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...Redline is no kitchen nook, and Stitch and Bitch is certainly not your grandma’s knitting circle. The club welcomes a wide range of participants, from 20-year-olds to retirees. But despite the inter-generational mix, Marcus notes a definite skew toward “young urban professionals.” Hence Redline as ideal gathering spot—after all, where better for said young urban professionals to relax than at a bar with drink in hand. “A lot of people in the high tech industry have learned to relax by going...
Indeed, the interest in knitting—and arts and crafts in general—seems like a growing trend. Marcus notes that even stores like Urban Outfitters are now touting knitting manuals tailor-made for Gevneration X. “So many of us work in industries in which you produce things you can’t really touch. Creating something that will last—we crave that,” she says. McNulty is less philosophical, viewing knitting as just a convenient hobby. “As far as arts and crafts go, knitting is very portable...
...Marcus, a junior, the story of self-confidence doesn’t revolve around himself. When he talks about cheating he does so with a breathy quietness because he’s speaking about his more charismatic partner, the one who started his relationship down the road to infidelity...
...Marcus met his drama-queen Harvard boyfriend in a club in Boston when Marcus was still a student at a different New England college. When the two went back to their hometowns for the summer, Marcus says intense infatuation made it hard for him to be apart from his new beau. “I was pretty much immediately enraptured with him,” Marcus says. “I went to visit him three times in the summer, and one time I even drove my parents’ car 12 hours just to see him. My parents didn?...
...summer loving turned sour the day after Halloween, when the boyfriend broke a planned clubbing date, claiming that he had suddenly begun to feel ill. Marcus called his room later and found he’d gone out. After a few brief perusals of the gay clubs on Lansdowne Street, Marcus found his boyfriend with someone he’d met on the Internet...