tufts Medical Center and the Tufts Medical Center Floating Hospital for Children. Last year’s event raised a record-setting $1.17 million. workingwonderstuftsmc.org
When: March 26, 6–9 PM
Where: Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, 415 Summer St.
HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANYWhat: Have a musical evening at the annual Spotlight Spectacular Gala, which honors trustee John D. Spooner and The Jungle Book director Mary Zimmerman with the Wimberly Award. The evening kicks off with cocktails and an online auction, followed by dinner, musical performances, and a rousing live auction. The event, which raised more than $1 million last year, benefits the theater’s youth and education program and is chaired by Susan B. Kaplan. huntingtontheatre.org
When: April 28, 6 PM
Where: The Boston Park Plaza Castle, 130 Columbus Ave.
MAKE-A-WISH What: Enrich the lives of children suffering from serious illness at the annual Make-A-Wish Massachusetts and Rhode Island gala. Guests will enjoy a cocktail reception, dinner, dancing, and an afterparty with emcee Liz Brunner. The goal is to raise more than $1 million to grant 170 children’s wishes; last year’s event raised $1.3 million. massri.wish.org/gala
When: April 12, 6:30 PM
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“I can spot a kid who needs
us right away. It’s just a way
of being. It’s a different
language.” Poor hygiene,
hunger, anger, and sad-
ness are some of the red
flags Sanchez looks for. “I
think to myself, I know
that kid. That was me.”
Not anymore. Now
married with six children,
Sanchez feels like a different man—but not too dif-
ferent. “I keep my old life in the forefront of my
mind,” he says. Once a month he has lunch with his
old cellmate Sam, who now practices as a doctor.
“He has overcome a lot,” says Sam, “and, like
myself, is a living example that everyone has good
inside themselves and a purpose in life.” Sanchez
considers his transformation to be part luck (“If I
hadn’t met Sam, I’m not sure my life would have
turned out this way”) and part street smarts. “That’s
what all kids in poverty have—survival skills. I’m
just taking those skills and teaching my kids how
to apply them in a positive way.” For Sanchez, the
mission is more than fulfilling—it is personal.
“When they succeed, I succeed.” And with that,
Sanchez’s eyes light up. urbanachievers.org BC
INSIGHTWhat: Urban Achievers volunteer informational session
When: March 29, 1 PM
Where: Epiphany School, 154 Centre Street, Dorchester
RSVP: Call 617-326-0425 ext. 228 or e-mail [email protected]
Charity Regist erOPPORTUNITIES TO GIVE.
Lino Sanchez receiving his diploma at his college graduation, with sons, in 2013.
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winner Doris Kearns Good-
win as Abigail Adams? Aerosmith rock
star Tom Hamilton as the lady’s adoring
husband, John Adams? Former Mayor Thomas
Menino as Inspector Clouseau? These charac-
ters might seem, well, out of character for such
luminaries, but Banned In Boston, Urban Improv’s
largest fundraiser, never fails to live up to its
name. While past performances of the annual
musical revue have poked fun at pop culture,
politics, and sports, the 2014 Banned in Boston,
playing April 11 at House of Blues, tackles the
follies of television.
“We wanted the fundraiser to really stand
out,” says Lisa Schmid Alvord, a cofounder and
producer of the event. Now in its 21st year, the
revue was originally held at the now-shuttered
club Mama Kin, but after attracting such a large
audience it moved to several other venues, and
eventually found a home at the House of Blues
(nearby, Patrick Lyons’s Lansdowne Pub is host-
ing a preshow this year). The beauty of Banned
in Boston is that in addition to raising money to
combat bullying, racism, and peer pressure for
local youth, it brings together Boston’s most nota-
ble figures to do the one thing they always try to
avoid: opening themselves to ridicule.
“Creating Banned in Boston has been a blast
for all of us,” says Narcissa Campion, Urban
Improv’s managing director. “We deeply appre-
ciate all who ‘check their egos at the door’ and
come together to support Urban Improv’s vio-
lence prevention work with the children of
Banned in BostonONE OF THE CITY’S MOST SPIRITED FUNDRAISERS POKES FUN AT POP CULTURE WITH THE HELP OF NEW ENGLAND’S BIGGEST NAMES. BY JESSICA LANIEWSKI
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Players are sent a script in advance (the 2013 ver-
sion was written by John Kuntz), but the ultimate
goal of the event is not perfection, and par-
ticipants bring their scripts and lightning-fast,
off-the-cuff wit onstage with them.
The first year of Banned in Boston featured
Aerosmith bass player Tom Hamilton (who has
been in the show ever since) as Unabomber Ted
Kaczynski going to a Boston College interview
with “recruiter” Mike Barnicle. Barnicle rejected
him and quipped, “Why don’t you apply to that
other college across the river?” Another year, the
organization parodied the hit movie The King’s
Speech with the skit “Masterpiece Theater: The
President’s Speech,” featuring Mayor “Mumbles”
Menino as speaking coach Lionel Logue and
Congressman Barney Frank acting as President
George Washington. The show’s producers often
look no further than their own backyard for
inspiration, including the year that then-Senator
Scott Brown took on the role of “Mikey” (a riff on
the boxer Mickey Ward from the The Fighter) in
a parody mash-up of the shot-in-Boston movies
The Fighter, The Town, Shutter Island, Good Will
Hunting, and Gone Baby Gone.
For WGBH’s Emily Rooney, the event gives her
a chance to have fun for a good cause with past
and prospective guests for her talk show. “I’ve had
a role in Banned in Boston for about 15 years, and I
look forward to it every year,” says Rooney. “I’ve
played a wide range of characters, from a
deranged talk show host to Cindy McCain to
Martha Washington. This year I hope to be one of
the chorus girls. One funny anecdote from 2013:
My personal shopper at Bloomingdale’s called to
tell me he hated what I was wearing in some mag-
azine photo after the event. It was the Martha
Washington costume, complete with mutton
sleeves, cinched waist, and balloon skirt. Urban
Improv is a fantastic organization with a mission
and approach that really works.”
Expect powerhouse participants again this year,
including Governor and Mrs. Patrick, Attorney
General Martha Coakley, Senator Sonia Chang-
Díaz, Ron Druker, and Anita Walker—even
Hillary Clinton in a video piece. While some
things change (there are more video skits now), one
stays exactly the same—the commitment given by
some of Boston’s busiest people. “It is 21 years later,
and our show is still going strong,” says Alvord. “I
can’t believe how lucky we are to have such an
incredible group of luminaries coming together,
having a great time onstage, laughing at them-
selves, maybe singing off-key, and doing it all for a
great cause.” BC
FROM LEFT: The show is known for
its lively, interactive atmosphere;
WCVB-TV’s Heather Unruh plays the Pope.
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INSIGHTWhat: Bring your appetite and sense of humor. Guests will enjoy small bites at Lansdown Pub from local chefs (who will later perform in skits) before the real fun begins next door at House of Blues.
When: April 11, 6 PM
Where: Lansdowne Pub, 9 Lansdowne St., 617-247-1222; urbanimprov.org
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ary art curator, and expect a wearable art show. Color-block
cropped jackets, laser-cut leather sheaths, and sassy swing coats are
among the highlights of this one-of-a-kind collaboration, called Quixotic,
on view April 16 at the Beat Hotel in Cambridge.
It all began when artist Jordan Piantedosi met clothing designer Erin
Robertson at Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Right away they took
a deep interest in each other’s work. Piantedosi is a maximalist painter whose
work recalls the Arts and Crafts movement of the late 19th
century. “I really liked the textures in her painting,” says
Robertson, a fibers and fashion dual major and the 2012
Target Fashion Scholar winner for the CFDA/Teen Vogue
Scholarship Program, which awarded her $25,000. “When
I discovered the process of putting paintings on fabric, it
made sense to use Jordan’s work.”
Meanwhile, Piantedosi wandered into the now-shut-
tered Yes.Oui.Si, Olivia Ives-Flores’s gallery and events
space in the Fenway. Piantedosi was so inspired that she
announced she was going to have a show there one day.
By then, Piantedosi was committed to creating a fashion line with Robertson,
inspired by everything from colorful William Morris wallpaper to eclectic
pieces discovered on eBay. “I am constantly thinking in 2-D, so it’s nice to
partner with someone who thinks in 3-D,” says Piantedosi. A few months later,
Ives-Flores restructured Yes.Oui.Si into a creative agency to help local artists
connect with patrons, and she partnered with Piantedosi and Robertson, over-
seeing Quixotic’s branding and marketing. “Boston is a trampoline city, where
a lot of skills and talents are cultivated, but after school, artists disperse to Los
Angeles, New York City, and abroad,” says Ives-Flores. By
fusing the talents of artists like Piantedosi and Robertson,
Ives-Flores hopes to create a new breed of art, positioning
Boston to move the needle in the art world.
The trio will present four custom leather jackets and four
complete looks for their show this spring. While the line is
still in production, Piantedosi and Roberston are already
taking commissions for savvy clients. “Fashion has gotten
crazy,” says Piantedosi. “We are trying to do the next step.”
April 16, 5:30–6:30 PM, Beat Hotel, 13 Brattle St., Cambridge,
617-499-0001; yesouisi.org; quixoticregalia.com BC
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FROM LEFT: Erin Robertson, Jordan Piantedosi, and Olivia Ives-Flores’s new collaboration blurs the boundaries between art and apparel.
“ Boston is a trampoline city, where lots of skills and talents are cultivated.”
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The Pallotta sisters, who own NEBO Cucina & Enoteca, a North End
hot spot that recently moved to the burgeoning waterfront neighbor-
hood, vibrate with energy. And they (Christine and Carla, though it’s
hard to tell them apart) talk a mile a minute about a gazillion things. Their
F-bomb-laced, ping-pong-match conversations zig from stories about their
mother, Angelina (their true north and the backbone of Nebo’s kitchen),
then zag to “spuckies” (the sandwiches on their new lunch menu) to stories
about Carmen (the cheese guy, who was put in shackles by the FBI in front of
their old spot). It’s reverential. It’s nurturing. It can be hard to follow.
NEBO, which originally stood for “North End Boston,” now stands for
“North End Brought Over,” since the Italian restaurant moved and
reopened in June 2013. NEBO is their world, and for these two sisters from
Endicott Street in the North End, family is everything. Ergo, those who
enter NEBO are family.
The restaurant first opened in June 2005 on Washington Street, around
the corner from the Boston Garden (brother Jim is part owner of the Celtics),
so sports stars quickly became part of the “family.” “We respect what they
do, but we don’t drool over them,” says Christine. “We treat them like every-
body else.” Their first restaurant was trial and error, “especially in the
beginning,” says Carla. Christine chimes in: “If we had any idea how much
work this would be, I’m not sure we’d be doing it.” Then she laughs. Then
Carla laughs. They know this is exactly what they are supposed to be doing.
“The rent tripled at our first place,” says Christine, “and we thought, This is
it. Then Jim [the brother with a financial Midas touch] called about this space.
We jumped back in.” Hugging Atlantic Avenue with a long patch of the
Sister ActYOU CAN TAKE THE GIRLS OUT OF THE NORTH END, BUT YOU CAN’T TAKE THE NORTH END OUT OF THE GIRLS AT THEIR SEAPORT SMASH, NEBO. BY ANNIE B. COPPS PHOTOGRAPHY BY DOMINIC PERRI
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Greenway and the Financial District in
front, the InterContinental Hotel to their
right, and the harbor in back, the 1800s
former shipping warehouse got stripped to
the bones. All the artwork—black and
white photos taken in Italy—is by Carla
and Christine, examples of which include
two nuns walking together down a narrow
street. (Carla can’t help herself: “Get it? Sis-
tahs?”) The simple wooden tables were
designed by the sisters as well, to honor
their beloved deceased father, a master
carpenter. With the open kitchen, the
Venetian plaster behind the bar, the
exposed ductwork, steel beams, and the
all-Italian wine list—you betcha, the whole
place is their vision. During most days
both sisters don chef coats and work along-
side their mother in the kitchen.
Then there is the food! While the dining room is industrial, slick, and
chic, the food is soul-satisfying, old-school Italian. NEBO has been busy
since day one at its new location with “suits” from the business district,
neighborhood locals, and NEBO-loyal sports fans. “For a lot of people, we
are a good-luck charm and part of their pregame routine for the Celtics and
Bruins,” says Carla. Others come just for the tripe. “Only Christine can
make it. Nobody else gets it just right.” And with good reason—it is a simple,
slow-braised dish, rich in tomato sauce. Others come for the pizza topped
with mozzarella made fresh daily in Everett. “Don’t get me stah-tid on the
story of that pizza oven,” laughs Christine. Others still come for the zucchini
lasagna, which won them bragging rights when they took down celebrity
chef Bobby Flay on his own Food Network show, Throwdown with Bobby Flay.
He picked that fight—he should have known better. Nobody messes with the
Pallotta sisters. 520 Atlantic Ave., 617-723-6326; neborestaurant.com BC
ABOVE: NEBO’s vegetable lasagna. LEFT: Carla Pallotta puts the finishing touches on a pizza. The sisters tried four ovens before finding the right one.
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MA KNOWS BEST If you watch a Celtics game, you’ve seen the Pallotta sisters.
They are the white-toothed, dark-haired, gum-snapping
beauties behind the players bench. (Yes, the sisters are
season-ticket holders.) But the one who gets stopped on the
street is their mother, Angelina. As much as she is a quasi-
celebrity in the sports world, the Pallotta sisters give full
credit to their mother when it comes to the food at NEBO.
“It’s all Ma,” says Carla. Every recipe comes from Mrs.
Pallotta’s repertoire, and she spends just about every day in
the kitchen cooking and mentoring the staff. “She always
says, ‘Jesus Christ, put away the cookbooks and listen to me,
will ya?’” Here is Angelina’s recipe for stuffed veal breast.
Easy to make, it’s an old-world recipe that wows.
STUFFED VEAL BREAST(Serves 12)
8 lb. veal breast
1½ lbs. ricotta cheese
½ cup Romano cheese
2 large eggs
4 thin slices prosciutto, cut into strips
½ cup raisins
½ cup pine nuts
2 tbsp. chopped fresh parsley
1 tbsp. kosher or sea salt, plus extra for seasoning
½ tbsp. freshly ground black pepper, plus extra for
seasoning
Extra-virgin olive oil
Have the butcher slice a pocket at one end of the veal
breast. Heat oven to 375 degrees. In a medium bowl,
combine the cheeses, eggs, prosciutto, raisins, pine nuts,
parsley, salt, and pepper. Stuff the mixture into the pocket
of the veal. Close the pocket using wooden skewers.
Drizzle the veal with olive oil and season generously with
salt and pepper. Place in a roasting pan and cook for
approximately three and a half hours, or until an instant-
read thermometer indicates 190 degrees. Remove the
roast and raise oven temperature to 500 degrees. Let the
roast sit for 30 minutes. Remove skewers and slice the veal
between the ribs. Place the ribs on a rimmed baking sheet
and return to the oven for five minutes, then serve.
“ Only Christine can make the tripe. Nobody else gets it just right.”
—CARLA PALLOTTA
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Sea Food and EatOSTRA WOWS WITH HIGH-END SEAFOOD AND DAZZLING DESIGN. BY JESSICA LANIEWSKI
MEMO TO ASPIRING RESTAU-
RATEURS: If you’re going to
open a fish-focused eatery near
a Legal Sea Foods location,
you’d better make it special.
Ostra, the new restaurant from
the Columbus Hospitality Group
(which includes Mistral and
Sorellina) rises to the occasion.
Local artist Joanna Ciampa
created an octopus floor mosaic
for the foyer, while a mystical
sea creature adorns the wall
behind the bar. Standouts on the
menu by chef Mitchell Randall
(formerly of Mistral) include
local shellfish, salmon tartare,
and grilled whole sea bream in
trevisano leaf. “We have our
own fishmongers,” says Randall.
“We go to the docks every day
and select what’s fresh.” While
the fish options change almost
daily, the roasted Giannone
Farms chicken and the
10-ounce filet mignon are great
options for landlubbers.
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1200; ostraboston.com
CLOCKWISE FROM BOTTOM LEFT: The
décor at All Seasons Table
includes delicate flower arrangements; Posto’s Italian
fare is served in an airy, modern
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as discerning as her palate. One of Boston’s
top interior designers, she has also extended
her refined vision to her exclusive collection of high-
end handbags. Off-hours, she focuses her tastes on
an excellent meal. She is picky! Peng wants the whole
package—not just amazing food, but gorgeous décor
as well.
Posto “This casual, cafeteria-style restaurant has a wide-
open main space with a large bar and modern design.
Posto’s exposed, high ceilings are punctuated by slid-
ing-glass barn doors that divide the space for private
functions. From just about any seat in the restaurant
you can catch a view of the wood-fired grill oven,
which reminds me of being in Italy. The Berkshire
pork chop is one of my favorite dishes, and they have a
whole roasted pig that can be pre-ordered.” 187 Elm
St., Somerville, 617-625-0600; postoboston.com
All Seasons Table “I am probably biased toward the modern interior of
this restaurant because I designed it, but chef-owner
Douglas Tran’s refined Asian cuisine is absolutely
worth the short drive from the city. I’m especially
proud of the seasonal fresh flowers and orchid
arrangements placed in large antique bronze pots,
as well as the white sheer drapery that separates a
seating area from the main dining room. My favorite
dishes are the Miso Yaki black cod, Vietnamese
fresh mango salad, spicy edamame, and the lychee
martini.” 64 Pleasant St., Malden, 781-397-8788;
astrestaurant.com
Island Creek Oyster Bar“For oyster aficionados, Island Creek Oyster Bar is a
must-go spot. You get to sample the freshest and most
varied selection of oysters and seafood in Boston. The
interior truly captures its name with a cage filled with
thousands of oyster shells that decorates the back wall
and indirect cove lighting to illuminate the design.
The grouping of oversize industrial pendants situated
above the oyster bar makes it the focal spot as you
enter the space. My favorite dishes are the fried clams,
the lobster roll, and the strawberry milkshake served
with homemade donuts.” 500 Commonwealth Ave.,
Boston, 617-532-5300; islandcreekoysterbar.com
Boston Chops “I love this sleek steakhouse with a contemporary
twist. Exposed brick at the bar wall, wood paneling,
and leather seats keep the atmosphere of a classic
steakhouse while elevating the design. The open wine
cellar and industrial pendant fixtures bring a modern
feel to the space. I can’t help but go there even though I
am not a steak eater! Some of my favorites are the
jumbo shrimp, the popovers (delivered in a cast-iron
pan), and the pork belly mac and cheese.” 1375
Washington St., 617-227-5011; bostonchops.com BC
Rooms with a ViewDESIGNER MEICHI PENG SPOTLIGHTS HER FAVORITE RESTAURANTS THAT COMBINE GREAT FOOD AND EYE-CATCHING DÉCOR. BY JESSICA LANIEWSKI
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CLOCKWISE FROM BELOW: Tara Griffith and Kelley Tuthill raise their glasses to breast cancer
recovery while enjoying dishes like seared diver scallops at the Rowes Wharf Sea Grille. The
restaurant offered views of the water just outside.
TO HEALTHWhat: Lunch at the Boston Harbor Hotel
When: A balmy weekday afternoon
Where: A table overlooking the water at the Rowes Wharf Sea Grille, 70 Rowes Wharf, 617-856-7744; roweswharfseagrille.com
Red Carpet SurvivorsELLIE FUND SUPPORTER KELLEY TUTHILL OF WCVB-TV AND BOARD MEMBER TARA GRIFFITH DISH ABOUT THE NONPROFIT’S MISSION TO FIGHT CANCER, ITS UPCOMING RED CARPET GALA, AND WHAT TO WEAR, WHAT TO WEAR? BY LISA PIERPONT PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRYCE VICKMARK
More than most, Kelley Tuthill and Tara Griffith have learned to
seize the day. They come from different places: Kelley grew up
in Hingham, while Tara was raised in Cape Cod. They work in
different industries: Kelley is a reporter for WCVB-TV, and Tara serves as
a home manager. But they share common ground: They are both young
mothers who were diagnosed with breast cancer. The news initially
turned their lives upside down, but through the Ellie Fund, a nonprofit
breast cancer resource and fundraising organization, the women found
support and friendship. We caught up with the pair at the Rowes Wharf
Sea Grille in the Boston Harbor Hotel. They wasted no time diving into
fresh scallops, bonding over treatment, and planning for the Ellie Fund’s
signature fundraising event—the Red Carpet Gala, hosted by WCVB-
TV’s anchors during a live telecast of the Academy Awards on March
2—with carpe-diem style.
Kelley, you suggested the Boston Harbor Hotel as a meeting place.
What made you choose it?
Kelley Tuthill: The Boston Harbor Hotel feels like home to me. I grew up in
Hingham, and this has always been my dad’s favorite hotel. He loves what I
love about it here. The staff is so service-oriented. They make everyone who
walks through the door feel like a VIP. You have the gorgeous Boston Harbor
out back and the bustling city out front—and that arch! Just gorgeous.
How is your lunch, ladies?
Tara Griffith: The Pinot Grigio is a perfect pairing with my niçoise salad,
which I cannot get enough of.
KT: I’m a white wine girl, even in the winter. You can tell that the chef loves
what he does and is doing what he was put on this earth for!
TG: Cheers. Happy lunch!
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“ �e people at the Ellie Fund were like a mom. �ey cooked meals. �ere’s no red tape.” —TARA GRIFFITH
FROM TOP: Tara Griffith and Kelley Tuthill met through the nonprofit Ellie Fund; chocolate
lavender pot de crème; the restaurant is located
on one of the oldest wharfs in Boston.
There’s some fun stuff.
[Dessert arrives in the form of a chocolate lavender pot de crème and a
burnt orange crème caramel.]
KT: How can you resist this dessert? This is sinfully good.
TG: I love the surprise element of lavender sprinkled on top of the choco-
late mousse! Beyond amazing.
OK, the big question: What are you wearing to the gala?
KT: I don’t know.
TG: Come on!
KT: I know! I’m running out of time. A lot of people have their dresses
made. We’re lucky in Boston to have a lot of designers, like Denise Hajjar
and Sara Campbell, who will make you a one-of-a-kind dress.
TG: People go all out. Some women wear cocktail dresses. I’m obsessed
with vintage, so I am wearing a fascinator.
KT: Actually, I know what I’m wearing. A spray tan!
TG: [Laughing] Cheers to you.
KT: Here’s to your good health.
The Ellie Fund’s 18th Annual Red Carpet Gala is March 2 at the Taj Boston, 15
Arlington St., 617-536-5700; elliefund.org/redcarpetgala BC
[Entrées of pan-roasted diver scallops with jumbo asparagus and saffron
essence, and three-cheese cannelloni with roasted tomato,
basil sauce, and baby zucchini are served.]
KT: Wow, what a delicious lunch. Not too heavy at all.
TG: My scallops are off-the-charts tasty, resting on a bed of
simple but precisely cooked asparagus.
KT: What a treat to have scallops for lunch today. I love eat-
ing seafood while looking out at the harbor. We are so lucky
to live in New England.
How did you two cross paths?
KT: Tara and I met because we were both unlucky enough
to be diagnosed at a young age with breast cancer. But we
consider ourselves lucky to have found the Ellie Fund, an
outlet for our desire to turn a terrible diagnosis into some-
thing good. Breast cancer is such an awful and challenging
experience. But for many of us, the one bright side is meet-
ing other survivors and working together to help the next
women who get diagnosed. Tara, you exemplify what makes
the Ellie Fund special. So many women like you not only
receive assistance, but give back to the organization to make
life easier for the next woman.
TG: Well, I was in awe of you! You have really inspired me
throughout my breast cancer journey. And it really helped
for me to see that I will get back to my old self again.
How did the Ellie Fund help when you were diagnosed?
TG: They helped me when I needed it. I had young kids—Ava
was 18 months old, and I was just like, How am I ever going to
do this? Honestly, the people at the Ellie Fund were like a
mom. They cooked meals. There’s no red tape. If you need something, the
turnaround time is two seconds. I love the people. I love the mission.
KT: That’s what the Ellie Fund tries to do—help people keep their lives
together. It’s hard when you have little kids and you’re trying to work. You
feel like everything is falling apart. Trust me, I needed [the help]. I was bald
and really having a tough time with chemo. And you don’t want it to be a
negative thing in your family’s life, or something that causes fear or anxiety.
You want to say, OK, something bad happened, now what can I do with it?
TG: Yes, make it good. That is all you can do. I now sit on the board of
directors, which is the biggest honor I could ever dream of.
The Ellie Fund’s 18th annual Red Carpet Gala is on March 2. It looks
to be quite a razzle-dazzle event!
KT: Of course! It’s the highlight of the social season in Boston. Tara, what
do you love about it?
TG: It’s the Ellie Fund’s chance to really tell potential donors about our
mission and let them know what we are all about. It makes up nearly 40
percent of our yearly income.
KT: Wow, so it’s a big night. Well, everyone from WCVB will be there. We
have red carpet arrivals and people getting interviewed. You feel like a star
when you get there.
TG: It’s such a great feeling, because you guys are always behind us. This
year we have between 10 and 12 chefs. We have a photo booth, a live auction.
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Like scores of great success stories, Elie Tahari’s career started out
courtesy of a mistake. Newly arrived in New York, Tahari says he was
quickly seduced by the adventurous spirit of ’70s fashion: “Women felt
liberated and were not afraid to show a little skin,” he says. One day the
21-year-old Tahari stumbled upon a gross of stretch-fabric tube tops, a man-
ufacturing error that had been unloaded on a boutique for a rock-bottom
price. “I bought a pile of them for $2 apiece and resold them for $4,” Tahari
recalls. His method? “I snuck into a trade
show with my bag of tubes, no cre-
dentials, and pictures showing
how to wear them. By the end of
the day, I had thousands of orders.
That was the beginning of my
wholesale career.”
Four decades later, Tahari’s oeu-
vre has moved into original designs
that highlight his refined modernist
aesthetic, which you’ll find everywhere
from Saks Fifth Avenue to Nordstrom
to his 10 US boutiques, including a
This Is 40BOSTONIANS LOVE ELIE TAHARI’S CLASSIC-MEETS-MODERNIST DESIGNS. HERE, HE TALKS ABOUT HOW HE GOT HIS START, HIS ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION, AND THE POPULARITY OF HIS COPLEY PLACE BOUTIQUE. BY LAURIE BROOKINS
STYLE SETTER
FROM LEFT: Lexington dress, $398; Elie Tahari’s 2,600-square-foot space in Copley Place is one of his most successful boutiques.
high-profile spot at Copley Place. The 2,600-square-foot space, designed by
architect Piero Lissoni, opened in 2006 and is among his most successful.
“Like the New York woman, the Boston customer is looking not only for style
but convenience,” Tahari notes.
For Spring 2014, Tahari was inspired by the architecture of the Brazilian
capital city of Brasília. Tahari says the collection “brings together elements
of sport with futuristic components.” Meanwhile, the designer is celebrat-
ing his 40th anniversary with Elie Tahari Edition 1974, a 20-piece capsule
collection featuring updates of signature pieces from the label’s archives.
“I named each piece from the collection after an iconic New York land-
mark,” he says. Also new for spring: an eyewear collection, sunglasses, and
optical pieces. His spring men’s collection is crafted in a palette of cool
blues and grays with a hint of teal, as Tahari embraces the trend of inject-
ing more color into menswear.
At press time Tahari was planning a tour of his boutiques for his 40th-
anniversary celebration; Boston is high on his list, and he cannot wait to
interact with his clients. Tahari says it’s that communication and feedback
that continues to drive and energize him. “I am so humbled and forever
grateful to my customers, who have helped turn my dreams into a reality.”
Copley Place, 617-536-5851; elietahari.com BC
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Catheline van den Branden—the relentlessly
chic pres ident of Boston’s French Cultural
Center—relies on timeless statement jewelry
that complements her wardrobe and can take her
from meetings to community events, and finally
to a glass of wine in the evening with her husband
and friends. One of her favorite jewelry design-
ers is Israeli-born, New York City
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based
Alexandra Mor, whose limited-edition pieces
are sold in Boston exclusively at Dorfman
Jewelers. Right now, van den Branden has her
eye on the designer’s sensational, one-of-a-kind
26.16-carat sugarloaf emerald cabochon ring set
in platinum with 18k yellow gold. “It’s bright, bold,
and exquisitely mounted,” says van den Branden,
who adores Mor’s designs for their “luxurious, yet
whimsical quality.” She discovered Mor’s work when
her husband gave her a pair of the jeweler’s black dia-
mond briolette hoop earrings set in platinum and 18k
yellow gold, which make a statement while being
discreet enough to wear
every day. Mor launched
her collection four years
ago with Phillips de
Pury in New York and
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“It’s impossible to imagine
myself creating seasonal
collections because my
inspiration cannot be
forced or scheduled,” says
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pieces, like art, are created
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Trendsetter Ted Mogtader has opened a new outpost of Lunette Optic in Lynnfield. Check out the new line of high-tech sunglasses from designer and architect Philippe Starck, Starck Eyes, created in collaboration with Alain Mikli and fashioned in aluminum, titanium, and acetate. 1225 Market St., Lynnfield, 781-334-6800; lunetteoptic.com
Cheeky designer Jonathan Adler is opening a new store this March at The Street in Chestnut Hill. Expect a larger space than the Newbury Street boutique (which will remain open), showcasing Adler’s rugs, furniture, and home accessories. The Street, 55 Boylston St., Chestnut Hill; jonathanadler.com
The new South End boutique December Thieves highlights owner Lana Barakat’s jewelry line, Lazuli, as well as unique items such as Lurdes Bergada apparel and Numero 3 jewelry from Barcelona, vases from France, and pocket scarves from the Oregon–based company Kiriko. 524 Harrison Ave., 617-375-7879; decemberthieves.com
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“After women, flowers are the most divine creation,”
said Christian Dior, who used them to inspire his
fabrics and collections. The legacy of Dior’s
flower passion may be the reason his couture house is likely
the only one with its own gardens—eight flower plots scat-
tered around the world. Today, the rare and exotic varieties
grown in these gardens aren’t just for fashion inspiration;
they provide the active ingredients for the company’s line
of skincare products and can also be found in its fragrances
and cosmetics. The extracts from two recently discovered
plants, longoza and opilia, harvested in Madagascar and
Burkina Faso, respectively, form the basis of Dior’s new
skincare product Dreamskin, the natural extracts from
longoza added for antiaging benefits; opilia to help correct
the skin’s color imperfections. It’s unusual for a skin prod-
uct to be both corrector and wrinkle treatment. But
antiaging skincare, perennially a white-hot product cate-
gory, had to evolve from just treating wrinkles—with
numerous varieties of injectable fillers, there are many
ways to get good, quick results. Recent studies showed con-
sumers wanting products that mitigate aging’s other side
effects—uneven texture and pigmentation, for example—
as much as they want over-the-counter wrinkle solutions.
Brigid Noé, director of Product Development and
Innovation for Dior, says developing a product that
improves tone and minimizes wrinkles was no easy task:
“Usually formulas must contain a significant amount of
powders and pigments for immediate, visible color
imperfection results. But those with a lot of pigments don’t
always allow for deep absorption.” Noé and her team tried
hundreds of combinations, while studying how facial skin
absorbs and reflects light. Under the microscope, it appears
as a collection of small colored dots. The reason we all
don’t look like pointillist renderings? The epidermal cell
structure is unique in how light interacts with it, according
to Edouard Mauvais-Jarvis, scientific communications
director for Dior. Epidermal cells provide a natural optical
filter, their diffusive properties helping to even out color
and texture. “But aging impacts cells that act as filters,” he
adds. For its new product, Dior scientists sought to mimic
how healthy cells filter by adding special mineral powders
found in Japan—one with mica platelets, another with silica
particles—to the flower extracts. The powders tested well for
their light diffusion properties, minimizing redness and
other age-related textural imperfections. As important, they
didn’t prevent the longoza essences from deep absorption.
What’s interesting about Dreamskin is how it appears
creamy pink (from the color-correcting mineral powders),
but applies transparently. It’s designed to be worn during the
day, or under makeup. So there’s a clever bit of trompe l’oeil
at work in this latest wearable magic from Dior. Nordstrom,
Natick Mall, 508-318-2600; nordstrom.com BC
Optical EffectsFOR BOSTONIANS CRAVING THE LATEST SKINCARE TREATMENTS, A NEW PRODUCT CAMOUFLAGES AND TREATS THE SIGNS OF AGING. BY CATHERINE SABINO
With Dior’s ongoing studies concerning aging’s effects on skin tone, we asked Dr. Jeffrey Dover of SkinCare Physicians in Chestnut Hill to speak about what happens to skin texture as we grow older and how our local climate impacts it. “The skin thins and loses its elasticity while becoming increasingly wrinkled,” he says about the aging process. To make matters worse, Boston’s frigid winter weather can cause dry, chapped skin and break delicate blood vessels. To alleviate these effects, Dr. Dover advises, “Practice sun avoidance and use sunscreens along with topical antiaging products. The earlier a person starts using antiaging products, the more effective the program will be—but it’s never too late to start.”
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“On the outside, the jump hour looks very simple, but inside it is
really complicated,” says Gaetan Guillosson, North American
president of German watch brand A. Lange & Söhne. Deriving
its name from its distinctive design, the jump hour watch is one of the most
classically elegant watchmaking complexities on the market. In a jump
hour watch (also referred to as jumping hour), the hour indication is dis-
played in digit format via an aperture (most often positioned at 12:00) that
automatically changes on the hour.
Because of their complexity, jump hour timepieces are offered by only
about a dozen top watchmaking brands as part of their ongoing collections.
Generally, the indication works via a complex rotating disk system
within a more complex movement, usually consisting of several
hundred components. Consequently, building a jump hour
requires more time than a standard timepiece—with some
needing several days’ worth of a watchmaker’s attention. The
end result is well worth the effort to enthusiasts, as the overall
look of the jump hour makes it a highly coveted timepiece.
A. Lange & Söhne’s complex Zeitwerk, which holds two pat-
ents, features jump hour and jump minute indications on the
dial in a pair of balanced apertures. A great deal of research
and development went into creating the movement so that the
jump hour and the jump minutes change with precise syn-
chronization each hour. According to Guillosson, the watch
is so unusual that there is a waiting list wherever it is sold.
Time JumpAS ANTICIPATION BUILDS FOR THE BOSTON MARATHON, PRECISION TIMING IS TOP OF MIND—AND JUMP HOUR WATCHES ANSWER THAT CALL. BY ROBERTA NAAS PHOTOGRAPHY BY JEFF CRAWFORD
FROM TOP: From Jaquet Droz, The Twelve Cities watch ($31,200) is crafted in 18k red gold and offers an elegant jump hour indication at 12:00. Created in a limited edition of 88 pieces, the watch houses a self-winding mechanical movement with 12 time zones indicated by city names via an aperture at 6:00 on the enamel dial. Royal Jewelers, 58 Main St., Andover, 978-475-3330; jaquetdroz.com
This A. Lange & Söhne Zeitwerk watch ($68,900) is crafted in 18k pink gold and houses a mechanical movement crafted in-house, the Lange Caliber L043, powered by a constant force escapement. It features a patented barrel design and offers jump hour indication via an aperture on the left side of the dial and jump minute indications via a harmoniously balanced aperture on the right. Seconds are indicated via a sub-dial at 6:00, and power reserve is indicated at 12:00. Shreve, Crump & Low, 39 Newbury St., 617-267-9100; alange-soehne.com
From Cartier, this Rotonde de Cartier Jumping Hours watch ($38,600) is crafted in 18k gold and houses the 217-part Calibre 9905MC, with jumping hours and trailing minutes with disc mechanism. It offers 65 hours of power reserve, and each movement is individually numbered. 40 Newbury St., 617-262-3300; cartier.com
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FROM TOP: From Audemars Piguet, this Jules Audemars Minute Repeater with Jumping Hour and Small Seconds watch ($319,100) is crafted in platinum and features blue numbers and minute hand. The jump hour indication is at 12:00. Shreve, Crump & Low, 9 Newbury St, 617-267-9100; audemarspiguet.com
From Bulgari, this 43mm Octo watch ($18,200) features a stainless steel case with a black ceramic bezel. The automatic movement offers jump hours at 12:00, with a retrograde minutes indication and a retrograde date indication at 6:00. By appointment, Saks Fifth Avenue, 800 Boylston St., 617-262-8500; bulgari.com
This David Yurman Classic ® Jumping Hours Limited Edition watch ($8,900) houses a self-winding automatic Dubois Depraz movement with ETA base, with jump hour display at 12:00. The 43.5mm black PVD case with gray galvanic dial and smoked sapphire crystal caseback make a chic presentation. The watch—made in a limited edition of 100 numbered pieces—features a center minute hand and sub-seconds dial. It is water-resistant to 30 meters. Copley Place, 617-236-8777; davidyurman.com
Today’s jump hour watches are based on a design that was developed
and patented in 1882 by Austrian engineer Josef Pallweber, who created a
digital display for pocket watches that utilized numbers on rotating disks
rather than classic pointers. It became a popular complication for pocket
watches throughout the late 19th and the
early 20th centuries, and in the past few years
interest in this design has reignited.
Some high-end companies offering classic
jump hour watches generally display only
the hour as a jumping digit and indicate
the minutes via a long central minute
hand that rotates around the dial
in typical pointer fashion. Other
brands opt to combine the jump hour with other intriguing
watch complications—for example, the melodious minute
repeater found in the Audemars Piguet Jules Audemars
Minute Repeater, which features two in-house specialties.
Another combination of complications is the constantly-
in-motion retrograde. In its Octo Jump Hour watch,
Bulgari combines the jump hour complication with retro-
grade minutes, wherein the minute hand travels along an
arc; when it reaches the end of its indication, it returns
back to the beginning of the arc.
No matter which jump hour rendition a watch brand
offers, those who appreciate horological innovation
can’t help but be drawn to the jump hour complexity and
the sheer beauty and simplicity of the look. “The jump
hour watch offers a very unusual way of reading time,” says
Guillosson. “So even if you are not a watch collector, this
look is very appealing because it is something completely
different.” For more watch features and expanded coverage go to
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When Matt LeBlanc enters a restaurant for an
early lunch on a quiet Wednesday, he takes his
seat a bit like a Secret Service agent taking in
points of exposure. Location: Blue Ginger,
Wellesley. Empty table to the right, wall of win-
dows at rear, possible disturbance in front. Goal:
To dodge the circus aspect of being recognized, even though that recogni-
tion is a measure of his success. Such is the cognitive dissonance of being a
low-profile construction worker from Newton with a high-profile face.
Though it’s been 20 years since Friends became a sitcom sensation and
10 since it went off the air, the television star launched as the face of Joey
Tribbiani is in the spotlight again since last year’s Emmy nomination as
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for his Showtime sitcom
Episodes, taping its fourth season this summer. It’s not a role that helps with
cognitive dissonance: Matt LeBlanc plays a fictionalized version of Matt
LeBlanc. Or rather, a through-the-looking-glass version of Matt LeBlanc—
if the former Friend were down on his luck and offered a role on a fictional
British prep-school series, then rubbed up against the husband-and-wife
producing team in all sorts of virile Matt LeBlanc-esque ways.
“It must be like living in a funhouse mirror,” I remark, “playing a sitcom
version of yourself.” There’s a moment of silence as we’re both rendered
speechless by the arrival of Ming Tsai’s sculptural garlic and black pepper
lobster entrée. “It’s a fictitious character, and you just have to approach
it that way,” LeBlanc says. “He just happens to have the same name I
do. When we were coming up with who the character was going to be,
I thought it would be fun—since our salaries were all published during
Friends—to make this Matt LeBlanc way, way wealthier than me.” LeBlanc
has a bite of lobster and makes a deeply satisfied sound. “You’ve got this
guy completely oblivious to the consequences of his actions; that’s fun to
play. And he’s really damaged, this lost soul, the Matt LeBlanc on TV. I
like to think I have my shit a little more together than that.”
Does he? It can’t be easy, juggling a sitcom taped in London, shared
custody of his 10-year-old daughter, and a long-term relationship with
his former Joey costar Andrea Anders. He laughs and leans back, casual
in faded jeans and a blue shawl-collar cotton sweater, and crosses his
arms. “Sometimes yes, sometimes no.”
If part of having it together is identifying what you want and pursuing
it, then he does. Growing up in Nonantum, LeBlanc, now 46, had the kind
of no-nonsense, outdoorsy New England childhood that seems impossi-
bly remote from his current stardom. “We played a lot of hockey at
Fessenden and Totten Pond in Waltham, and used to go sledding at
Albemarle in Newton. Funny how you see something like the hill you
used to sled down as a kid, which seemed like such a huge mountain, and
now you go, Is that the hill? It’s not really a hill.”
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AS HIS SHOWTIME SITCOM EPISODES
MOVES INTO ITS FOURTH SEASON, THE EMMY-NOMINATED ACTOR
REFLECTS ON HIS DECADE WITH THE
ICONIC SERIES FRIENDS, HIS CHILDHOOD IN
NONANTUM, AND HIS TV REINCARNATION AS…
HIMSELF. BY NICHOLE BERNIER
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Gabbana. Saks Fifth Avenue, The Shops at
Prudential Center, 617-262-8500; dolcegabbana.com.
Tie, Brooks Brothers ($79). 46 Newbury St., 617-267-
2600; brooksbrothers.com
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Denim shirt, Tommy Hilfiger ($69). Macy’s, 450 Washington St., 617-357-3000; tommy.com. Watch, Baume et Mercier ($7,500). 39 Newbury St., 617-267-9100; baume-et-mercier.com
Moisturizing lotion, Clinique for Men ($26). Sephora, 800 Boylston St., 617-262-4200; sephora.com. Acyl-Glutathione eyelid serum, Perricone MD ($115). Sephora, SEE ABOVE. Pate Capital Force, Kerastase ($33). Salon Capri, 11 Newbury St., 617-236-0020; saloncapri.com
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While attending Newton North high school he did
the “voc-tech track”—he focused on carpentry—
and then did a semester at Wentworth Institute
of Technology in Boston. But after working
with actual building crews on homes, studying
building felt like playing instead of doing (“It
was like going to LEGO college,” he recalls), so he left for a job construct-
ing custom homes in Natick.
The crossover moment came when he decided to model on the side. He
went to New York to meet a photographer for a portfolio package deal.
Walking back to the subway with a bunch of pictures, feeling like he’d just
been scammed out of $500, he passed a hot woman walking the other
direction. “I looked back to check out her ass at the same time she checked
out mine, and we started laughing.” She was an actress headed to see her
manager, and invited him along. The manager asked him if he wanted to
do a trial read for a hypothetical commercial. “I remember having this
epiphany in this skanky building on Park Avenue, thinking, I’m never
going to see this lady ever again, so I’ll try my hardest, and just see.” One
Aquafresh and Stridex test-read later, he was signed.
It was not an express line to Friends. There were commercials and
burger-flipping jobs on the side—not only for the rent money, but hey, for
free meals, too. But once he started taking acting classes, he was hooked.
By 1986 he was doing well enough with guest stints and parts on other
series to stop flipping burgers. And then came Friends.
“Joey was a peripheral character in the beginning. He was this guy who
lived across the hall and hit on the girls all the time. Fortunately, I had the
foresight to think, ‘This is a special thing that’s starting to gel, like a lighting-
in-a-bottle thing, and I want to make sure I stick around.’” LeBlanc
suggested that the character be tweaked so that while Joey hits on every
other girl in New York, these three were like sisters. “It was a survival tactic.
Because I thought, How long can it last if I’m just the guy hitting on them?”
The producers were receptive to the idea, and the peripheral charac-
ters—Phoebe, Joey, and Chandler—joined Ross, Monica, and Rachel to
become a true ensemble. Their symbiosis created not just a hit show, but
unusually cooperative salary negotiations: over $1 million per episode for
everyone, not just the biggest names. “In the beginning Lisa [Kudrow]
and I were paid the least, Courteney [Cox] had the most, so this was the
beginning of parity,” he recalls. It was also the beginning of true fame
for everyone. By the second season he couldn’t live in an apartment any
longer; they all had to “scramble to get behind a gate.” This was new to
LeBlanc and unsettling.
“The weirdest thing was walking into a room, a restaurant, a bar, a
movie theater, anywhere there’s a lot of people, and everybody sort of stop-
ping what they’re doing and taking notice you’re in the room. And they
know you, or they think they do—they know your name, they know what
you do for a living, they know how much money you make, they know
where you’re from, but they’re all strangers to you.”
But by the time the publicity frenzy was at its zenith, he became
accustomed to the funhouse mirror effect. He learned how to venture out
wrapped in his public persona, prepared to sign autographs and pose for
pictures. He bought a house for his mother in Nonantum, in cash. And
some of the surreal moments became almost utilitarian: One night he
was watching television and heard a helicopter overhead. The television
screen was divided into six blocks, with a live helicopter shot of each of
the cast members’ houses. “I’m looking at it, I can hear the helicopter,
and I look close at the TV and think, ‘My roof sure looks like shit.’ So I
got out the ladder to get up on the roof, and sure enough I had to get an
estimate to redo the roof.”
Once the show went off the air, several things happened that changed his
feelings about being in the public eye. His spinoff series, Joey, was canceled,
a result, he thinks, of sending the character in a wrong direction. “Joey had
become a guy who is feeling sorry for himself, got to California, didn’t have
his ‘Friends’—oh, woe is me,” he mimics. “That was never the character.
Who wants to see that?”
Then his daughter had a brush with a serious illness (she is
fine now), and his marriage was ending. LeBlanc with-
drew to his 1,200-acre ranch near Santa Barbara, with
dirt bikes, horses, and 130 head of cattle with big horns
“like goalposts.” He didn’t act for five years. In fact, he
barely left the house. “I wasn’t ready to go back to work.
There were shows I said no to. I was just not wanting to be in the spotlight,
and it was really good for me.” He would cut his own hair rather than leave
the ranch, and he laughs now recalling how he once gave himself a
Mohawk. “I looked like a feral man with his kid. I’m glad child services
doesn’t have a picture of that one.”
But when David Crane from Friends came calling with a crazy idea for
another show, LeBlanc was willing to hear him out. “The trust level goes
back to 1994,” he says. “I learned so much from him.” There are those who
suggest he’s pigeonholed himself by playing Joey-in-Friends, then Joey
Alone, then Matt-recovering-from-Joey. “I can think of a lot worse prob-
lems to have than being stuck with people’s perceptions of Joey. If people
think that’s who I am, then I’ve done my job. Now I’m pigeonholed as an
asshole version of myself. But that’s fun.”
Asked how he handles the funhouse mirror of fame when he’s back in
Nonantum, LeBlanc says, “When I come back I mostly spend the whole
time at my mom’s house and don’t leave. The last couple of times I’ve been
back, we go to West Street Grill in Nonantum. I call all my friends from
high school. There were about 25 of us on Sunday; it was great. It’s kind of
nice to go out with a crowd of people you know. It’s kind of a buffer.”
We drink our coffee and pick at a dessert plate of cookies we hadn’t
intended to eat, but it’s a rainy coffee-and-cookies sort of afternoon, and
we are waiting for his girlfriend to return.
“I’ll always be known for Friends—so will Matthew [Perry], David
[Schwimmer], Courteney—it’s OK with me. I only speak for myself, but
I’m very proud of it. I wouldn’t do anything differently.” BC
“The last couple of times I’ve been back, we go to West Street Grill in Nonantum. I call all my friends from high school. There were about 25 of us on Sunday; it was great.”
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ON HIM: Shirt, John Varvatos ($228). Copley Place, 617-236-8650; johnvarvatos.com. Trousers ($695) and belt ($380), Ermenegildo Zegna. Copley Place, 617-424-9300; zegna.com
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Silk dress, Dior ($10,000). Copley Place, 617-266-4628; dior.com. Positano small hoop earrings in 18k gold vermeil with turquoise lacquer, Aurélie Bidermann ($205). aureliebidermann.com. Hotlips silver and red lacquer enamel ring, Solange
Azagury-Partridge ($1,050). 212-879-9100. Embellished Saffiano leather bracelets, Prada ($1,695 each). Saks Fifth Avenue, The Shops at Prudential Center, 617-262-8500; prada.com
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ON HER: Natte' patchwork silk dress ($10,900), embellished Saffiano leather bracelet ($1,695), and bag (price on request), Prada. Saks Fifth Avenue, The Shops at Prudential Center, 617-236-1209; saks.com. Cherry stone earrings in 18k yellow gold and green enamel, Solange Azagury-Partridge ($5,300). 212-879-9100. Iriza pumps, Christian Louboutin ($625). Barneys New York, Copley Place, 617-385-3300
ON HIM: Solid black suit, Michael Kors ($595). Nordstrom, South Shore Plaza, 250 Granite St., Braintree, 781-519-7200; nordstrom.com. Santon shirt, Burberry London ($250). 2 Newbury St., 617-236-1000; burberry.com. Wivern dot tie, Thomas Pink ($135). Copley Place, 617-267-0447; thomaspink .com. Classic lace-up derby shoes, Dior Homme ($900). Riccardi, 116 Newbury St., 617-266-3158; riccardiboston.com
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Organza tiered dress ($3,650) and PVC sandals with metal double heel ($995), Fendi. Saks Fifth Avenue, The Shops at Prudential Center, 617-262-8500; saks.com. 18k yellow gold and platinum blue and white enamel ring with diamonds,
David Webb ($28,000). 212-421-3030; davidwebb.com
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Cady top ($2,195) and Cady pants ($1,095), Ralph Lauren Collection. 93 Newbury St., 617-424-1124; ralphlauren .com. Brass square signet ring ($258) and brass hexagon signet ring ($289), Jennifer Fisher. jenniferfisherjewelry.com. Multicolor geometric clutch, Roger Vivier ($1,750). 212-861-5371
ON KRISTINE THROUGHOUT: No Foundation foundation, Perricone MD ($55). Sephora, 800 Boylston St., 617-262-4200; sephora.com. Pure Color blush in Peach Passion, Estée Lauder ($30). Macy’s, 450 Washington St., 617-357-3000; macys .com. Les 4 Ombres Quadra eye shadow in Raffinement, Chanel ($59). Macy’s, SEE ABOVE. Style Liner, Dior ($34). Macy’s, SEE ABOVE. Lift Vertige, Kérastase ($36). Salon Capri, 11 Newbury St., 617-236-0020; saloncapri.com
Makeup by Joanne Gair at Walter Schupfer Management for Chanel Beauty
Makeup assistant: Georgina BillingtonHair by Kevin Woon at Woon Salon/
Jed Root Inc.Set design by Sergio Esteves
for utopianyc.comScenic painting by Patrick Perrier for
setandscenic.comManicure by Myrdith Leon-McCormack
using Dior Vernis at Factory DowntownMale model: Christophe Caron at
Wilhelmina NYFemale model: Kristine Z. at MC2NYC
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TO CELEBRATE OUR FASHION ISSUE, BOSTON COMMON SPENT A NIGHT ON THE TOWN WITH THE CITY’S FIVE MOST STYLISH COUPLES—THE ROCKERS, DANCERS, AND MAVERICKS WHOSE SYNCHRONIZED STYLES MAKE THIS CITY SIZZLE. BY LISA PIERPONT | PHOTOGRAPHY BY ERIC LEVIN | STYLING BY LYDIA SANTANGELO/TESSTYLIST
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W hat is style? Undefinable and undeniable. But one thing is certain: you know it when you see it. Style
is the pop of a cobalt cashmere sock, the subtle sheen of a taffeta couture gown, or a dainty ear cuff—
with studs. Style is a swagger, a spirit, and a fabulous, gigantic emerald ring, darling. And when a
couple has it? They’re dancing in a passion pit of chemistry and closets. In Boston, we singled out
five duos deserving of applause. They are people who drive the pulse of the city—writers, executives, ballerinas, and
entrepreneurs—who also love preppy sneakers, rhinestone stilettos, jet corsets, shiny suits, and above all, each other.
In a decadent night out at Bond at The Langham Hotel, we captured them in all their glamorous glory and quizzed
them about their philosophy on fashion, life, and love.
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They’ve been a couple for 12 years, and it has been
18 since they first met, but if you ask Ricardo
Rodriguez and Michael Kelley (ON LEFT) about
the story, expect this response: “You have to
ask Ricardo,” says Kelley. To which Rodriguez
replies: “I might tell you the story after a bottle
of tequila.” It’s an uncharacteristic display of
reserve for a couple that is known for its take-
no-prisoners style. Rodriguez, a realtor as
well as the former creative director for fashion
designer Daniela Corte, can be seen in metallic
camouflage jeans one day and a black tux jacket
the next—in broad daylight, and quite possibly
with a strand of pearls. “I am not afraid of
challenges, and when it comes to what I wear,
the same rule applies. Anything goes.” With
Kelley, the founder of the concierge service
hiremelocal.com, the vibe is more New England
prepster. “I care about how I look,” the Revere
native says, “but I want to be approachable.”
Perhaps if a bottle of tequila is involved, we can
finally learn the story of how they first met.
What are you wearing tonight?
RR: Theory suit, H&M white shirt, Daniela
Corte black lace T-shirt, Louis Vuitton shoes,
and brooches by Chanel, Patch NYC, and
Lanvin. MK: Red Raleigh denim jeans from
Barneys, Alexander Simai T-shirt, vintage satin
smoking jacket, Dries Van Noten scarf, and
Bodega Converse First String sneakers.
What’s your style?
MK: Thanks to Ricardo, improved! I think I
am urban preppy. RR: What I choose to wear is
for my own enjoyment. I am open to anything. I
could go from super formal work attire to shorts
over leggings in a minute. I like a surprise.
Describe each other’s style.
RR: He is very relaxed—a prep with a West
Coast influence and a sprinkle of hipster.
MK: Whimsical, chic, impeccable, and fun.
What do you love about each other?
RR: The key for us is that we are good friends,
first and foremost. MK: He is the most caring,
loving, thoughtful, and generous person. He
loves and is loyal to family and friends. He
springs out of bed in the morning excited to
tackle every day.
Your philosophy on life:
RR: The sky is the limit. MK: Treat everyone as
you would like to be treated, and a smile usually
meets a smile.
NEW ENGLAND MEETS NOUVEAURicardo Rodriguez and Michael Kelley share a groovy joie de vivre.
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When Kathleen Breen Combes and Yury
Yanowsky perform a wildly romantic pas de
deux on stage, they really mean it. They are hus-
band and wife as well as principal dancers for
the Boston Ballet, where they met 10 years ago.
They say that ballet—and being with each
other—is their destiny. “My mom started me in
ballet when I was three,” says Combes. “I never
stopped.” Yanowsky, the son of two dancers,
knew his fate early on as well after “watching my
parents dance and being on tour with their com-
pany.” Rumor has it that Combes and Yanowsky
broke many colleagues’ hearts when they got
together, but no outside crush could derail their
attraction. “We never have to do anything spe-
cial,” says Combes. “It’s just always special.”
What are you wearing tonight?
KBC: A Chloé dress that I bought for my
wedding shower and an ear cuff—my sister-in-
law got me into ear cuffs. Love them! YY: A
Zara suit bought in Spain. I love this suit; it’s
probably one of the least expensive I own, but I
like how it fits. The shirt is from Massimo Dutti
in Spain, with Lotus shoes and Tom Ford tie.
Describe your style.
KBC: I love layers and asymmetrical, drapey
items for daywear. I am all about comfort. For
evening, I love classic dresses, usually fitted
with cinched waists. I always add an interesting
accessory to offset the classic styles. YY: Daily
comfort is first. I end up changing at work into
workout clothes. Classic suits for evening.
Describe each other’s style.
KBC: He has this insane ability to clean up
impeccably. He can be wearing sweatpants one
minute and look like a movie star the next.
YY: She always looks good—and classy.
What do you love about each other?
KBC: I love his outlook on life. And I love the
person I am with him. We eat, sleep, and work
together, so we have to get along. We balance
each other and we love being together. YY: Her
eyes and the way she makes me feel. We feed off
each other.
Your philosophy on life:
YY: I live for the sense of living. Why am I here
and what is my purpose? KBC: Life is too short
to be unhappy. Don’t fear change, and never be
afraid to fail.
PAS DE DEUX When principal ballet dancers Kathleen Breen Combes and Yury Yanowsky join forces, life itself becomes a work of art.
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Even though they imagine themselves to be
unqualified for proper jobs, Amanda Palmer
(“They wouldn’t hire me as a temp at Goldman
Sachs”) and Neil Gaiman (“I have no market-
able skills”) have made quite a splash. Palmer, a
Lexington native, is a former street artist (she used
to pose as an eight-foot bride statue in Harvard
Square), who shot to fame as the lead singer, pia-
nist, and composer of the “Brechtian punk” band
The Dresden Dolls before launching a solo career.
British-born Gaiman is a New York Times best-
selling author and graphic novelist who has won
the Newbury and Carnegie awards. The duo met
in 2008 through a mutual friend. “He sent me her
CD,” Gaiman says. “I said something nice about it
on my blog, and Amanda wrote to say thank you.”
These days, Gaiman is appearing as both hus-
band and musical partner on Palmer’s new CD,
appropriately titled An Evening With Neil Gaiman
and Amanda Palmer.
What are you wearing tonight?
AP: A black coat I bought at a thrift shop in New
York. The black pants came from Dizingof in
Melbourne. The boots are from Fluevog in
Boston. I own five pairs and have been rotating
them onstage for six years. The shirt I stole from
Neil. All of his black shirts come from a specialty
shop in the far reaches of the galaxy where
druids and unicorns run free. NG: An Isaia suit
that I bought for the Dark Knight Falls premiere.
Describe your style.
AP: Extremely low-maintenance without
looking average. NG: Ramshackle, awkward,
easygoing, and very black. I tend to wear a
Kambriel jacket, based on the one she made for
me for the 2010 Oscars [for the animated feature
based on his novel Coraline].
Describe each other’s style.
AP: Black. NG: It’s a car crash between high
fashion and low.
What do you love about each other?
AP: How committed he is to communicating
even when I go silent. NG: She’s fearless, and
when she isn’t fearless she’s brave. Sometimes
we live in a real-life drama about two people
who have to figure out how to be together
enough to keep happy—and apart enough to get
work done and be happy.
What’s your philosophy on life?
AP: Be here now. NG: It’s infinitely preferable
to the alternative.
THE NEW BOHEMIANSSinger Amanda Palmer and author Neil Gaiman’s personal style is as brash and bold as their art.
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When: 1990. Where: Los Angeles. What: Betty
and Ali meet for the first time. “It was at a rave
club,” Betty says. “We partied until the sun came
up in Malibu. I thought to myself, That was
fun…” Guess so. They have been married for 20
years and have a son, Omar, 15, and daughter,
Ines, 17. Betty, a self-described serial entrepre-
neur who was born in Jerusalem and grew up in
San Francisco, has founded a cookie company,
fashion boutiques (she started Stil Clothing,
which had four locations in Greater Boston), and
is now the owner of Stil Studio, a yoga studio in
Dedham. Ali, who grew up in Pakistan, Norway,
Los Angeles, Switzerland, and England, is the
founder and CEO of Attivio, an enterprise soft-
ware company that has raised $71 million in
growth funding. Despite their busy schedules,
the couple, who moved to Boston 13 years ago,
prioritize each other. “We laugh, we argue, we
make up, and we evolve,” says Ali. They’ve
come a long, long way from that rave club.
What are you wearing tonight?
BR: The dress was custom-made by Boston
designer Sam Mendoza. [I’m also wearing] a
Mongolian lamb shrug, a coin bracelet from a
street shop in Mexico, and a limited-edition
necklace designed by Deepak Chopra—a gift
from my husband on my 40th birthday. AR: A
Burberry jacket, Dubuc trousers, Bally sneak-
ers, and Chopard shades.
Describe your style.
BR: It’s an eclectic expression of edited
elegance. AR: Relaxed elegance. I love to dress
and look good, but I must be comfortable.
Describe each other’s style.
BR: He doesn’t give a damn about labels, but
uses his instinct to always wear the right thing.
AR: She mixes it up, elegant and bohemian.
She can rock a Lanvin gown as easily as a fitted
leather shirt with skinny jeans.
What do you love about each other?
BR: His “I don’t give a hoot what anyone
thinks” attitude, not to mention his wit and
charm. AR: Seriously, everything! She’s
gorgeous, a great mom and wife. She’s cool and
my best friend. Did I mention she’s gorgeous?
Your philosophy on life:
BR: Live, love, and forgive fully. AR: Surround
yourself with family and friends who you love
and are a positive influence.
HIGH-END ZENBetty and Ali Riaz mix couture with Karma
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RIGHTEOUS STYLESaran Kaba Jones and Ainsworth Jones strive to make the world better—and look great while doing it.
Ainsworth and Saran Kaba Jones share many
qualities, but one of the biggest is their insanely
ambitious, bigger-than-life dreams: Ainsworth
is an attorney who works primarily in immigra-
tion and civil litigation, while his wife, Saran,
aims to provide clean water in Africa. The
daughter of diplomat Dr. Brahima D. Kaba,
Saran grew up in Liberia, Cote d’Ivoire, Egypt,
France, and Cyprus before attending college in
Boston. She founded FACE Africa, a nonprofit
that delivers access to clean, safe drinking water
in Liberia. Ainsworth grew up in Kingston,
Jamaica (“loved it!”) and moved to Boston for
law school. “I became an attorney because it’s a
good way to help less fortunate people,” he says.
When he got to know Saran eight years ago at a
party in Cambridge, the connection was imme-
diate. “We realized we couldn’t live without each
other,” Ainsworth says. Because, in addition to
the turbo levels of drive pulsing through their
DNA, there is an even bigger degree of respect.
“We support and uplift each other,” Saran says.
“We live for each other.”
What are you wearing tonight?
SKJ: A chiffon dress by Badgley Mischka—
bought on sale! AJ: An Armani suit, Thomas
Pink shirt, and Bruno Magli shoes.
Describe your style.
SKJ: I am such a girl when it comes to dressing
up. I think women should wear items that
highlight their feminine curves, and shouldn’t
shy away from flaunting their figures. AJ: On the
conservative side with a little bit of flash. I like to
be noticed without being too noticeable. I like
guys like Sean Connery, with that old-school
swagger, and Idris Elba, with his effortless cool.
Describe each other’s style.
SKJ: All of his suits are tailored and fitted. He
always says a tailored suit can transform a man.
AJ: Saran’s style can’t really be defined. She just
does it and it works.
What do you love about each other?
SKJ: I love everything about this man! AJ:
Saran has the biggest heart in the world. She
is a phenomenal human being.
Philosophy on life:
SKJ: Don’t follow your dreams—chase them
down. I want to become someone I’ll be proud
of when I look back on my life and the choices I
made. AJ: Everything will work out in the end as
long as you don’t make anything worse. I want to
shape the lives of young people, particularly
those in less fortunate circumstances. BC
Makeup by Tavi de la Rosa | Hair by Louise Rusk for Mizu Salon | Limo provided by Commonwealth Worldwide Chauffeured Transportation | Shot on location at the Langham Hotel Boston | Models: Alec, Estella, Sebastian, and Stephanie P. from Maggie Inc.
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FAMILY TIESGiving money away isn’t as easy as it sounds, particularly when different generations are involved.
Here, philanthropists, advisers, and wealth managers tell how to minimize familial differences and make charitable gifting a smooth sail.
BY SUZANNE MCGEE
Kennedy Consciousness (FROM LEFT): The late Robert F. Kennedy with his wife, Ethel, and seven of their then eight children at an outing at the Bronx Zoo in 1964; the Grand Foyer at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC; Anthony Shriver, who founded the nonprofit Best Buddies International to help people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Lauder’s Legacy (FROM LEFT): A 1979 portrait of the Lauder family, taken at the NY home of Joseph and Estée Lauder (CENTER); Ronald and Leonard Lauder founded the Lauder Institute, a joint-degree program in international management at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School; US businessman Ronald Lauder cuts the ribbon at the opening of a sheltered playground in the Israeli city of Sderot in 2009.
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Howard Graham Buffett has no idea how old he
was when he first became aware that something
called “philanthropy” existed. While his father,
financier Warren Buffett, “was busy making
money” and building his reputation as the sage of
Omaha, his mother, Susan Thompson Buffett,
spent “a huge amount of her time engaged in
something that helped or supported other peo-
ple.” As they grew, Howard, as well as his elder sister, Susie, and younger
brother, Peter, were caught up in these projects. “It started with giving
away time,” Howard Buffett, 59, recalls. “A big part of my education was
seeing my mom act on [her] beliefs, not just talk about them.” The lessons
he learned included an awareness of what distinguishes effective philan-
thropy from simply sitting down at the end of every year to write a few
checks or buying a table for a friend’s charitable gala. By the time he was
an adult, Buffett says he realized that philanthropy, at its best, “is about
listening to people, and trying to under-
stand their core needs and find a way to
address them.”
Creating that kind of philanthropic
savvy in children and grandchildren is
increasingly a focus of today’s affluent fam-
ilies. “It’s a way for any family to test and
articulate their shared values, to define
what their family stands for, and to put
those values into action,” says Peter Karoff,
founder of The Philanthropic Initiative, a
consulting firm that advises donors on making the leap from supporting a
handful of favored organizations—an alma mater, a local hospital, a
regional arts group—to developing a coherent giving approach. “The aim
is to create a legacy and, for many, if not most, having that legacy include
impact,” says Karoff.
What triggers philanthropic engagement can be as varied as the families
involved. “In some cases, an aging benefactor has decided he wants to see
his philanthropic gifts fully dispersed while he’s still living; sometimes it’s a
personal experience or event, such as a trip by two members of one family to
Ghana, which then became a focus of their philanthropy,” says Susan
Ditkoff, a partner at Bridgespan, a nonprofit advisory group, and co-head of
the firm’s philanthropy practice.
One element of “next gen” philanthropy that may startle some older
parents or grandparents is their heirs’ preference for and sometimes insis-
tence upon high-impact or transformative giving. Today’s younger donors
have relatively little interest in seeing their names immortalized on hospital
wings, theater auditoriums or college lecture halls. They define “commu-
nity” in a very different way, as something that isn’t confined to a narrow
geographic area or a particular religious or ethnic grouping. They’re also
more likely to tackle ambitious programs. Bill and Melinda Gates, who
have publicly declared their resolve to eradicate endemic diseases such
as polio and malaria within their lifetimes,
are the poster children for this approach.
What distinguishes the Gateses, of course,
is the magnitude of their ability to give; the
eagerness to take on formidable challenges
does not. In the past, donors were willing to
spend the 5 percent of a foundation’s assets
that the law requires them to distribute each
year to make lives better. Now, says Sharna
Goldseker, managing director of 21/64, which specializes in helping families involve “next
generation” members in their philanthropic planning, “the attitude is,
‘That’s great, but wouldn’t it be even better if, by spending 50 percent, we
could eradicate the problem entirely?’”
What is increasingly common, however, is the focus of parents or grandpar-
ents at the head of the family—typically those who still control the wealth—to
“The aim is to create a legacy, and, for many—
if not most— HAVING THAT LEGACY
INCLUDE IMPACT.”—Peter Karoff
Tisch Timeline (FROM LEFT): Jimmy, Bob, Jonathan, and Andrew Tisch in 2004; NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts building in NYC; Preston (LEFT, CROUCHING) and Laurence Tisch place a time capsule in the foundation of the future Tisch Hall at NYU in 1969.
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make philanthropy a family affair. Crafting a personal approach to giving
and simply handing heirs a family foundation to administer isn’t enough these
days. Goldseker explains, “It isn’t possible just to bring those individuals into
the status quo. [Heirs] bring their own ideas and visions to the table.”
Long before they are old enough to understand just how wealthy their
family is or what philanthropy involves, children or grandchildren can
develop an understanding of
their privileged situation by
becoming engaged in volun-
teer work, through a school, a
religious organization, or some
kind of entity alongside their
parents. “A grandparent or
parent can say they’ll donate
money that’s equivalent to
the amount of time they put
in, too,” says Melissa Berman,
president and CEO of New York–
based Rockefeller Phil anthropy
Advisors, who notes that family
vacations or extended family
reunions can also include a
volunteer initiative that all
family members can share: a
park cleanup, perhaps, or, as
children get older, a Habitat for
Hu m anity building project.
But introducing chil-
dren to the concept
and reality of fam-
ily philanthropy at
a very young age
doesn’t mean they’ll follow where
their elders lead as they get older.
“It’s important to be open with
heirs about what is coming down
the pike,” says Brian Wodar, a
senior vice president and director
of wealth management research at AllianceBernstein. “If parents aren’t willing
to go beyond a certain area when it comes to making grants, then they should
make that clear to their children and grandchildren. If they don’t want to be
flexible in terms of how that wealth is spent, and they still want to have the
next generations involved, they have to find some kind of compromise.”
Bridgespan’s Ditkoff explains that since the first generation tends to be
the one that made the wealth, “they feel that they earned it, and it’s theirs to
give away in whatever way they choose.” Sometimes, there are gulfs that
can’t be bridged. Perhaps one family member is an evangelical Christian
and can’t support the giving priorities of his parents and siblings; perhaps
one part of a traditionally Republican family drifts leftward and can’t con-
done giving money to causes that run counter to his new opinions. “To say
that family philanthropy is a panacea that can bridge all gaps is a fallacy,”
says Karoff. “A baby won’t fix a bad marriage; philanthropy won’t make a
dysfunctional family functional once more.”
Gillian Howell, the national Philanthropic Solutions group executive at
US Trust, says it’s best to start preparing both sides to make compromises as
early as possible. “One of the most memorable events I witnessed involved a
wealthy family, who began an
annual series of New England
vacation weekends focused on
philanthropy by asking the young-
est members of the family the
question of how they would like to
change the world,” she recalls.
The patriarch and matriarch were
so moved by what they heard that
they were very open to the idea of
changing the governance and
even ultimately diluting or reshap-
ing the mission of the foundation
they had created in order to incor-
porate their young heirs’ insights
and vision.
While parents and grandpar-
ents may fear that large gaps exist
between the generations—and
underestimate the extent to which
they need to compromise to fully
engage their heirs—when push
comes to shove, there’s far more
alignment than family elders may
assume. A 2013 Merrill Lynch sur-
vey showed that 73 percent of the
“millennial” generation (those
aged roughly between 18 and
35) had values similar to their
parents, even though they might
express those values differently.
“That reflects the reality that val-
ues are shaped by what people are
exposed to; that’s what children model and internalize and express later in
life,” says Michael Liersch, Merrill Lynch’s head of behavioral finance.
A growing number of younger donors plan on “giving while living”—an
attitude that often separates wealth creators from their heirs. That’s the case
for Howard Buffett and his foundation, which was seeded with gifts from his
parents and in recent years has been supplemented by significantly larger
donations of Berkshire Hathaway stock. Buffett’s philanthropic focus is
worldwide food and water security and conflict mitigation, and by mid
March, he says, he’ll have visited every single African nation to understand
food security issues and search for innovative agricultural projects to sup-
port. “I want to transfer the knowledge and sense of commitment to my
children,” which includes his wife’s four daughters, whom Buffett has helped PH
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questions.”—Howard Buffett
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raise, along with his son, Howard Warren Buffett. At the same time, he adds,
“I don’t want that to stop me from doing the biggest things that I can today.
I’m going to put all my time and resources into addressing these issues.”
Buffett said his son had visited 58 countries by the time he went to col-
lege—and “our destinations weren’t places like Paris and Cancún.” Three of
the children now sit on the board of Buffett’s foundation, and trustees are
designated $20,000 apiece every year to direct to projects of their own
choice that fit within the broader mission of the foundation.
Taking a flexible strategy with the legal and financial compo-
nents of philanthropic giving is as essential as when dealing
with generational differences. For decades the family founda-
tion has been the default vehicle for giving. While foundations
allow a family unlimited, multigenerational control over grant
making, the tax deductions for contributions are less generous than for
other vehicles, such as donor-advised funds. (For instance, if donating com-
pany stock, family members can deduct its cost; if they are donating to a
donor-advised fund, they can deduct the often significantly higher fair mar-
ket value of those securities.) By some estimates, 70 percent of all foundations
have assets of less than $1 million, a level that most experts consider to be
inefficient. Michael Cole, president of Ascent Private Capital Management,
says that while a foundation—which requires its members to keep tabs of
investments, governance, and taxes as well as evaluating and monitoring
grants—can be “a great financial parenting and educational tool,” unless a
family has or plans to donate more than $10 million to the foundation, the
administrative costs are too high to justify this option.
The other most popular vehicle is the donor-advised fund, established
under the umbrella of sponsoring organizations, such as community
foundations. In recent years a range of nonprofits and special divisions of
banks and investment companies like Fidelity have offered opportunities for
families to establish their own DAFs. However, there are more constraints:
Donors can only suggest or advise, rather than dictate, where they want
grants to go; and children who serve as advisors cannot earn a salary for
doing so. But for a growing number of families, the lower overhead costs,
higher tax deductions, and the increasing ability to bring in children or
grandchildren as “co-advisors” are outweighing some of the disadvantages.
While families might want to ponder the tax considerations associated with
various philanthropic vehicles, the decision about whether or not to be philan-
thropic is almost never made for financial reasons. “The tax breaks you get for
charitable giving are no greater than those you get for losing money in the
stock market, and nobody invests in stocks with the intent of losing money,”
points out Ramsay Slugg, wealth strategies advisor at US Trust.
For Howard Buffett, the biggest challenge for philanthropists isn’t whether
to set up a foundation or DAF. “The worst thing you can do is to live in your
comfort zone,” he says. In the late 1980s, Buffett and his siblings were each
allowed to determine the targets of $100,000 per year for their parents’ new
foundation. In 1999, each of the children received $26.5 million from their
parents to start individual foundations. “Hey, many of my ideas were stupid,”
he admits, recalling the notion of funding a camel dairy for Western Sahara
refugees. “You learn fast to think hard about what to support, but at least the
mistakes were small, while the lessons were big.” Nonetheless he encourages
his children to venture into new areas. “I can be a bit of a dictator, but I know
that it’s important for the next generation to challenge me, to have someone
with a view that’s a little less myopic ask me tough questions. These are the
formative experiences that they’ll be putting in their memory banks and
drawing on in the decades to come.” BC
Life After DeathBequeathing a philanthropic legacy requires a precise language—and foresight.
IsaBella stewart Gardner had a
mInd of her own when it came to her art
collection. She knew exactly what she
wanted and how she wanted it displayed—
and she made sure her death would not
change that. The terms of her will, which
funded what is today the Isabella Stewart
Gardner Museum with a $1 million endow-
ment, stipulated that the trustees could not
alter “the general disposition or arrange-
ment” at her Fenway mansion. Curators
interpreted that rule so literally that they
have left in place the empty frames of the
iconic artworks famously stolen in 1990.
The prospect of changing anything—and
triggering a provision that would result in the
sale of all the artworks with the proceeds
going to Harvard University—has resulted in
curators reluctant to move artworks in order
to clean them, says Peter Karoff, founder of
Boston’s philanthropic consulting firm The
Philanthropic Initiative. “It’s a perfect and
odd example of donor intent somewhat par-
alyzing an organization.”
Donors who expect their foundations or
other charitable endeavors to outlive them
need to word their philanthropic legacy so
that it doesn’t leave heirs in a straitjacket,
says Melissa Berman, president and CEO of
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors. “It’s opti-
mal not to constrain future generations.” A
family that earned its wealth in Boston might
not realize that in 50 years, its members may
live far away. While it might seem reason-
able for a foundation’s creator to hand-pick
“local” causes, it could become challenging
for out-of-state heirs to effectively support
Boston-specific organizations. “It’s all about
flexibility,” says Karoff.
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Ten years ago, Elena Matlack and her husband, Tom, saw
what would be their cherished home in Brookline for the
first time. “I walked in and said, “Oh, my god, this house
is the greatest! The bones are amazing. I just loved it right
away,” Matlack recalls. She immediately set her sights on trans-
forming the Colonial Revival into a haven for her family and a
venue where she could entertain on a grand scale.
The house checked off Matlack’s master wish list. It was
spacious (6,300 square feet). It was inviting (spots for DJ booths
and cocktail bars swirled around her head). And it had an
intriguing history. Built in 1904 by a group of master craftsmen,
the house became a dormitory for the Winsor School for girls
during World War II. In the school’s bulletin, the headmistress
described evenings at the house with “sit-down dinners, a study
hall off the dining room, and a congenial atmosphere.”
“My home is designed to be lived in and enjoyed both for its
functionality and for its aesthetic appeal,” Matlack says. Entertaining takes
place on the ground floor, where all the rooms connect to the spacious hall-
way, which becomes the hub for party revelers as they hop from one room to
the next. A sweeping staircase wraps around and above the hallway—the
landing is where many a musician has set up to play for a dancing crowd
below. If guests seek someplace quieter, they can retreat to the library or the
living room, where a grand piano beckons visitors to play a tune. Matlack
Philanthropy Begins at HomeONE OF BOSTON’S MOST ELEGANT SOCIALITES, ELENA MATLACK, OPENS UP HER HOME TO SHARE HER DESIGNING AND ENTERTAINING SECRETS. BY CIARA HUNT PHOTOGRAPHY BY ANDY RYAN
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has hosted parties for as many as 120, as well as ladies’ lunches and cocktail
parties benefitting the Boys & Girls Club of Boston and receptions for
MassGeneral Hospital for Children, including a picnic under historic
American beech trees.
“Many people stray away from entertaining because of the stress involved
in planning a party,” says Dan Mathieu of Max Ultimate Food. “Elena and
Tom know how important it is to gather a great group of friends together and
the goodwill that comes from doing so.” Matlack is involved in every detail
from the food to the flowers—she likes to do the arrangements herself.
Mathieu, who has worked with Matlack on several events, describes her as
“the consummate hostess.”
Quiet time with family is as important as hosting splashy events for
Matlack, who serves up her grandfather’s special pasta fagioli recipe to her
clan around her kitchen table. That personal touch can be seen in the décor
throughout the house. “My design aesthetic came from my heritage, my per-
sonal story, and my travels,” says Matlack. Indeed, her favorite furnishings
have deep personal connections: a reupholstered antique armchair belonged
to her husband’s grandfather, a restored dresser came from her parents, and
a sideboard was purchased from Martha Stewart for the dining room.
Matlack has kept some of the house’s original furnishings, such as the library
chandelier, but she added wood paneling as well as a pair of foo dogs, a gift
from her husband, that sits proudly on the onyx fireplace.
In the classic dining room, Matlack holds large family dinners using
antique china dating back to 1875, inherited from her husband’s family.
Osborne & Little starred wallpaper adds a surprising touch to the ceiling,
and the walls are upholstered by Chris Robert of Architexture. A portrait
of an elegant lady sits in the corner ready for restoration—it was found in
her parent’s basement. Hidden behind the door stands an austere armoire
that Matlack plans to turn into a bar, mirrored on the inside and lacquered
red on the outside.
Matlack’s favorite room is her bedroom, which she designed to be “neu-
tral yet sexy, classic, and comfortable.” A large artwork based on a Vogue
magazine cover adds a sassy contemporary twist. Her 9-year-old son Cole’s
bedroom takes a detour into the Wild West, with its log bed, antler chande-
lier, and cowboys climbing the wall—references to the annual family trip to
a ranch in Montana. That rustic feel is mirrored in the third-floor playroom,
which was once divided into six dormitories for the Winsor School. Matlack
knocked down all of the partitions to create one large family room with a
vaulted, beamed ceiling and wood columns. In one corner stands the 1980s
arcade game Pac-Man; in another, a foosball table. Family nights are spent
watching movies on the huge screen (The Lord of the Rings trilogy is a favor-
ite) or playing pool. Like everything else in the house, it reflects Matlack’s
vision: “Find something that makes you smile and brings experiences that
you can have as a family.” BC
BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL Wallpaper offers a creative alternative to paint.
Elena Matlack was on to something with the Brunschwig & Fils
emerald wallpaper in her foyer and stairwell, and the Osborne &
Little star pattern that envelops the dining room. High-end
papers made in vibrant, saturated colors with contemporary
designs inspired by vintage patterns have many designers
opting for wallpaper over paint. “Wallpaper is definitely a staple,
and I have been using it consistently for the past 10 years,” says
designer Ana Donohue of Ana Donohue Interiors. “The trend
now is less graphic geometrics in bright colors and more
organic options in either the content of the paper or the pattern
on the paper. Think a bit sexier and subtler.” Donohue’s
cherished wallpaper brands include Phillip Jeffries, Furn & Co.,
The Martin Group, and Osborne & Little. Boston Design Center, 1
Design Center Place, No. 337, 617-449-5514; bostondesign.com;
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many homeowners are happy to pay a pretty penny for their dream
home. We talked to three high-end builders about the hottest bells
and whistles on the luxury market.
Custom builder Ed W. Tarca (E.W. Tarca Construction, 1 Ave. C, Hopkinton,
508-435-4290; ewtarcaconstruction.com) has seen clients become more and
more specific, a trend he believes is driven by the Internet. “Back in the day
you’d just get a folder of clippings from Architectural Digest. Not anymore.
Clients can Google products and get ideas.” How does that play out in home
design? “The kitchen is by far the biggest thing that people want to invest a lot
of money in,” he says, especially for top-line Sub-Zero appliances. Other focal
points for customization are bathrooms and closets. “We’re spending more
time designing and constructing above-average closets” with built-in safes,
jewelry drawers—even a coffee station. Elaborate home theaters, on the other
hand, have been fading ever since flat-screen TVs arrived on the scene. “You
can get nice audio and a 70- or 80-inch screen in a multipurpose room instead
of a dedicated room,” Tarca says. “That’s sensible New England thinking.”
As builders of spec homes, Sean Wilder and Alejandro Chavez (Wilder &
Chavez, 44 White Place, Brookline Village, 617-487-8939; wilderchavez.com) focus
on appealing to a range of high-end buyers (their homes typically sell in just a
few weeks, proof that they’re doing something right). The secret sauce? “Lots
of open space,” says Wilder. “Room counts are lower than when we started [in
2005], but [there are more] large, open spaces.” The kitchen typically inte-
grates with dining and living areas, so homeowners can socialize with guests
while cooking, or relax with their families in a beautiful, informal setting.
With the growing interest in green technology, Chavez says, “We put in what
people will pay for.” That means energy-efficient windows, Energy Star appli-
ances, LED lights, and other features that lower utility bills.
Green is also good for Robert Lawrence Jr. (255 Clapboardtree St., Westwood,
781-326-8655; [email protected]), a custom remodeler who has some
clients that spend top dollar for locally sourced materials and LEED certifica-
tion. A specialist in remodeling and restoring older houses, Lawrence
observes, “In these very traditional homes, people are trending toward very
contemporary interiors, though not necessarily through the whole house.
Bathrooms and kitchens will have a very contemporary feel.” This might
mean completely gutting an old kitchen and building an ultramodern one in
its place, while antique moldings, wainscoting, and plaster in the rest of the
house are restored “so that they look not necessarily new, but like they’ve been
maintained to a very high level.” One project restored the hidden passage
(complete with a secret bookcase in the library) to a Prohibition-era speakeasy
in the basement of a house built in 1929. “They have a ladder going down to
it,” he says with a chuckle. “It’s a nice little thing to show off.” BC
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Two letters sum up my passion for cars: A to B. But that wasn’t always the
case. There was a time when the smell of Armor All wipes would make my
mouth water. In fact, I couldn’t wait to get my license—literally. When I was
13 I was arrested for driving underage with a car full of girls on a midnight joy-
ride. Community service followed. These days I drive slowly, use my blinkers,
and I’ve never received a speeding ticket. Why am I bringing this up now as I
slide behind the wheel of Jaguar’s newest sports car, the $92 ,000 (at a mini-
mum) F-Type V8 S? I believe that on that night of youthful indiscretion I lost
my love for cars, and I’m wondering if the F-Type can help me find it again.
The convertible is the color of molten glass being spun in a kiln, and it
looks just as hot and smooth. I press the ignition, and the Jag doesn’t so
much roar to life as snarl. Pent-up power pulses through the gas pedal like
the hormones of a teenage boy fumbling with a bra strap. This beast wants
to run, but where? Where can I let the Jag’s 495 horses out to stud? I’ve been
allotted 500 miles to get a “feel for the car,” and I intend to use every last
one of them. North, the Jag purrs, go north.
The F-Type turns heads on Newbury Street like a scantily clad swimsuit
model, and there I am, the sap on the model’s arm, grinning like a fool. I chalk
up the attention as one of the intangibles this car delivers. The F-Type doesn’t
drive down the street; it peacocks. Newbury Street turns into 93 North with-
out me noticing. When hitting the gas, the acceleration is instantaneous, and
the Jag lets out a guttural growl as it races from zero to 60 in four heartbeats. It
switches lanes and passes with the agility of Sugar Ray, and punches the
straightaways with the ferocity of Tyson. This Jag is all at once muscle and
sophistication—a bodybuilder wearing a perfectly tailored tuxedo.
Before I know it, I’m pulling into Woodstock, Vermont, where I decide to
get a room at the regal Woodstock Inn & Resort. The innkeepers rush out to
greet me, the “peacock factor” clearly still intact this far up north, and I slide
out of the car buzzing and wondering how I got here. Therein lies the true
beauty of the Jaguar F-Type. Yes, it’s just a car. Yes, it will take you from A to B.
But between where you’ve been and where you’re going, the thrill of the ride
will wash away your past and lock you in drive. Indeed, the F-Type restored
my love for cars and left me licking my chops for more. Jaguar Sudbury, 83
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acquire: bracelet &
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relax: high-tech
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Spices and souks, prayers and colors: these are some of the inspira-
tions behind Milicent Armstrong’s vibrant travel bags. The Boston
native is the designer and founder of Artemis Design Co., a lifestyle
company that unites Armstrong’s passions for fashion, art, and exotic
destinations—especially Turkey. She is inspired by the country’s incompa-
rable beauty and unbridled spirit, and has traveled there five times to meet
with the craftsmen and cobblers who make her bags. “These handbags
were designed for a woman who appreciates the beauty of handwoven,
antique textiles and great quality craftsmanship,” says Armstrong, who
designs everything from wallets to totes made from leather, Kilim carpet,
silk, and velvet ikat. “Because all of the textiles are sourced from other
cultures and traditions, I think my products really attract a woman who
loves to travel.”
Starting her own company was a lifelong dream, which was kickstarted
during Armstrong’s time studying color theory and interior design at
Boston Architectural College. “Travel can be so inspiring for a textile
lover because you see so many new styles, colors, and patterns used in ways
they aren’t at home,” says Armstrong. “Seeing where my textiles are made
in Turkey has made me appreciate the beauty of the craft.” Keep one of
Armstrong’s bags packed this spring for a spontaneous long weekend in
Cape Cod or Nantucket. You never know where you’re going to end up.
artemisdesignco.com BC
Have Bag, Will TravelMILICENT ARMSTRONG OF ARTEMIS DESIGN CO. EXPRESSES HER LOVE OF EXOTIC LANDS
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On the CuffMAKE THIS A STA TEMENT THIS SEASON WITH DRAMATIC BRACELETS AND EARRINGS.BY HANNAH REX
Alexis BittarBrooklyn-based designer Alexis
Bittar is making his mark on
Boston with his recently opened
Newbury Street boutique. Have
your pick of Lucite pieces, like
the Santa Fe Deco Ruthenium
jewel-motif zebra cuff, or try
something gold, such as the
Jardin de Papillon Ruthenium
chain-link cuff from Bittar’s
Elements collection.
130 Newbury St., 617-236-0505;
alexisbittar.com
April Soderstrom JewelryJewelry-making was a natural
evolution for Boston-based
designer April Soderstrom, who
has created restaurant interiors
for local celebrity chefs Ken
Oringer and Michael Schlow and
is professionally trained in
sculpture and pottery. She opened
her jewelry business in 2011, and
much of her work uses mixed
materials (a sprinkle of Swarovski
crystals doesn’t hurt), like the
striking Cicada cuff.
aprilsoderstrom.com
Barneys New YorkNature becomes fodder for delicate
jewelry designs with K/ller
Collection’s brass quill matchstick
cuff. The cuffs at Barneys aren’t
only for the wrist: the three-ring
Berbère cuff by Repossi hugs the
upper lobe of the ear.
100 Huntington Ave., 617-385-
3300; barneys.com
CartierDiamonds are a girl’s best friend,
but there’s so much more to the
Paris Nouvelle Vague bracelet.
Each end of this 18k rose gold cuff
is studded with a cluster of
hematite, amethyst, smoky quartz,
pink opal, and yes, diamonds.
40 Newbury St., 617-262-3300;
cartier.us
GucciThe Italian brand mixes materials
with an elegant bamboo cuff in
wood, metal, and crystal, or a
futuristic double-band bracelet with
colored metal, accented with
transparent plexiglass. The latter
comes in a variety of colors
including blue, pink, green, orange,
black, and chocolate, and pairs
perfectly with casual attire or one of
Gucci’s slinky evening dresses.
800 Boylston St., 617-247-3000;
gucci.com
Impulse by Adamas Fine JewelryThe Rebecca Overmann collection
effortlessly combines simple
designs with unique accents. The
muted color of oxidized sterling
silver or gold contrasts with
dazzling jewels and dotted accents.
Opt for smaller links that can easily
be layered—or show that less is
more with a singular wide cuff.
180 Linden St., Wellesley, 781-416-
1800; trustyourimpulse.com
Saks Fifth Avenue The yellow gold and sterling silver
cuffs from John Hardy’s Palu
Collection are inspired by the
dappled surface of the moon. The
disks have been hand-hammered to
create a distinctive surface that
sparkles when you move your wrist.
800 Boylston St., 617-262-8500;
saks.com
Sidney ThomasPlayful and polished, Sidney
Thomas offers elegant pieces with
dynamic patterns. The 18k white
gold cuff with more than 400
diamonds from the jeweler’s
collection has a delicate leaflike
design, while circles come into
play with the 18k yellow gold
bracelet from the Bollicine
collection from Roberto Coin.
800 Boylston St., 617-262-0935;
sidneythomas.com
RecessTravel inspires Canadian jewelry
designer Melanie Auld, who has
lived in Boston, Arizona, New
York, and Austria with her
husband, Alex, a retired pro
hockey player. For her Spring 2014
collection, Auld wanted to create
versatile jewelry, like her delicate
square pavé cuffs in 18k gold, and
the rose gold plate and lavender
jade cuffs studded with diamonds.
38 Church St., Winchester,
781-369-1654; melanieauld.com
Tiffany & Co.Artistry defines this storied jeweler,
and nothing exemplifies it better
than the collections by Paloma
Picasso and Elsa Peretti. We can’t
get enough of the delicate detailing
in Picasso’s Olive Leaf cuff in 18k
gold and the strong lines of Peretti’s
bone cuff in sterling silver.
100 Huntington Ave., 617-353-
0222; tiffany.com BC
FROM TOP: Elsa Peretti bone cuff, Tiffany & Co. ($1,150); Brass quill matchstick cuff, Barneys New York ($360); Bamboo, wood, metal, and crystal cuff, Gucci ($1,300); Santa Fe Deco Ruthenium lucite cuff, Alexis Bittar ($195).
Where do you find inspiration? In the materials I use. Even if I don’t have an immediate use for the item, I keep a stockpile of materials that stole my heart at some point.
How can cuffs complete a look? One of my favorite tricks is to pair two matching metallic cuffs with a long-sleeved silk blouse. The cuffs can be the perfect finishing touch and almost look like they’re part of the shirt.
How do you change your jewelry from season to season? I try to design pieces that transition well between seasons, but I’ll adjust the scale and amount of jewelry I wear throughout the year.
MIX MASTERLocal jewelry designer April Soderstrom reveals the vision behind her designs.
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Wellesley $1,150,000
Wellesley $2,195,000
Westwood $1,295,000
Wellesley $2,595,000
Sherborn $1,495,000
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Picture PerfectJUMP-START YOUR SPRING WITH ONE OF THESE HIGH-TECH TREATMENTS. BY KARA KEARNS
Ardan Medspa + SalonOne of Ardan’s most popular
treatments, VaserSmooth is an
advanced liposuction tool that
offers cellulite reduction and body
contouring in addition to the fat
removal of standard liposuction.
The ultra sound procedure targets
the tough tissue that causes dimples
and rippling to eliminate fat in a
smoother manner than liposuction.
72 Central St., Wellesley,
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Boston Skin SolutionsOwner Bridget Riley recommends
the Ultrasonic Facial. Gentler than
micro dermabrasion, a process
called cavitation applies ultrasonic
waves to the face to lift dead debris
and open clogged pores. The
results include improved circula-
tion and radiant skin.
1318 Beacon St., Ste. 7, Brookline,
617-334-4166; bostonskin.com
Christine Hamori Cosmetic Surgery + Skin Spa With two CoolSculpting Systems at
the spa, Dr. Hamori and her team
can work on two areas of a patient’s
body at the same time. Cool-
Sculpting is a nonsurgical
body-contouring treatment that
freezes and eliminates fat cells
permanently, with no recovery
time. Each treatment takes an
hour, and results can be seen in
two to four months.
95 Tremont St., Ste. 28,
Duxbury, 781-934-2200;
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Dermatology PartnersDr. Ruth Tedaldi has spent years
looking for the best noninvasive
way to get rid of unwanted fat, and
Vanquish does just that by heating
fat cells. The Vanquish machine
breaks down the cells and turns
them into waste, so the body can
naturally flush them out. There is
no recovery time, and the
treatment is performed once a
week for a month.
65 Walnut St., Ste. 480,
Wellesley, 781-431-7733;
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Dolce Med Spa & Boutique Dolce Med Spa’s laser facial, the
Not Your Mother’s Facelift, replaces
the need to go under the knife by
using the most advanced FDA-
approved technology to keep skin
looking youthful. The spa’s
Palomar Icon laser treats elasticity
problems by tightening skin and
encouraging collagen growth. The
cosmetic injector, applied after the
laser, restores and rebuilds the skin.
2001B Washington St., Hanover,
781-792-0919; dolcemed.com
Emerge Spa & SalonThe LumiLift and LumiPanel
treatments at Emerge promise
revolutionary skin rejuvenation. In
this noninvasive procedure, a
combination of LED light,
microcurrents, and ultrasound
technology is used to boost collagen
and elastin levels while firming and
freshening the skin.
275 Newbury St., 617-437-0006;
emergespasalon.com
Julie Michaud PrettyologyCosmetic tattooing combines the
science of pigmentation with the
art of makeup application to
enhance natural facial features.
Prettyology specialists embed
pigment under the skin with
precise medical-grade needles to
mimic clean and classic makeup
that you never need to reapply.
Micro pigmentation helps to
darken and shape eyebrows,
create eyeliner, and tint lips.
18 Newbury St., 617-262-1607;
prettyology.com
Topnotch Resort and SpaRevitalize skin with Diamond Tip
microdermabrasion, which uses
LED light to eradicate dead cells
and leave skin soft to the touch.
This process targets pore conges-
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scarring as well as fine lines and
sun damage.
4000 Mountain Road,
Stowe, VT, 800-451-8686;
topnotchresort.com
Vein & Aesthetic CenterGet a natural boost with Juvéderm
Voluma injectable gel, which uses
hyaluronic acid, a natural sub-
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This filler instantly reduces facial
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two years, and normal activity can
be resumed in 24 hours.
333 Elm St., Dedham, 781-251-
0029; veinfix.com BC
Enjoy the view and a cutting-edge
skin treatment at Topnotch Resort
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How many treatments are needed for micro-pigmentation? An initial appointment, then a follow-up appointment in one to three months. It’s easy to make the results darker, brighter, or more dramatic at the follow-up appointment.
How long will micropigmen-tation last? Between one and 10 years, depending on the color, intensity, and placement.
What style do you recom-mend? At Prettyology, our style is very natural. We aim for maximum “wow” factor with minimal makeup.
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The biking craze has hit Boston—hard. In the past 10 years our city has been invaded with
speeding bicyclists on roads already jammed with cars. This being Boston, this high-minded
civic experiment—designed to foster energy conservation and physical fitness—is also
encouraging even more road rage than what’s already in our short-fused DNA. It’s not just that
rogue bikers cut off motorists; they also lecture them on the evils of gas guzzling. The nerve! Yet the
City of Boston has catered to the influx of bikers by building a maze of bike paths—65 miles of them
since 2007. And when the Hubway program rolls out again this spring, Bostonians don’t even have
to own their own bikes; the city provides more than 1,100 shareable bikes at 130 depots, available
to any self-righteous vegan fitness fanatic who pays a subscription fee.
This would be a fine thing in peace-loving, pantywaist San Francisco, but it makes me worry if
the mean streets of Boston will become even more of a war zone. Think I’m being alarmist? Did
you see that viral video of a local bicyclist banging his fist on a car that had edged too far into a
snowy bike lane? The incident spurred an argument between the driver and the biker, and yet
another argument among people who watched the video clip: Who was at fault—the driver or the
biker? In other words, Boston has one-upped our time-honored tradition of in-your-face, on-the-
street road rage with digital, postmodern, meta road rage.
And yet, as biking becomes more popular in Boston, the rogues and scofflaws who made up the
original contingent of bicyclists are being joined in the bike lanes by more cool-headed folk, who
actually stop at stop signs and politely yield to pedestrians. These timid, conscientious souls
believe in a thing called “bike etiquette,” even though it flies in the face of our in-your-face culture.
Lest you think I’m anti-bike, I must share that I am actually one of this new breed of bike nerds,
and I wear so much protective gear I look like a spaceman: big round helmet, bright yellow jacket
that glows in the dark, and Velcro straps around my ankles to keep my pants from getting covered
with bike grease. Should I forget to remove my bulbous helmet and ankle straps, I’d look like a UN
peacekeeper patrolling the streets of Boston. The light on my handlebars is powerful enough to
see 300 yards in pitch dark—for what? In case I ride down the shaft of a coal mine?
It seems like overkill (or underkill, as the case may be) and makes me nostalgic for biking
around Boston as a kid. If there were rules for biking during the 1960s and ’70s, nobody I knew
paid attention. Cruising up on sidewalks and down one-way streets we’d go—often with another
kid sitting on the crossbar. And a bike helmet was unheard of. If motorcycle gangs and the
Boston Bruins didn’t have to wear helmets, why would a kid on a bike?
Occasionally my true Bostonian soul overtakes me—I ignore newfangled “bike etiquette” and
revert to my childhood biking (non)standards. The last time this happened I was late for a meet-
ing, stuck between a red light and a double-parked SUV, so I gleefully jumped the sidewalk,
cutting off a young mother pushing a stroller and yelling at them for being in the way. The toddler
yelled back, “No bikes on the sidewalk, a--hole!”—a surprising riposte from such a sweet-looking
tot. But that’s how we raise our children here. No matter how many bike paths Boston installs,
some things about our city will never, ever change. Viva la road rage. BC
Mean StreetsAS THE BICYCLE HUBWAY PROGRAM HITS THE ROAD THIS SPRING, WILL NOUVEAU BIKE
ETIQUETTE TRIUMPH OVER BOSTON’S HARDWIRED ROAD RAGE? BY JIMMY TINGLE
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