On a crisp late summer afternoon, Kristi Ceccarossi and her friends shared a home cooked meal spread on blankets on Boston Common. But this was no ordinary Labor Day picnic, it was an “eat-in” in support of legislation to provide children with healthier school lunches.

The Boston Common Eat-In,...

I heard on the news today that Arthur Frommer (yes that’s Frommer as in Frommer’s Travel Guides) has avowed to personally boycott travel to Arizona.

This because of the disturbing behavior of some its citizens during President Obama's recent visit to the state. It seems they showed up outside...

Imagine my surprise, while doing some research online, to come upon my own face in a stranger’s Facebook profile picture.

I was writing a query for a piece about the Bunker Hill Day Parade, a colorful tradition in my Boston neighborhood of Charlestown. Like any savvy free-lancer, I did a quick...