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...October 13 (a Friday, as it were) was the final exposure for the Ferranti-Dege camera shop, a photo lover’s haven. Afficionados of silk-lined suits binged on the final sale at Stonestreets as it prepared to close. And Toscanini’s addicts must now travel to Inman Square for their fix of the café’s caffeine and pretention...
This spring, Harvard gave me money for a post-graduate trip to research baseball, which is basically akin to giving a five-year-old money to research a candy shop. And on the day that the fellowship paperwork arrived in the mail, I understood exactly why Harvard was “Harvard...
...There are a few policemen, it seems, some New York Yankees, an heir to the family restaurant, and a pet shop owner. Sometimes, there are special combinations, like fireman-chef. As per the custom, every answer will be posted on the classroom walls...
...other hand, we have a Harvard community. But the corporate mentality has taken over much of this, too, yielding a consumer model of education (what will you shop for this semester?); and in the end, a whole generation of Harvard graduates enter the world as I-bankers and consultants, ready to go forth and give their all to make the rich richer...
This quickening cycle of fashion lets secondhand stores be pickier than ever. Unlike nonprofits such as Goodwill and the Salvation Army, which accept most donations, the fast-fashion resale shops typically buy only about 5% of the apparel that people bring into the store. It can be a humbling experience for a novice seller, who may find herself leaving the shop with the same bag of castoffs that she walked in with...