Love letters

I was there when the bakers put crowned cakes in the windows. I was there for Labor Day when lily of the valley was sold on every corner, the flowers like delicate, white bells. I was there for Gay Pride, when young people draped in rainbow flags celebrated in the streets, when the banners proclaimed “LA REPUBLIQUE A DIT OUI”, when pink balloons drifted in the air, bright against the robin-egg blue sky. … [Read more...] about Dear Paris: A Love Letter to the City I Finally Adore

“We went through all of the possible dorms at BU that were doubles,” said Held, a junior who is majoring in political science and journalism and minoring in women’s studies. “We knew we wanted to stay on East Campus, and Myles Standish Hall was our top choice, so we went through the floor plan of the building, looking at blueprints for the room itself.” … [Read more...] about Dorm Contest Winner: Room reflects love of color pink, feminism

I wish I could tell you that love will fix all of this, and that when your boyfriend gets to know you better, he'll decide he never wants to leave Canada. I can't say that, though. If he is "quite sure" he doesn't want to stay, and you are in "no way" going to move to his country, that's the answer. Dragging this out won't make it any easier. … [Read more...] about He doesn’t want to live in Canada

Amid the pressures of running this confection, the current countess has managed to write two remarkable books, whose historic detail reflects time spent absorbing diaries and letters and other historic documents: “Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey,” a 2011 bestseller that focused on the life and times of the Egypt-obsessed earl and the wife who financed his exploits, and “Lady Catherine, the Earl, and the Real Downton Abbey,” published in the U.S. in October, which picks up where “Almina” left off. … [Read more...] about Under the spell of Highclere Castle and ‘Downton Abbey’

“Remember to wear your Abington green today in memory of the Abington family who lost their lives,” wrote Alex Hagerty, a member of town Board of Health, in a Facebook posting Tuesday, ending his message with a green heart and the hashtag #AbingtonStrong. … [Read more...] about School remembers children found dead in Abington home