January 22, 2012 The Boston Globe Magazine

Mother worries about her Occupy Wall Street protester son

My son is on the Occupy Wall Street Twitter team. I am thrilled to see him doing what he loves, but I’m constantly worried for his health and safety. By Patty Morin Fitzgerald

Are after-school math centers really worth the money?

Parents and education experts do the math. By Hilary Levey Friedman

GLOBE MAGAZINE

- Reversing a restaurant curse

Some dining addresses just seem doomed to fail. Here’s how one restaurant group has set about reversing the particular curse of a troubled South End venue -- not that they believe in that nonsense. By Jolyon Helterman

Dinner With Cupid


Blind date in Kenmore Square

Will these two jocks -- now both coaches -- make a good team?

Cooking


Recipes for Italian escarole

Italian wedding soup, Utica greens, and fettucine with escarole and olives. By Adam Ried

Kitchen Aide

Capicola, a.k.a. capicollo

If you can’t find capicola, prosciutto is the common substitute.

On the Block


Single-family homes for horse lovers for sale

These options -- in Northborough, Ayer, and Sherborn -- will suit the equestrian looking for a barn and room to roam. By Vanessa Parks

Style Watch

PROJECT CENTRAL A Steelcase desk holds Amanda Hanley’s 1970s sewing machine. Crafter’s Lair: A Jamaica Plain do-it-yourself home

With secondhand furniture and handmade accessories, a Jamaica Plain do-it-yourselfer proves there’s no place like (her) home. By Marni Elyse Katz

Behind the Scene

1/1/2012 Boston, MA The New Years fireworks display in the Boston Harbor over Faneuil Hall on Sunday January 1, 2011. (Matthew J. Lee/Globe staff) slug: 01fireworks Faneuil Hall fireworks on New Year’s Eve

Faneuil Hall, Boston / January 1

Tales From the City

Pup the question

Canine confusion and a happy guinea pig--and grandma.


Letters to Globe Magazine

Readers on what to make of stay-at-home dads, and Mitt Romney’s dog Seamus.