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Start your engines for a celebration of car culture. We join classic car enthusiasts at one of New England's biggest cruise nights, explore Massachusetts' surprising role in the birth of the American automobile, and visit a collector whose garage ...

Shayna Seymour brings us a new round of spots that are hot on the local scene. Shayna samples inventive ice cream flavors at Salt & Straw; explores a boutique hotel giving downtown Plymouth a fresh look; and checks out Slick City, a new indoor act...

Shayna Seymour and Erika Tarantal discover two New England destinations with plenty of character. In Lenox, Mass., Shayna explore the Berkshires' arts, culinary and hospitality scene, and steps inside Venfort Hall, a Gilded Age mansion with a fasc...

What foods make you say, "No, thanks"? Chronicle launches a battle of the taste buds as our team reveals their own food "icks" (hint: olives, raw onions, tuna melts). Shayna Seymour tackles her raw banana aversion by baking banana bread.