https://megkav.com/travel daily 0.75 2017-06-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497315788324-Z4J4W2O7DH7883I81DLM/On+Point.png Travel - ON POINT Relax with an outdoor getaway with all the comforts of home—and then some. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497315781797-XYAI6UHUZIZ566OTVQDQ/Aloha+Adventure.png Travel - ALOHA ADVENTURE Thrill seekers and beach bums alike find paradise in Oahu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497315826755-W8MKPFLVQAMYNYHSN6Y2/Go+to+Town_.png Travel - GO TO TOWN Eat your way through Quebec’s bucolic Eastern Townships. https://megkav.com/food-drink daily 0.75 2017-06-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497366117989-Y4O3F8UCXYBJKEVTH73F/Screen+Shot+2017-06-13+at+10.55.27+AM.png Food + Drink https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497366075653-77PEIUXAUQMR760B0SL2/Screen+Shot+2017-06-13+at+10.55.43+AM.png Food + Drink - STAND THE HEAT Head into the kitchen for the ultimate in fine dining. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497313919307-4T4SKDLT5NIUGGZJQ8Y4/Taking+Sides+1.png Food + Drink https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497313897254-P53GMW53VLVCTV0MJ698/Taking+Sides+2.png Food + Drink https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497313919431-LTE053OWHCBGNHS0Y386/Taking+Sides+3.png Food + Drink https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497313932431-85UGHWR6HD6MI2QF5FUH/Taking+Sides+4.png Food + Drink - TAKING SIDES Local toques talk everything but turkey, sharing updated versions of classic holiday fare. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497313686453-BK2MJ0IDVG4U3DZOINGG/License+to+Grill+1.png Food + Drink https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497313696760-GMUVXKUM8HWQYEBCGZ62/License+to+Grill+2.png Food + Drink https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497313723545-HU3GF5AGIJ1K1MK8X11X/License+to+Grill+3.png Food + Drink - LICENSE TO GRILL Local chefs are as at home behind the grill as they are in the kitchen. We tapped a few for their favorite summertime eats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497313600753-3Z2ZK80B52IBLZP7JC6Z/Happier+Hours.png Food + Drink - HAPPIER HOURS Go ahead and order another round, Boston—the craft cocktail concierge service isn’t going anywhere. (Except, perhaps, to your next party.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497313600753-33VBND2DVP1R8NHXS0S4/In+the+Bag.png Food + Drink - IN THE BAG As an Arkansas boy who grew up eating Frito pies at a Dairy Freeze, The Automatic co-owner Dave Cagle knew the salty, savory snack could make for “great drinking food” for his Kendall Square joint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497313770107-0UG7P8A2EHNLENQHM4W8/Top+Dog.png Food + Drink - TOP DOG Chef Keenan Langlois of Publico says he’ll never forget the food stall he stumbled upon one night in Mexico, or the hot dog—one that was wrapped in bacon and loaded with toppings—that he ordered from it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497313817651-VVUNZBCWLCQOT5Z74J4O/Wich+Hunt.png Food + Drink - 'WICH HUNT These local treats prove that ice cream is at its best when sandwiched between even more dessert. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497313715939-7KKBREU049M0HB4EMMQW/Out+of+the+Kitchen_Kristen+Kish.png Food + Drink - OUT OF THE KITCHEN Though she says it still makes her nervous, Top Chef winner Kristen Kish is heading back to television. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497313807026-RPLTD7RI9CJ3MTWWRI5K/Wealth+of+Opportunity.png Food + Drink - A ‘WEALTH OF OPPORTUNITY Since opening as Crop Circle Kitchen in 2009, culinary incubator CommonWealth Kitchen has been churning out success stories. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497313699779-X1WXOR28VIQ3RUEOEBBI/On+the+Ball.png Food + Drink - ON THE BALL There’s just one table in chef Ron Suhanosky’s cozy 400-square-foot pop-up at the Street—one that, at 105 years old, bears marks from years of his great-grandmother’s cooking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497313608552-X0EN4SEXIDGM4H3KY5F4/Kitchen+Magic.png Food + Drink - KITCHEN MAGIC The “ugliest-looking tomatoes” left behind at farmers markets and sweet potatoes “the size of a baby” are prized finds for executive chef Ismail Samad of Dorchester’s Daily Table. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497313555230-QW8WUSE9N3U2O4SSR1R9/Feel+Your+Oats.png Food + Drink - FEEL YOUR OATS Not that he has anything against doughnuts or scones, but for Westwood native Alan Donovan, breakfast has always been a time for oatmeal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497313797976-2A28PZ1AO1SZ2U59ML4Z/Up+in+Smoke.png Food + Drink - UP IN SMOKE In November, Mission Hill mainstay Penguin Pizza welcomed sister eatery Grub, set just across Huntington Avenue and specializing in original versions of Quebecois poutine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497313551884-VNFB7TYBXNT5SC6PXMBJ/Dining+with+Hall.png Food + Drink - DINING WITH HALL Carla Hall, the Nashville native who hootie hoo-ed her way into the hearts of Top Chef fans as a season five finalist and All-Stars contestant, is still running the show—hosting ABC’s The Chew, hoping to open her first restaurant next year and releasing her second cookbook, Carla’s Comfort Foods: Favorite Dishes from Around the World. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497313557884-T6V6YVCFZ1QUSY0KABPP/French+Kissed.png Food + Drink - FRENCH KISSED Teaming up with Petit Robert Bistro’s Loïc Le Garrec in January, Paris transplant Sandrine Rossi opened Frenchie, the type of bistro she’s been homesick for since moving to Boston three years ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497313813584-UD28OEU8D6FWC7ODS7KH/Whole+Gelato+Love.png Food + Drink - WHOLE GELATO LOVE Joining the ranks of sports cars and designer handbags, America’s favorite summer treat, ice cream, has gotten a sexy Italian upgrade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497313767211-7ZI3P39XGQQHT35M416V/Paneer+and+Far.png Food + Drink - PANEER AND FAR Chef Gita Kantrow, who opened her Gita pop-up at Wink & Nod in August, found the perfect entry point to introducing her native Nepali cuisine to Western diners: fried cheese. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497313816713-J0C2FHHEYGHN95T6DQM8/Yes+We+Can.png Food + Drink - YES, WE CAN There are plenty of fish to be found at Saltie Girl, the new 28-seat restaurant from MET Restaurant Group’s Kathy Sidell—and even more ways to prepare it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497313502061-LFRXRBC1PR28QML4342D/Braver+Flavors.png Food + Drink https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497313502053-NIB5TT263AMOIUQ9B2Z2/Braver+Flavors+2.png Food + Drink - BRAVER FLAVORS Local chefs are incorporating savory ingredients for ice cream that’s anything but vanilla. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497313597457-JSR3IGBXPWWSL3M851N0/Impeccable+Taste.png Food + Drink - IMPECCABLE TASTE After witnessing her now-husband suffer from an allergic reaction on their fourth date, Nicole Ledoux was inspired to create 88 Acres, her brand of nut-, dairy-, soy- and gluten-free granola bars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497313466566-0SEFL38PF0QJUAWPE3IG/All+Night+Long.png Food + Drink - ALL NIGHT LONG Clocking in at a 24/7 bakery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497313771807-YESVWNQ8BEL92BH3Q59M/Out+of+the+Kitchen_vacation.png Food + Drink - OUT OF THE KITCHEN Some top local toques will pull double duty as tour guides in the coming months, so we tapped them for travel tips—and a taste of what they can’t wait to find on their plates. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497313772247-W7WF7CTZYVT232MGRXPJ/Turnip+the+Beat.png Food + Drink - TURNIP THE BEAT Too many cooks may spoil the broth, but for most chefs, you can never have too many beats. We tapped local chefs to find out what music keeps them (and their staff) grooving from brunch through dinner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497313557558-PB8JMWJ509N5F38CFI07/Eating+their+Words.png Food + Drink - EATING THEIR WORDS On June 17-18, the Kitchen at Boston Public Market hosts its inaugural Readable Feast, a cookbook festival featuring an awards ceremony, seminars, cooking demos and signings by local culinary scribes. https://megkav.com/contact daily 0.75 2017-06-11 https://megkav.com/style daily 0.75 2017-06-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497316903761-7FZD70GFVGT5SZAWMEWJ/Series+Premiere.png Style - SERIES PREMIERE Speakeasy-style boutique Bodega is going public. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497316873565-2NKQ1HAZM1B3YG07VXNT/Behind+the+Seams.png Style - BEHIND THE SEAMS Project Runway Season 15 winner Erin Robertson has barely had time to catch her breath since taking home the design competition’s top prize in December’s finale, a feat the former dental assistant achieved just months after finishing up a dual degree program at MassArt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497316903533-NUXDRODJBTIKV9ACMJHE/Keeping+Brands+Running.png Style - KEEPING BRANDS RUNNING Footwear force New Balance, running outfitters Tracksmith and Janji, skiwear line Alps & Meters—what do these Boston-based sportswear brands have in common? They’ve all turned to South End design and strategy studio MCGARRY&sons for help. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497316916698-GCQTAF1UTKIEH0I393SW/Working+the+Room.png Style - WORKING THE ROOM Fashion designer Luke Aaron only had to travel around the corner from his Beacon Hill shop to find inspiration for his Spring/Summer 2017 collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497316866084-1DP8OO4EBUI1A86H2HDG/All+Sewn+Up.png Style - ALL SEWN UP Fanny pack and jumpsuit enthusiast Kelly Dempsey has already made an impression as a contestant on season 14 of Lifetime’s Project Runway, fashioning, among other designs, a hooded crop top and skirt made from greeting cards that earned her a top-four spot in the second challenge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497316881602-JYDD59GNAIY8KB8M0RLX/Coucous+Nest.png Style - COUCOU’S NEST When picking playthings for her own toddler, Astrid Motsenigos went back to the toys she grew up with in Spain and Germany. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497316965690-8DMQOTLBKUE2GXJM5XIX/Set+to+Sweat.png Style - SET TO SWEAT Locals looking for workout wear that transitions seamlessly from barre to brunch have a stylish new option in AV-RA, a performance-wear line from Avra Myers of Quincy-based fashion brand A Ruby. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497316889883-961TX7C6J38IAN28HFLN/In+Sheeps+Clothing.png Style - IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING When Genevieve Day opened her yarn and fabric shop JP Knit & Stitch six years ago, she was unsuccessful in her attempts to sell locally made wool to her knitters. https://megkav.com/arts daily 0.75 2017-06-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497316189681-8NBAN6280CTGFYAUPLK5/Carving+a+Niche.png Arts + Culture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497316196136-P9CJDK161E0QEO8R7B0J/Carving+a+Niche+2_.png Arts + Culture - CARVING A NICHE For many of us, the recorder brings to mind shrill renditions of “Hot Cross Buns” best left behind in elementary school. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497316172955-DMX89DAQK4SZS33SOABZ/Ask+Away.png Arts + Culture - ASK AWAY Award-winning actress, comedian and author Carol Burnett could be on her way back to television, as she’s filming a pilot for Household Name, a comedy produced by Amy Poehler that stars Burnett as a former movie star forced to share her mansion with a young family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497316192158-RG4TME56LOXVAD1B4AGY/Make+it+Reign.png Arts + Culture - MAKE IT REIGN Singer, actress, and film and television producer Queen Latifah is lending her Grammy-winning talents to the Boston Pops to kick off the 2017 spring season at Symphony Hall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497316200955-FFWLYWT28345DKEVYWCM/Nobody%27s+Business.png Arts + Culture - NOBODY’S BUSINESS Oscar- and Tony- nominated actress Anna Kendrick can now add author to her list of accomplishments with this month’s release of Scrappy Little Nobody. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497316278636-OTG61JFH3SKB48DQA2BU/In+the+Act.png Arts + Culture - IN THE ACT Award-winning actor John Lithgow will receive the honor from his alma mater as a kickoff to the free Arts First festival he helped create. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497316285973-UKI7SR7MEI1MQ6OYTI13/Poetry+in+Motion.png Arts + Culture - POETRY IN MOTION The Poetry Brothel brings sexy scribes to Cambridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497316291460-3PYM5XJ2TTDK3V2K4IVS/Strip+Tease.png Arts + Culture - STRIP TEASE Coming off a six-year run of her international Strip Strip Hooray! tour, burlesque star Dita Von Teese just kicked off her new burlesque variety show The Art of the Teese. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497316293247-RS2EDEPPTD9HNFQ0I4QZ/State+of+the+Art.png Arts + Culture - STATE OF THE ART Nothing against bronze sculptures, but Boston’s latest public art projects feel a little less, well, stiff. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497316358793-9QPKEJ5IWI17E4BKK97X/Dratch+Up.png Arts + Culture - DRATCH UP Saturday Night Live alum and Lexington native Rachel Dratch will celebrate Patriots’ Day at home this year as she joins the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival on April 17-19. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497316376218-EPH0DBG72VZERKTTOUTP/Jail+Call.png Arts + Culture - JAIL CALL Piper Kerman’s memoir Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison made the Brookline native a best-selling author—and the inspiration for the hit Netflix show, premiering its third season in June. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497316361891-NW8A10VASBNGQXJ5UKMG/On+a+Kroll.png Arts + Culture - HE'S ON A KROLL His recent characters include “The Douche” and a spin instructor with IBS, but funnyman Nick Kroll gets serious in his latest role as a failed entrepreneur who moves back in with his sister in Adult Beginners. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497316361044-6JG0MXYO4QIO2MXBBSBQ/Wisecracker.png Arts + Culture - WISECRACKER Philadelphia drag cabaret performer Martha Graham Cracker (aka Dito van Reigersberg) brings singing, dancing and improve entertainment to Oberon. https://megkav.com/home daily 1.0 2018-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497224518620-LYPGSXWYPIFGLTZ9WT1V/image-asset.jpeg About - Nice to meet you. By trade, I’m a writer and editor with a passion for covering lifestyle topics like restaurants, food, arts, culture, and people who are passionate about all of the above. In my off time, you're just as likely to find me sipping a rye Old Fashioned at a new bar as you are to see me practicing calligraphy in front of an episode of RuPaul's Drag Race or The Golden Girls. (In which case, chamomile tea, straight up, please!) But, mostly, I'm a storyteller always looking for the next powerful conversation. If you've got a job, drop me a line. I'm looking forward to working together. https://megkav.com/etc daily 0.75 2017-06-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497317394272-VP00LC2YQ645MSSAEBIP/Building+the+Bouquet.png ETC. - BUILDING THE BOUQUET Poised to replace “something new” faster than a seasoned bridesmaid can hot-glue lace to a mason jar, “something DIY” is a new benchmark for Pinterest-happy brides-to-be. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497317401492-P1NF296RQ8Y1DPG1TCEB/General+Ideas.png ETC. - GENERAL IDEAS Don’t expect to find bread and milk at Coolidge Corner’s new Boston General Store. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497317399119-GQLGFTYV3NAJHK3UX6HR/Macabre+Mart.png ETC. - MACABRE MART Fatigued by stale Valentine’s Day shopping? Skip the heart-shaped box of chocolates and buy your beloved a monkey skull, sheep eyeballs or a framed fetal pig when Cambridge tattoo shop Eridanos transforms into the Love Sucks Oddity Market on Feb. 13. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497317408364-6VNERY0XKZFFDK6V9RBU/Shark+Attack.png ETC. - SHARK ATTACK It’s been 16 years since Kevin O’Leary sold the Learning Company for $4.2 billion, but the Marlborough Street resident didn’t take the money and head off to retirement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497317389807-6A3OBGKHSBWPFSOWWJ6S/Cooking+the+Books.png ETC. - COOKING THE BOOKS After conducting hundreds of interviews on the note-taking habits of fellow MIT alumni, Joe Lemay had what he calls an “aha moment,” realizing that people at the forefront of innovation still prefer to jot down ideas the old-fashioned way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497317411012-4VRJN4F7B4EDQICAAFKG/Social+Engineering.png ETC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497317413006-5P3IS7WG63SIT7UR6TLP/Social+Engineering+pic.png ETC. - SOCIAL ENGINEERING Meet Jibo: an 11-by-6-inch household companion that can shoot photos and video, announce reminders and learn users’ habits to better assist them with daily tasks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e57ce746c3c41486f3951e/1497317413730-SYDUFLBOMZ0ONPLSA6OX/Ski+Moguls.png ETC. - SKI MOGULS Rossignols and Salomons still dominate the slopes this winter, but a small custom shop in East Boston is gaining speed. https://megkav.com/home-alt-bedford daily 0.75 2025-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74d9ae4b0253945d2aee9/1390500612440-PGQSIY8KL9F7T5VIXQLO/chambers-2.jpg Home Alt A better world Starts with a choice Contact Us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74d9ae4b0253945d2aee9/1390500503574-5BAPXZO9U06UV61P49UO/chambers1.jpg Home Alt Sustainability Starts with you Join Us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74d9ae4b0253945d2aee9/1390500933384-LII4SRIPHFYOUFX0UCXC/chambers-4.jpg Home Alt A better world Starts with a choice Join Us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74d9ae4b0253945d2aee9/1390504287124-HQ8GNX1JCE22V047MSQ9/chambers-8.jpg Home Alt Preserve Nature Join Us