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......

--A car chase happened in Cambridge last night. WBZ reports, "The chase started in Cambridge when officials spotted the driver of a black Hummer almost hit a police officer as he left the Alewife 'T' station parking lot." This was no ordinary pursuit. One witness described the chase as "insane." The police learned a lesson after the tragic police-chase deaths in Somerville - they eventually let the guy go on. And it worked out fine......

Many a Sunday finds Bostonist somewhat hung-over, looking at a greasy plate of bacon, eggs, and some sort of potato product. By the time brunch has finished we've already missed a great classical music concert at the Isabella Stewart Garner Museum. We feel rewarded when we do end up making it to the ISGM for the Sunday afternoon show. The ISGM offers a whole lot of what those smart folks call "fine art." Today, in......

Even as the stores sport back to school sales (which depress us, even now), summer lingers on your friends the -ists. This week's collection of links provides some of the best, worst, and oddest bits of summer fun. So, bring your laptop up onto the roof, make yourself an umbrella drink or ten, and enjoy this week's choice posts from across the Gothamist network. Torontoist (where it's 75 degrees F as of this writing)......

Bostonist knows that summer vacation is just around the corner. For us working stiffs it means that we just get one more reason to envy the student schedule. To help us cure these summertime blues, we've decided to grow. Bostonist is looking for contributors. If you live in the Boston area and are interested in writing for the site, e-mail us at Bostonist(at)gmail(dot)com and tell us a little about yourself, what topics you'd like to......

Twenty lucky middle school graduates are taking a raincheck on Summer and enrolling in Beacon Academy, a new breed of private schools. Starting in July, students will attend 14 months of classes to prepare them for elite high schools. The kids will have classes Monday through Saturday, 9 to 5:30, studying art, sailing, squash, and chatting with university presidents over long lunches. The project was approved yesterday by the Boston School Committee, and is......