Chocolee Chocolates in South End, Boston is an adorable boutique chocolate shop that specializes in handmade chocolates and truffles.

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All Things Chocolate is located in the heart of Boston in the Back Bay.  This family run business offers a variety of chocolates and candies.  They do a beautiful job of creating delicious gifts for all occasions.

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I hope you were able to make it through both of these videos before having to run down the street for your chocolate fix!

We have many other videos that I cant wait to show you. Stay tuned!

– Kim

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Once again, thanks to everyone who made this possible and be on the lookout for the shirts on sale at local businesses starting in just a few days!

These hip t-shirts, designed by students from the Joseph J Hurley and the McKinley public schools in Boston’s South End, are available in two styles and various sizes.  They can be yours for the low price of $20 + shipping and handling. Your $20 goes to the CommuniTee Art Project. In September we intend to cut a large check to the South End’s McKinley and Joseph J. Hurley School art programs so they can buy supplies and materials for their students! Please, buy a T-shirt, represent the South End, and spread the word!

– Caitlin

Massage Therapy Works in Davis Square Somerville

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Boston Pedicab in Boston’s South End

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Union Bar and Grille in Boston’s South End

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This Thursday at the CommuniTee party we’re unveiling the winning designs on tee shirts, which will also be for sale at the party and thereafter around town. The proceeds of the tee shirt sales will go to those schools and their art programs to help purchase art supplies. Also at the party, which will be emceed by WCVB’s Bianca de la Garza, we’re going to have a silent auction, of which proceeds go to the school art programs as well. There’s actually quite a bit of valuable items going up for auction too!

You can check out the party on the CitySquares Facebook page, or right here:

When: June 5th, 2008 @ 5:30pm
Where: Gallery XIV, 37 Thayer Street, in Boston’s South End.
Featuring: Cocktails, bites from Red Fez, silent auction!

Please RSVP to Caitlin Sullivan by email at csullivan@citysquares.com. We’re looking forward to seeing you there!

And check out the CommuniTee Art Project on Boston’s WCVB Channel 5 a couple weeks ago…

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The CommuniTee Art Project is essentially a community project that involves the whole community, but begins and ends with the art programs at the Joseph J. Hurley and the McKinley Elementary Schools in Boston’s South End. Here’s how it works:

1. Students at the Joseph J. Hurley and McKinley Elementary Schools in the South End are creating designs that best reflect their perspective on the South End – something that captures the essence of the South End, in their own eyes.
2. Designs will then be put on display at local businesses in the South End as well as on CitySquares.com.
3. People will be able to vote for their favorite designs on CitySquares.com and see real time voting results.
4. Once the votes have been tallied, the finalists will be sent to a CommuniTee Committee, basically a group of South End residents, business owners, and others, who will select the winning design.
5. The winning design will be unveiled at a party in the South End.
6. The winning design will then be transferred to T Shirts, for sale throughout the South End and on CitySquares.com.
7. Proceeds from the sale of these T Shirts, as well as from local business sponsorships, will be passed right back to the Joseph J. Hurley and McKinley Elementary School art programs!

If we can be successful with this South End CommuniTee Art Project, we’ll do it again in other communities. So it’s critical that we get as much momentum as we can!

We’re very excited to announce this, and by working with the local media, with local businesses, local residents, students, and everyone else, we can make this a real success. Everyone wins, especially the students – that’s the goal.

We’re also asking businesses to contribute to the project and become an official CommuniTee Sponsor. If you’re a local business and you want to become a sponsor, please contact Caitlin Sullivan at (617) 459-4921 or email her.

Please stay tuned to this blog and to the Official CommuniTee page on CitySquares.com for the latest news. The dates and locations of all events are still being finalized and will be announced soon.

Here’s a video from the party. Sorry about the poor lighting and low resolution.

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– Ben

Here’s a link to WCVB Boston Channel 5’s coverage of the event. There was other local media coverage of today’s event, including Fox 25, 7 News, and BostonNow.

Here are some pictures from today’s event too, on Flickr

– Ben

Now’s your chance, but this contest will end quickly! The response that the Aquitaine Group likes the best will win the dinner!

Be sure to join our Newsletter List so you can take part in the cool and exclusive giveaways and contests that we’ll be doing each month, and not all of them will be posted up here. We have some really fun stuff coming up!