With more than twenty years’ experience as a lifestyle writer and editor of lifestyle topics in New England and beyond, Alexandra Hall has covered fashion, travel, entertainment, food, beauty, parenting and education, and culture at large. A native Bostonian, she graduated from Wheaton College in Massachusetts with an honors degree in English Literature and then from Le Cordon Bleu Institute in Paris, France, where she simultaneously wrote for The International Herald Tribune and The New York Times. After returning to Boston, she spent five years as food editor of Microsoft’s bostonsidewalk.com, and then as editor-in-chief of Ticketmaster’s boston.citysearch.com, before working as senior lifestyle editor for five years at Boston Magazine covering fashion, food, beauty, home design, and overseeing the publication’s annual “Best of Boston” issue. Following that, she was senior editor with dailycandy.com before accepting a position as Editor of Niche Publications for The Boston Globe, where she served as editor of Fashion Boston, a monthly lifestyle magazine, and also covered food, travel, and parenting. She is currently a freelance writer for publications including: The Boston Globe, Yankee Magazine, Boston Magazine, Bon Appétit, Town & Country, Boston Common, American Way, and Elle Decor. She has recently moved to the Portland, Maine area with her beloved blended family and endlessly entertaining Wheaten Terriers.