The Boston Traveler

Canadian Rockies-themed Bugaboo Creek Steakhouse currently has a nice special in progress for diners with children. On Tuesday Family Nights through August 26, 2008, children 10 years old and under eat free after 4pm. The special, which includes an ice cream dessert but no beverage, only applies when orders are selected from the Children’s Menu. Just one child’s meal is free per accompanying adult meal purchase.
Bugaboo Creek Steakhouse is an award-winning, moderately priced U.S.-based restaurant chain with branches in ten states: Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island. In …read more

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This Saturday will become shoe day at Neiman Marcus when the national retailer puts on its Shoes and the City presentation.
A runway fashion show aimed at the type of women who raced to theaters on opening day for the recent premiere of Sex and the City: The Movie, the event will spotlight items from the film and the store’s Fall 2008 collection designed by such big names in footwear as Cole Haan, Salvatore Ferragamo, and the granddaddy of them all, Manolo Blahnik.
Heck, after enjoying the free booze — Cosmos, of course, for cosmopolitan women — attendees will even have the …read more

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Let’s take a quick trip to Back Bay’s Newbury Street, one of the most popular shopping, eating, and people-watching destinations in Boston for locals and tourists alike.
Newbury Street is an eight-block, mixed-use thoroughfare, lined on both sides by many dozens of retail and restaurant businesses housed in gorgeous, historic, renovated 19th-century brownstones. The intricate architecture alone is enough to make one stop and stare before taking scores of pictures and then moving on to the numerous additional stores and businesses on surrounding streets.
Bound on one side by the Boston Public Garden (Arlington T Station) and by Massachusetts Avenue (Hynes …read more

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Yes! The time has finally arrived for the general public to rush the brand-new Boylston Street Apple Store (815 Boylston Street, Back Bay, Boston) situated across the street from the Prudential Shopping Center.
Billed as Boston’s flagship branch — not to mention Apple’s largest store in the US of A — the shiny shop will offer visitors tons of technological amenities, such as “64 iPod music and video players, 104 Mac laptops and computers, and a third floor dedicated entirely to service that can accommodate 100 customers receiving one-on-one training at the same time,” according to a recent article in …read more

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Everybody’s going green, including the revered, New York-based skincare and haircare company Kiehl’s Since 1851.
Saturday marked the opening of Massachusetts’ newest branch, located at the Burlington Mall (75 Middlesex Turnpike, Burlington, 781-221-0161), which is the second Kiehl’s retail store in the state and the 28th free-standing Kiehl’s all together. The first local store began business on Boston’s Newbury Street (112 Newbury Street, Boston, 617-247-1777) six years ago.
A major highlight of the 585-square-foot Burlington branch is the interior decor based on Kiehl’s environmentally friendly approach to store presentation. As a result, shoppers get a unique retail experience …read more

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Lots of people in the Hub are excited about one major thing these days — the gigantic, allegedly 21,350-square-foot flagship Apple Store currently under construction at 815 Boylston Street in the historic Back Bay area of Boston.
A February 2007 Boston Globe article speculated the massive retail location will give eager Apple connoisseurs, fanboys, and fangirls three or more floors (the company is super secretive about forthcoming branches, so reported numbers differ) of opportunities to browse, sample, and hang out, all in a relaxing, glass-motif retail environment that encourages loitering, er, lingering.
Although no definite opening date has been released …read more

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Shop Locally, Share Locally!
Now, that’s a motto and goal I can’t argue with under any circumstances. Who could?
Boston is thriving on the cutting edge once again, this time with regards to a new retail project that allows consumers to save money, contribute to their communities, and help local small-business owners, all at the same time.
The unique undertaking, a joint venture between the organizations Boston Main Streets and Interra OS, is called Boston Community Change. To participate, all interested parties have to do is visit the website and register to receive a Boston Community Change Card, which is presently …read more

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