Features:

25 Rachel, Rachel
Alex Cross co-star Rachel Nichols on the characters she owns.
Interview by Liza Darvin

31 The Big Bank Theory 2013
For the New Year, where do you cache your cash?
From Staff & Wire Reports

36 From Rome with Love
A Gap Year for Grown Ups
A noteworthy Portland couple hits the reset button with a change of venue.
Interview by Donna Stuart

43 Chasing Amelia
Two adventurers who love Maine race to solve the Earhart mystery.
By Jason Stevenson

46 An American Werewolf in Wembley Stadium
Looking across the Pond, is a Patriot still a patriot?
By Colin S. Sargent

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56 Newbury Street North

Departments

10 From the Editor

12 Letters

14 Imperatífs

16 Goings On

22 Chowder

49 Hungry Eye
Grissini goes solo

54 Dining Guide

55 Restaurant Review
Schulte & Herr

60 2012 Gift Guide

85 House of the Month

87 New England Homes & Living

93 Fiction
“Holiday Movie”
By Dan Domench

96            Flash