Every Sunday from May to October the SoWa Art + Design District hosts the SoWa Open Market, which features artist studios, galleries, clothing and art booths, food trucks and produce stands. All it takes to get to this weekly hodge podge of art and food is a 30-minute T-ride from Commonwealth Avenue.

I first heard of kombucha in the spring of my senior year of high school. My friend Mary Anne drank it in our English class. She was a vegan, which at the time was incredibly edgy, especially considering...