Irena Kaci Worcester’s culinary landscape may have leveled up over the past two decades, but there’s always room for well loved classics. The Hot Dog Safari has turned the hot dog into the focus of a delightful, albeit intense, city-wide competition turned fundraiser since 2011. Despite its playful name, this event that started with childhood…
Jenny Pacillo To be totally honest, when I was handed the reins of The Pulse Magazine more than four years ago, my thinking was that I would stick around for a while until I found a “real job”. Pulse felt like a relic from the early 2000’s that had somehow survived the chopping block fate…
The Wonder of it All When Wonder comes to Worcester later this year, it will be the newest of seventeen sites here in the Bay State – six of which are slated to open this summer. Not yet even ten years old, Wonder has been a disrupter in the restaurant space by marrying two key concepts: one…
Ellie Murphy Erin Gift Store 1098B Pleasant Street, Worcester, MA 01605 www.eringiftstoreusa.com (508) 735-9540 Instagram: @eringiftstoreusa Facebook: @Erin Gift & Woollen Market Price Point: $$$ out of 6 New storefront scheduled to open mid-July Tell us about your business My shop is primarily an Irish Import store, focusing on brands that represent the core values of Irish manufacturing – woven tweeds, woollen products, jewelry, hand made art and giftwares. I opened…
Julie Bowditch I Accidentally Joined a Pet Parent Subculture When I created an Instagram account for my dog, Brinkley, in January 2025, I had a simple goal: preserve cute photos and videos without overwhelming my personal feed. What I did not expect was to stumble into an entire subculture. At first, it was harmless enough….
Brian P Dowd When speaking with Taylor Nunez-Murray, you quickly learn she is many things to many people: a daughter, a wife, a mother of two, a fitness enthusiast, and an avid runner who completed the Chicago Marathon. She is even a former contributor to this very magazine you’re reading right now. As for her…
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