Back in April we wrote about Gran Gusto, an Italian restaurant in Cambridge that we heard offered the most authentic Neapolitan-style pizza on this side of the Atlantic.
Did we believe it? Well, we weren’t sure. After all, we’ve spent a lot of years in Italy, and we know authentic Italian pizza when we see it [...]
Is buying a two or three-family condo a good idea?
Well, it depends on who you talk to. If you’re lucky enough to find a condo in a small association where you love your fellow condo owners, and they in turn love you, then things can work out very well — maybe better than in a large association which [...]
Bad news. This week, the euro fell against the dollar. As of yesterday, the exchange rate stood at $1.28 for 1 Euro. That means buying Boston real estate is a little bit less of a good deal than it may have been in the summer months, when the exchange rate stood closer to $1.50 for 1 [...]
In case you’ve missed it, there’s been a lot of buzz on the internet about families with young children making the decision to live their lives right in the middle of the fast and furious city.
Usually, though, the buzz is about New York City, where it’s easy to understand the appeal and the sacrifice of suburban [...]
The relationship starts casually enough. Perhaps you walk into an open house and see a house that’s almost right… except it’s one bedroom short or doesn’t have a yard. The realtor showing the house offers to show you more houses, and before you know it, you’ve committed yourself to working with one realtor. It can feel like a romantic relationship [...]
You won’t see it very often, but if you’ve spent any time looking for a home downtown, you’ve probably run across the word at least once: “co-operative” —as in “cooperative apartment building.”
Boston, unlike New York City, isn’t filled with cooperatives. In fact, out of thousands of properties, there are only an estimated 60 to 70 cooperative buildings [...]
This is the time of year when a lot of new arrivals in Boston are looking for decorating tips. Hmmm… what’s the best way to spruce up a triple-decker? Fortunately, you can easily get inspired these days, just by surfing the web. One place to go is Apartment Therapy, a New York-based design and decor [...]
Even as a financial crisis grips Wall Street, threatening to topple the entire American economy, another luxury condominium opens in Boston. This week the Mandarin Oriental Boston, a $300 million luxury hotel and residential complex, throws open its doors, representing, according to The Boston Globe, “an overt expression of wealth like it’s never seen before [...]
The South End is a neighborhood famous for its restaurants. Along Tremont Street, Columbus Avenue and even as far afield as Harrison Avenue, you can find eating establishments of every variety, from Thai to Italian, to Spanish to All-American.
But if you’re new in town or simply don’t like leaving central Boston, you may not know that there [...]
