Like many of you, I’m using this holiday week to soak up some vacation time with friends and family. I’m hoping to hit the slopes, enjoy a meal or two at Somerville’s terrific restaurants and make it out to some … Continue reading
Happy holidays Beat readers! I hope you’re all having a festive and fun holiday season–one full of time with friends and family, good food and a chance to relax. If you’re spending this week in Somerville, I recommend taking a trip … Continue reading
Meaghan Sinclair and Harmony Dawn, the women behind Booze Époque, a Somerville-based boutique cocktail company, are all about handcrafting beautiful and delicious drinks for their clients. And each month they write a seasonally appropriate recipe for Beat readers. December’s recipe combines cognac, bubbles … Continue reading
Though we got our first taste of winter last weekend, tomorrow is actually the first day of the new season as well as the shortest day of the year. There’s plenty going on this weekend, including performances of the Slutcracker, … Continue reading
We’ve been lucky in Somerville to have some terrific opportunities to shop local this holiday season at the various markets that have popped up around the city. If you’re like me, you still have a few gifts missing and the … Continue reading
Every month the locavore chefs at Cuisine en Locale whip up a special recipe for Somerville Beat readers focusing on local, seasonal ingredients. Below you’ll find what’s cooking in December. Maple Sugar Cookies Nothing says the holidays like a plate full of cookies straight … Continue reading
The City of Somerville has declared a snow emergency starting at 2 p.m. on Saturday, which means you have until 6 p.m. to move your vehicle to the odd side of the street. Several events have been canceled or postponed … Continue reading
Rebecca Lyn Cooper, who splits her time between Somerville and Los Angeles, is an architect by training and self-described “maker of things by temperament.” While working on her dissertation on the West Coast she began to develop terrible allergies from the … Continue reading
What a weekend! We kicked things off on Friday night with a trip to the Holiday Arts and Eats Market at Assembly Row where we sipped hot wine, shopped for holiday gifts and dined at the food trucks. The Somerville Winter … Continue reading
While I didn’t dig back into the archives to confirm this, I’m 99% sure this is the biggest weekend post the Beat has ever published. The next three days are absolutely jam-packed with holiday markets, open studios and festive nighttime … Continue reading
