A money-crush, at least. The Herald reports that Bay Staters gave the most money per capita to Obama's campaign of any state, at $1.583 each. Vermont and Illinois were close, with $1.580 and $1.558 per capita respectively, but nobody ponied up as much dough as we did. The Herald points out that this is a little odd, considering Obama didn't even win the primary here. But apparently we've got enough rich-folks-getting-richer who don't want a......

Continuing its tradition of pukey puff pieces devoted to slavering over rich folks with ridiculous dilemmas, the Globe comes at us today with a lamentation on the difficulty of staying with friends. Rich people with summer houses, hosting their perhaps slightly less rich (they don't have their own summer homes, after all) friends, run into all sorts of trouble with towels, rugs, and even--of all things--scallions. It's enough to make you never vacation again. It......

Image tagged Bostonist by BGLewandowski on Flickr The Globe has published a trend piece on folks with summer homes near their regular homes. Citing convenience, established summer activities in the area, and high gas prices as reasons for summering close to home, many people are beginning to buy summer homes less than 30 minutes away from their first. Maybe this Bostonist is just jealous because she never had a summer home growing up, but......