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Bostonia is published in print three times a year and updated weekly on the web.

June 10, 2013

The Lemon Bowl

Liz Della Croce (SHA’02) is the creator and author of The Lemon Bowl, a healthy food blog. Liz has appeared on the Today show, tapes regular cooking segments for her local NBC affiliate, and is a contributor to the Huffington Post and Cooking Light.

May 6, 2013

Orlando Lane

Lane Epps (CAS’00) of Orlando, Fla., blogs about photography, travel, and birdwatching. She’s also posting pictures of a home renovation project.

April 29, 2013

LoLo Event Design

Lo McShay (COM’04), founder of LoLo Event Design, says her blog is meant “to demystify the art of entertaining.” It includes recipes, do-it-yourself ideas, and tricks of the trade.

March 21, 2013

Eat. Live. Blog.

Renee Hirschberg (SED’12) made the leap from marketing to education in 2010, and began blogging about food, cooking (check out her recipe for chicken and dumplings), and finding hidden gems throughout New England. She also launched the Boston Brunchers, which, according to the Boston Globe, “has grown from an informal group of scribes meeting monthly over the leisurely meal of the week, to a 150-member powerhouse that’s become one of the most influential groups in town. So much so, that restaurants comp their meals, hoping for a positive blog or tweet.”

March 6, 2013

The Momma Hen

Larisa Spillman (COM’95) writes, “For as long as I can remember, I’ve been a bit overprotective. Whether it’s guys in a bar coming on too strong to my friend, a friend in the 8th grade being pushed around, or some clueless fair-weather Cubs fans who don’t know the rules of bleacher seats at Wrigley, my Momma Hen just comes out.” A mother of three, Larisa blogs about family life: birthdays and other milestones, parenting, and her three children, whom she refers to as hatchlings.

January 7, 2013

The Fordeville Diaries

In 2011, Kim Forde (COM’98) left a career in corporate communications and PR to stay at home with her two children. She writes, “I’m Kim, a suburban mom fueled by a little snark, a lot of caffeine (this is often code for wine), a healthy fear of craft stores, and years of pent-up Manhattan road rage. Armed with a keyboard and an addiction to storytelling. Welcome to my tiny corner of the internet.”

December 10, 2012

GeekMom

Corrina Lawson (COM’87) is a self-described geeky parenting blogger at Wired.com. Lawson, a former journalist who left the workplace to raise her four children, is also coauthor of a new book, Geek Mom: Projects, Tips, and Adventures for Moms and Their 21st-Century Families (Potter Craft, 2012).

October 10, 2012

Hope Street: An American Life, One Day at a Time

Kurt Blumenau (CAS’95, COM’95) weaves family stories, historical events, and social context into his blog, Hope Street, to paint a picture of American life in the 1960s and 1970s. Kurt is a corporate communications professional in eastern Pennsylvania.

July 23, 2012

The Four Father

Marshall Hook (COM’94) is a married father of four—a daughter, a son, and twin boys. He blogs about his life, travels, career, and, of course, family. His most recent post: why four may just be the perfect number of kids.

May 14, 2012

Crossword Kathy

Spoiler alert! If you’re still struggling with the New York Times Sunday crossword puzzle, you might want to wait to read Kathy Matheson’s blog. Matheson (CAS’92, COM’92) solves the puzzle each week, and links to Wordplay, the Times’ crossword blog.

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Big Shot

Opening Doors

Bricks of Life

Rahul Desikan's Story of Love, Science, and Facing Down Death

Taking His Time

Exploring Endurance

Know What’s Good for Your Health? Artificial Intelligence

Crowdsourcing a Second Bill of Rights? ENG Professor Wants to Give It a Shot

A Dead Humpback, a Team of Scientists, a Race for Answers

Shari Davis (Sargent’10,’12) among 20 Obama Fellows Named Worldwide

Natick’s World War II Museum Commemorates 75th Anniversary of D-Day

Stan Sclaroff Named Dean of Arts & Sciences