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Adam Lapetina

Adam Lapetina is a former employee of Thrillist.

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By Adam Lapetina

Boston Celebrities, Ranked by How Boston They Are

It’s pretty easy to spot the “Boston” people in a TV show or movie: they’re the ones who always wear Sox caps (when they’re not on duty, because they’re all cops), are tough-as-nails, and won’t take shit from anybody, and have the most intensely coached accents in Hollywood.

By Adam Lapetina

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The World's Most Important Hot Sauces, by Continent

Nearly every culture on this planet has realized that its cuisine is infinitely improved when doused in an unbearably spicy sauce.

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By Adam Lapetina

12 Incredible Ruins You Can Easily Visit

Ruins, despite what fedora-wearing archaeologists would have you believe, do not exist solely to be hacked and slashed so that you can acquire their sweet, sweet artifacts.

By Adam Lapetina

By Adam Lapetina

The World's 14 Most Beautiful Unspoiled Islands

“Unspoiled.”

By Adam Lapetina

By Adam Lapetina

How America's Craziest Ice Cream Gets Made

For a long, long time -- as far back as most millennials can remember -- ice cream wasn’t hip.

By Adam Lapetina

By Adam Lapetina

12 Single-City Restaurant Chains We Wish Would Expand Already

The rise of local chains is good for us, or so we're told.

By Adam Lapetina

By Adam Lapetina

20 of the Most Ridiculous Vanity Plates on the Road

When you're driving down the highway on your way to work... or from work... or running away from work, it's nice to have something to give you the occasional chuckle other than the repeated phone calls from your boss asking where the hell you are.

By Adam Lapetina

By Adam Lapetina

How Best to Revive Any Type of Leftovers

Food is (usually) great the first time around.

By Adam Lapetina

By Adam Lapetina

20 Disturbingly Cute Dogs in Bars to Make Happy Hour Happier

Dogs aren't bars' usual clientele (that would be humans), but when you do find a watering hole that also acts as a literal watering hole, chances are you'll find it populated by some pretty humorous characters.

By Adam Lapetina

By Adam Lapetina

We Ate and Ranked All 27 Pop-Tart Flavors

It’s hard to imagine an American breakfast landscape without Pop-Tarts, or a Pop-Tart without frosting.

By Adam Lapetina

By Adam Lapetina

The World's 16 Most Incredible Sea Caves

Most people have only been exposed to sea caves by reading Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and that's not OK... mostly because the sea cave in that book was terrifying and filled with zombies (apologies to anyone who hasn't read it by now).

By Adam Lapetina

America's 13 Best Amusement Parks That Aren't Six Flags

When it comes to amusement parks, one big name comes to mind: Chris Sawyer, the designer of Roller Coaster Tycoon.