― deej.. (deej..), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 01:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 01:08 (eighteen years ago) link
So that means don't try to drive anywhere & the red line on the T is going to be awfully cramped. I miss Boston in October, though, it's my favorite month there. Um, go to a Toscanini's store and have some really good ice cream:
http://www.tosci.com/
― lyra (lyra), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 01:16 (eighteen years ago) link
So many good clubs. TT The Bears, Johnny D's... those are my two favorites, but there are tons. The Roxy in Boston proper is a huge old theater, really ornate. Walk around Beacon Hill and the North End.
― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 01:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― jim wentworth (wench), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 01:30 (eighteen years ago) link
go to Twisted Village in harvard square. it's a record store dealing in psych and strange music.
― AaronK (AaronK), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 01:35 (eighteen years ago) link
do the "heart of the" Freedom Trail with the official tour or on your own, then walk through the plaza at Quincy Market to the waterfront park and the end of the piertake a boat trip to Little Brewster Island (probably a bit cold right now) (Thompson sounds interesting too)stop inside Old South and check out the exhibits (and visit the bookstore in the basement)walk around Beacon Hill, including Louisburg Sq and Acorn St, in late afternoon/early eveningafter dark, follow North St. up to North Sq. in the North End, wander around, including through the Prado, and eat/graze on a nice day, explore Harvard Square, including the Brattle Theatre complex, then walk along the Charlesvisit Frank Gehry's Stata Center at MIT?walk along the Charles by the Hatch Shell?visit the swans in the public garden?do an architectural tour of Back Bay churches, esp. Henry Hobson Richardson's Trinity Churchwander/dinner/theatre in the South End?have brunch at Upstairs on the Squarehave lunch at Summer Shack and/or Durgin-Parkhave dinner at East Coast Grill and/or at the bar/cafe at No. 9 Park
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 01:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 01:48 (eighteen years ago) link
Grab both the Weekly Dig and the Boston Phoenix and smear your hands up real dirty with the promise of things to do.
― now now now, Tuesday, 18 October 2005 01:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 02:14 (eighteen years ago) link
Cafe Algiers, above the brattle in harvard sq., is also beautiful. They used to have great arabic coffee, though last time I was there it was crap. Maybe that was an anamoly.
Eat in the north end.
― stewart downes (sdownes), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 02:20 (eighteen years ago) link
The MFA is nice also, but expensive. Although it's HUGE so expensive is kind of OK, you can spend 6 hours in there exploring.
― lyra (lyra), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 02:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― Rhodia (Rhodia), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 03:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― Rhodia (Rhodia), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 03:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― Rhodia (Rhodia), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 03:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 04:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― deej.. (deej..), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 05:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― corey c (shock of daylight), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 07:03 (eighteen years ago) link
this is the most urgent & key of all the recommendations.
― DV (dirtyvicar), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 12:17 (eighteen years ago) link
- Government Center is worth walking through to behold its brutal magnificence.- Isabelle Stewart Gardner museum is wonderful, even if you ignored all the art.- The section of Mass Ave between Porter and Harvard squares tends to have an interesting selection of shopping. Simon's Coffee (at about the halfway mark) is quite good.
These are all absolutely OTM. Actually everything on this thread is OTM.
If you want to spend some dough on a good-ass meal, check out Kingfish in Quincy Center; it's a Todd English restaurant and it's got some bomb-ass food although it's also a little pricey.
― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 12:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― now now, Tuesday, 18 October 2005 15:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 15:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 15:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― Rhodia (Rhodia), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 15:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 15:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 17:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― emilys. (emilys.), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 17:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― emilys. (emilys.), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 17:11 (eighteen years ago) link
If you're looking for the drunk, it speaks truth. I second the Inman Square suggestion...Bukowskis is cool and the Zietgeist usually has something at least vaguely good going on.
If you're gonna do mushrooms, I'd go for the Arboretum and not Harvard, personally. Or the swan boats!
― now now, Tuesday, 18 October 2005 18:38 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.mountauburn.org/
find the tower and climb to the top.
Planet Records in Kenmore SquareNuggets in Kenmore Square and Coolidge Corner Second Coming (halfway between Central and Harvard Squares) Looney Toones (2 spots-near Berklee and near Central Square), Cheapos in Central Square (this and twisted are my top picks)CD Spins (upper Newbury Street) decent.Mystery Train (Harvard Square) In Your Ear (Comm Ave in Allston) Stereo Jack's (midway between Porter and HarvardSquares on Mass Ave), which specializes in jazz and blues20% off sales at the Harvard Coop.
― kephm (kephm), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 19:38 (eighteen years ago) link
scorpion bowl at Honk Kongs on Mass Ave/cambridge. full of booze!
― kephm (kephm), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 19:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 20:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― dewey, Tuesday, 18 October 2005 20:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 20:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― dewey, Tuesday, 18 October 2005 20:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― now now, Tuesday, 18 October 2005 20:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― kephm (kephm), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 21:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 21:56 (eighteen years ago) link
Haha, in 1998/1999 I used to work for IBM in the Lotus building, and did most of my classes in the Media Lab and Sloan buildings, and had 6 of my friends working at a startup in the same building at the Marriott (curl). I think I *lived* in Kendall those 2 years. It has Rebecca's Cafe, and Quantum books! But I'm a big geek, I didn't really care that it was probably the most boring corner of Cambridge, I was walking around with problem sets and work coming out of my ears.
I have this great memory of walking down Amherst St at about 3 AM with my little sister and my best friend, barefoot in Feb or March- we'd gone out wearing heels, and they were hurting all our feet, so we took them off. The pavement was so freezing it actually felt good on our feet. There was no one around at that hour, so we were just walking down the center of the road, in fancy black-tie clothes, carrying our dress shoes.
― lyra (lyra), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 22:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 22:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 22:29 (eighteen years ago) link
Twisted Village/Diskovery seconded; there's also the new undergroundhiphop.com store on Huntington near Northeastern and a bunch of random hip-hop/reggaeton stores in the outer neighborhoods - Franklin's CDs in Jamaica Plain and Vibes in Dorchester are shockingly great for their size.
If you're in Allston, you can eat well for cheap practically anywhere - Grasshopper (vegan pan-Asian), Rangoli (great cheap Indian), Spike's (hot dogs), that Lebanese place I can't remember the name of, the Super 88 Asian food court, all those Brazilian BBQs. In JP I can't say enough about La Pupusa Guanaca in Hyde Square; the Cuban restaurant a block away from it was truly exemplary until it was firebombed a couple of months ago. Lately I've been eating a lot of tacos - at the venerable El Pelon in the Fenway, but also Tacos Lupita in Somerville (which might actually be the best taqueria in town).
Grab a copy of the Phoenix or Dig when you're here and check out the nightlife listings - the Enormous Room and Middlesex are better-than-average clubs in Cambridge, with none of the Lansdowne riff-raff and really good DJs (including sometime-ILXoR Er1k Pe4rson on Fridays at Enormous). River Gods tends to be packed to the point of suffocation on weekends lately.
― d4niel coh3n (dayan), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 22:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― youn, Tuesday, 18 October 2005 22:40 (eighteen years ago) link
Friend got me a ticket to the Yankees v. Sox in late August. Probably arrive Thursday and leave Monday. I know nothing about the city.
Priceline's areas around Fenway are "Cambridge" and "Copley Square - Theater District" - best shots for staying somewhere that's good for wandering around?
― My vagina has a dress code. (milo z), Saturday, 25 July 2009 06:34 (fourteen years ago) link
Ha - what a game to go to! Copley Sqaure and the Theater District are both good for wandering around. Cambridge is great but not really that close to Fenway. What hotels are they recommending specifically? I might know something about them.
― Pancakes are one of my favorite ways to party. (ENBB), Saturday, 25 July 2009 12:06 (fourteen years ago) link
Boston -- Classic or Dirty Water?
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 25 July 2009 15:10 (fourteen years ago) link
Gonna be there for work next week.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 25 August 2010 15:13 (thirteen years ago) link
welcome in advance!
― markers, Wednesday, 25 August 2010 15:32 (thirteen years ago) link
I wish the Red Sox would be in town, but they're gonna be in Baltimore. I need to check the Boston threads for restaurant suggestions.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 25 August 2010 16:04 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm visiting BOSTON in two months, is there so much fun stuff to do???
― the masseduction of lauryn hill (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 14 March 2018 20:53 (six years ago) link
might be in Cambridge and Somerville.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 14 March 2018 21:35 (six years ago) link
Considering going in May for my 20th college reunion.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 15 March 2018 00:53 (six years ago) link
Boston Calling happens at the end of May. it's become a pretty big deal, as far as music festivals go. It take place outside the Harvard football stadium.
― henry s, Thursday, 15 March 2018 03:25 (six years ago) link
Mayfair in Harvard Square is always kinda fun. May 6.
― henry s, Thursday, 15 March 2018 03:27 (six years ago) link
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 15 March 2018 11:44 (six years ago) link
i think East Arlington? I'm going to visit my bestie from college and another friend and hopefully meet some ilxors but mostly like just hang out w/ cool ppl, not so much specifically to "see things in Boston"
― the masseduction of lauryn hill (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 15 March 2018 12:54 (six years ago) link
i am visiting BOSTON the first week of august!!
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 15 March 2018 12:59 (six years ago) link
east arlington, the gateway to north cambridge!
yeah, you'll be near a lot of cool neighborhoods for hanging out.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 15 March 2018 14:10 (six years ago) link
and near me
let's remember what is important here
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Thursday, 15 March 2018 14:14 (six years ago) link
This is all exciting though. Maybe people visiting will be the kick in the ass we need to finally FAP again.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Thursday, 15 March 2018 14:17 (six years ago) link
yeah i'm in tho i can no longer in good conscience say i am a boston resident
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 15 March 2018 14:21 (six years ago) link
you never know, I could be in Boston the 1st weekend in August (again)
http://www.saberseminar.com/
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 March 2018 14:26 (six years ago) link
I’d be up for a FAP too.
― rb (soda), Thursday, 15 March 2018 22:13 (six years ago) link
I will be in Aug 3-5 for the baseball thing.. staying in NEWTON (thx Hotwire blind booking). Very little free time but Sat night the 4th looks best.
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 7 June 2018 17:38 (five years ago) link
(happily I have found a convenient bus route between hotel and BU)
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 7 June 2018 21:11 (five years ago) link
I will be blowing in next Friday eve and leaving Sunday at 6pm; only downtime looks like Saturday after 5pm, if anyone is free to meet up.
(also I am staying in bloody Newton, but i have the necessary info on the bus routes)
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 27 July 2018 16:26 (five years ago) link
If anyone calls you "mush", take it as a term of endearment
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 27 July 2018 18:05 (five years ago) link
Does that translate as "nitwit whose last two posts, 7 weeks apart, were nearly identical"?
I don't suppose anyone knows about gay sports bars, but lacking anything else I may repair to one called Cathedral Station to watch some of the BOS-NYY game on Saturday night.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 31 July 2018 15:38 (five years ago) link
Haaa, no, it really lies just what I said. Kind of Newtonian for bro. It's the only fun fact I know about Newton.
I don't know of gay sports bars off hand, but my parents who live in Boston's South End may be able to recommend something. I'll ask.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 31 July 2018 15:58 (five years ago) link
Oh duh, Cathedral Station is in the South End about a block from their building. If you run into my parents, say hi.
Warning: not a lot of Mets love around there.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 1 August 2018 17:41 (five years ago) link
Oh, and my previous post should read "it really is just what I said"
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 1 August 2018 17:46 (five years ago) link
i won't mention Bill Buckner's name, thx
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 1 August 2018 18:01 (five years ago) link
trophy room:https://trophyroomboston.com/about-us/
― maura, Wednesday, 1 August 2018 18:25 (five years ago) link
i do remember when that place was Fritz!
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 1 August 2018 18:37 (five years ago) link
i am tied up on saturday; sorry to miss u!
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 2 August 2018 03:04 (five years ago) link
What time will you be arriving on Saturday — and how are you getting here?
― rb (soda), Thursday, 2 August 2018 11:01 (five years ago) link
Taking the bus, arriving Friday eve, at a baseball seminar at BU 9-5 on Sat & Sun. Gone Sun at 6.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 2 August 2018 11:07 (five years ago) link
Trophy Room is the kinda gay sports bar where i'm the only one watching da sports. Cathedral Station had Pirates-Cards and Brewers-Rockies on when i walked in, more credible. Anyway, i stomped around the Back Bay and South End til i got tired (around 9:30 on Sat night; i always sleep badly in hotels).
What is with all the Boston ppl wearing UnderArmour-branded stuff? way more than in NYC.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 6 August 2018 16:11 (five years ago) link
Is Jamaica Plain worth spending an afternoon in? Or should I do Cambridge or Somerville? Or somewhere else easily accessible by metro?
― vision joanna newsom (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 28 January 2019 22:17 (five years ago) link
depends what you're looking for but Cambridge has the most Stuff in it out of those three. JP and somerville are mostly just places people live, with some pockets of good food
― ciderpress, Monday, 28 January 2019 22:42 (five years ago) link
I was surprised at how much was going on in Davis Square, Somerville last time I was there.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Monday, 28 January 2019 22:46 (five years ago) link
davis is great but its mostly just food & a independent movie theater
― ciderpress, Monday, 28 January 2019 22:48 (five years ago) link
i don't get over there much but i think it'd be easy to kill an afternoon in jp. if it's nice out you can go check out the pond and whatnot for a changeup from the city.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 29 January 2019 00:18 (five years ago) link
jp rules, we lived close by in west rox for 5 years. a walk around the pond then a bite to eat on centre st was one of our favorite things to do. lots of good food on centre just east of the pond and also further up past the whole foods. ethiopian, cuban, indian, tapas, mexican.
beautiful Victorians and other old houses and triple deckers throughout, walking around there is so nice, wander into the arboretum if you there on a nice day
― marcos, Tuesday, 29 January 2019 00:26 (five years ago) link
Cambridge has the most happening tho yea
Does Boston have Chinatown or other Asian neighborhoods?
― calstars, Tuesday, 29 January 2019 00:32 (five years ago) link
yea it has a p cool Chinatown with lots of good food, nothing like nyc or sf of course but i remember it being way more actual Chinese and Asian places than say, DC’s Chinatown
― marcos, Tuesday, 29 January 2019 00:37 (five years ago) link
my boyf livese in Malden and every time I go visit we just kinda hang out in Malden and sooooometimes Boston proper, but rarely anywhere else. I've been to Cambridge a few times and it's cute, I THINK I've been to Somerville but I'm not certain, and I've def never been to JP.
We're also thinking abt day tripping to Salem?
xp Boston's Chinatown was p impressive and is def an above-average Chinatown imo
― vision joanna newsom (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 29 January 2019 14:14 (five years ago) link
IIRC DC's Chinatown is just a big arch and then tons of regular-ass retail chains and does not feel remotely enclavey or distinct from its surroundings
― vision joanna newsom (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 29 January 2019 14:16 (five years ago) link
salem is an enjoyable day trip, definitely would recommend. the peabody essex museum is the best small art museum in new england.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 29 January 2019 14:21 (five years ago) link
The more I read about Salem the more awesome it sounds, but if we went we'd have to leave by 4 or so so I think we're gonna go another time when we can stay later (or even maybe do an overnight trip)
so back to either JP or Cambridge
― vision joanna newsom (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 29 January 2019 14:23 (five years ago) link
xp re DC, yea for sure. it felt like a real if somewhat small Chinatown when I first moved to DC in 2002 but by the time i left in 2008 it had completely transformed
― marcos, Tuesday, 29 January 2019 14:24 (five years ago) link
my boyf livese in Malden and every time I go visit we just kinda hang out in Malden and sooooometimes Boston proper, but rarely anywhere else
lol steve replace "malden" with "medford" (which, close enough) and you basically have my long distance relationship from 2015
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Tuesday, 29 January 2019 14:26 (five years ago) link
it's weird, Boston is so weird
― vision joanna newsom (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 29 January 2019 14:45 (five years ago) link
it’s very weird
― maura, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 01:15 (five years ago) link
Are there any Boston ilxors by chance?? I’m visiting family in Norwell but very very much want to go see Kraftwerk on Saturday, would love to hang with someone
― frogbs, Thursday, 9 June 2022 21:17 (one year ago) link
Boston :-(
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Thursday, 9 June 2022 21:34 (one year ago) link
maura lives in boston!
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 9 June 2022 21:49 (one year ago) link
Unlike NYC, it’s one of those places where if a friend moves there, I assume I will never see them as long as they’re there. All of the hegemony, none of the charm.
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Thursday, 9 June 2022 23:15 (one year ago) link