AAA Horizons • 23rd February 2019

Good Food, Conversation Abound in Bay State Diners

When one thinks of diners, two things come to mind: good food and good conversation. One usually surpasses the other, and rarely, if ever, do both reach the pinnacle of perfection.

Boston Baseball Magazine: 1999 All-Star Game Program • 1st May 2018

"Game of the Century" Gave Birth to Major League Baseball All-Star Game

The Midsummer Classic traces its roots to Second City.

Patriots Football Weekly • 10th July 2018

Titletown Restored

The Super Bowl is no exception to the grand American tradition of excess. In fact, the National Football League’s championship game typifies it. So it should come as no surprise that the NFL team that scored most excessively all season long, the Green Bay Packers, continued that timeworn tradition of American gluttony with a 35-21 Super Bowl XXXI victory over the AFC Champion New England Patriots in the Louisiana Superdome.

Cape Cod Life Magazine • 6th July 2018

Dressed to Inspire, Astonish & Impress

The Heritage Museums & Gardens unveils "Cut!," a fabulous movie-costume exhibit. In addition to showcasing Captain Jack Sparrow’s costume from the first Pirates of the Caribbean film, the exhibit will shine a klieg light on more than 40 stunning period costumes worn by some of Hollywood’s biggest stars, including Nicole Kidman, Heath Ledger, Colin Farrell and Scarlett Johansson, among others.

AAA Horizons • 7th July 2018

New England Ghost Tours Offers a Spirited Tour of Boston

A gifted storyteller with a knack for names, Jim McCabe offers ghost tours of Downtown Boston that include hair-raising stories about the Parker House Hotel, the Hampshire House and the Boston Common Burying Ground.

Cape Cod Life Magazine • 9th July 2018

For JFK, Hyannis was Home, Haven and Political Headquarters

JFK Hyannis Museum exhibit focuses on President Kennedy’s Cape Cod connections, 100 years after his birth.

Currents (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Employee Newsletter) • 2nd September 2019

Rosengren Discusses Fiscal Austerity, Inflation on CNBC

In a roof garden interview with CNBC Senior Economics Reporter Steve Liesman earlier this summer, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren touched upon a number of topics, including fiscal austerity in the U.S., unemployment, regulatory reform and core inflation, among other issues.

Boston Herald • 4th May 2018

In Central Florida, Magic Happens Outside Disney's Walls

Some of Florida's most enjoyable rides, ironically, are located just outside the contrived confines of Orlando's Walt Disney World and Universal Studios.

Boston Herald • 19th May 2018

A Taste of 'Real Florida' at Crescent J Ranch

The Crescent J, which co-exists with Forever Florida's 3,400-acre nature conservancy at Bull Creek, offers a taste of pre-Disney life in Central Florida.

AAA Horizons • 3rd June 2020

Expect the Unexpected in Florida Keys

A unique strip of islands, the Florida Keys comprise a very delicate ecosystem, which has led to an ongoing struggle between business and environmentalists. In a way, this constant tug-of-war actually acts as a system of checks and balances, allowing neither commerce nor nature to gain the upper hand, which is why the Keys offer something for virtually everyone.

Boston Herald • 5th April 2019

USO-Style Show Takes Audience on Sentimental Journey

Thanks to For Sentimental Reasons, the big band sound of the World War II era is alive and swinging throughout New England. Fronted by Dorchester native and Quincy resident Sean Roper, For Sentimental Reasons is a performance group that re-creates a "live" USO-style radio broadcast, circa 1944, via Armed Services Radio.

Currents (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Employee Newsletter) • 23rd May 2020

Boston Fed's Academic Advisory Council Provides ‘Second Opinion’

Surrounded by some of the world's most prestigious universities, the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston relies on the region's top academic economists to provide different perspectives. The Boston Fed's Academic Advisory Council meets three times a year, and ensures that "group-think" doesn't impact the First District's policy recommendations.

Breezes (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Employee Newsletter) • 4th July 2018

Bank Hosts First Behavioral Economics Conference

More than 80 economists, from both within the Federal Reserve System and from academia, gathered at the Boston Fed to discuss how behavioral economic models should inform economic policy-making and central banking.

Musings Blog (Mass. Eye & Ear Infirmary) • 14th March 2019

Dr. Joe Rizzo Explains Science Behind #TheDress

Black and blue or gold and white? In late February, this was the burning question on the minds of millions as an innocent Tumblr post about a dress color went viral on social media. Fortunately, Joe Rizzo, M.D., of Mass. Eye and Ear was able to explain the science behind #TheDress to WBZ-TV and National Geographic.

Breezes (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Employee Newsletter) • 5th October 2019

Innovative Bank-Treasury Partnership has Changed how America Does Business

Launched last fall, the Internet Payment Platform (IPP) promises to be a groundbreaking Web-based tool that makes it much easier for federal agencies and their vendors to conduct business. While streamlining the order-to-payment cycle is an innovative effort for the U.S. Treasury, which owns the platform, what wasn’t so groundbreaking was the longstanding partnership that produced this evolving electronic marketplace.

New England Patriots Football Weekly • 15th December 2020

Taking the Good . . . With the Very Bad

Cheesesteaks and mistakes may have been featured items on the Veterans Stadium menu in Philadelphia on Thursday night –- entrees that gave Patriots Coach Bill Parcells a nasty case of indigestion –- but the young Patriots added a dash of spice to their offensive recipe as well, which may have salvaged dinner this night.

Breezes (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Employee Newsletter) • 8th September 2020

Fed Golfers Take Swings, Trade Laughs, at Fall Tournament

While Mark Twain once argued that “golf is a good walk, spoiled,” the famous author never attended a Federal Reserve Bank of Boston golf tournament, where fun is the first order of the day. The bank’s most recent tournament, which took place on a picture-perfect, mid-September day at the South Shore Country Club in Hingham was more like a "good walk, spoiled” -- only by laughs, good-natured ribbing, whiffs, slices, hooks and, in the end, some pretty good golf.

AAA Horizons • 3rd September 2020

‘Magic Moments’ Still Available In Bay State’s Vintage Movie Theatres

While Massachusetts doesn't boast the quantity -- or the quality -- of California's classic "movie palaces," there remain a number of retro movie theatres scattered around Eastern Mass., including Cape Cod and the islands, where you can still "enjoy a show."

New England Sport Magazine • 17th April 2018

Parcells is One Bill Worth Paying

Soon after hiring Bill Parcells, the New England Patriots discovered that he's one Bill worth paying.

Patriots Football Weekly • 2nd March 2019

'94 Offense: Just a Prelude to '95

Patriots Coach Bill Parcells realizes he has to create more options to accommodate third-year gunslinger Drew Bledsoe's burgeoning talents, so the former grind-it-out guru has adopted a radically different offensive philosophy than he employed during his final years with the Giants.