Lots of events are coming to Boston in early 2010.  Lately, the buzz around town is all about the” hockey rink inside the baseball park “. The ” 2010 NHL Classic”, with the Boston Bruins taking on the Philadelpia Flyers will be played on an outdoor ice rink built inside Fenway...

The clothes may make the man, but making the clothes is a different matter. When we travel we’re often looking to bring something special home as a souvenir. There’s something captivating and intimate about having someone make something for you, and if it’s a local artisan in a strange and wonderful...

It’s my second day in Caramoan, and I have to say that I am feeling a varied mix of emotions. The trip didn’t start off so well, thanks to my not getting any sleep the night before. It didn’t help that the plane we took was smaller than I am used to. The flight was uneventful, though, and I slept...

Did you know that marijuana is one of the most popular Dutch export products? And that it ranks second after cucumbers and tomatoes on the list of best-selling Dutch exports?  Selling soft drugs is decriminalised  in the Netherlands. Growing cannabis, which is used to make marijuana, is prohibited....

It will be years before the millions of Bajaj scooters on the roads of India all disappear, but in March 2010 the last scooter will roll off the Bajaj production line. The company intends to concentrate on motorcycle manufacture with the aim of overtaking Honda as India’s most popular motorcycle....

Who says that Boston is staid? Certainly Boston is a city with its share of old world tradition,  but of late there has been an infusion of  creative and intellectual energy from  a very talented community of business  and artistic visionaries. Here’s a list of some of Boston’s best new...