Air Canada, Canada’s largest domestic and international full-service airline and the largest provider of scheduled passenger services in the domestic market, has more flights to Boston than any other airline.

This month, their website profiles our fair city.

Sure, Boston’s opulent old brownstones and elite universities still stand tall, but on my recent jaunt to Beantown I chose to skip the sights and indulge my inner hipster. On the itinerary? The newest trendy bars and restaurants, contemporary art galleries and chic boutiques galore.

Where does their intrepid reporter go?

She focuses on the South End. Lekker, and the Bernard Toale Gallery, to shop, Formaggio and the Butcher Shop for cheese … and horse tongue, and Franklin Cafe and Mistral for drinks.

What about Cheers and Faneuil Hall???

Complete story: Boston’s new beat - By Chantal Martineau, Air Canada

What kind of buyer are you?

What kind of neighborhood do you want to live in? One where there are baby carriages, everywhere? One where there are no baby carriages? Why?

Look at Boston. In the South End, ten years ago, you’d have been hard-pressed to see more than one baby carriage a day. Now, there are two or three carriages, everywhere you look.

You still won’t see too many baby carriages, in the Back Bay. In the outer boroughs, such as Roslindale and Hyde Park, you may see baby carriages, here and there, but not a lot in one place, at one time.

For some, baby carriages mean “safety”. For others, they mean “family-friendly”. For others, they mean “community”.

Similarly, buyers sometimes use the “Starbucks criteria”. They won’t move into a neighborhood unless there’s at least one Starbucks, within walking distance.

What kind of buyer are you?

From The Boston Business Journal:

Three Boston area schools are among the 25 schools christened the “New Ivies” by the latest Kaplan/Newsweek college guide.

Boston College, the Olin College of Engineering in Needham, Mass., and Tufts University in Medford, Mass., were among those schools that have experienced a rise in stature among the nation’s top students, administrators and faculty, “edging them to a competitive status rivaling the Ivy League,” according to the publication.

Source: Three Hub schools named “New Ivies” - The Boston Business Journal