What Would You Do in Boston?

[Waaane]

Walk every place it is a small city. I grew up thereHit the North End (Hanover St) great Itailian food and pastry

5 min walk to Fanual Hall

from there Beacon Hill or downtown Crossing both a couple of blocks away

Boston Common or Puplic gardens both near Beacon hill or downtown X

Go up Newbury st and back down Boylston

You can also do Charlestown my old home town, climb the Bunker Hill Monument, See the USS Constitution the oldest commissioned war ship in the USN

Gunny...+1 and whatever else you want to say. For my money Midlife nailed it. Its a great city to walk on a nice day. See if you can stay one extra day its worth it. The USS Constitution is awesome. The only other thing I would add is the Northern Italian cuisine is great. Find a little restaurant and peruse the seafood selections if you like that kind of thing.

Edit...My bad...Midlife did cover the Italian cuisine...Maybe he knows a name. really great food

 

[ScottyUSN]

USS Constitution, Play everything else by ear. I don't eat Sea Food but always enjoy good Italian and Chinese (compared to the majority of places I've lived CONUS).

The Duck tour is a fun way to get a quick tour around Boston, best of all you aren't driving!

 

[ShinyPartsUp]

If I thought the Sox had a day game (rare these days), I'd try to grab some bleacher seats and see an inning or two. Always some fun taking the T into Kenmore Square and people watch as you follow the folks over the Mass. Pike to Yawkey Way.

Ha ha!! Score a couple of tickets to a Sox game? On a weekend? Good one!!

You can bring a wallet full of money and take your chances with the scalpers out on Yawkee way...

Spoiler

It must have been a long time since you were in Boston, Shiney!!

I know Fred. Sad. But I used to be able to get $2 tickets on game day. That tells you how long my memory is. Last time I was living in Boston was 1992. Last time I had season tickets to the sox was in 1977. I love the team and baseball, but they have become a lifestyle, like Harley. I had no delusions about a Sox game, but one can dream, and remember games past.

 

[Fred W]

You know, I had not considered it in that vein, a "lifestyle", but you are absolutely right!!

My wife is dying for me to get us tickets so we can go to a game. We do watch them on the TV (way too much). In fact I finally broke down and "invested" in a big 50" HD plasma TV just for the Sox and Pats games. But our availability is primarily on weekends, and you just can't get decent seats on a weekends for less than two appendages.

Personally, the way things are at Fenway, between the tough tickets, the horrible parking situation, the cost of concessions, and just getting in and out of the shitty of Boston, I'd just as soon go to see one of the local minor league teams play. Now that's some good and fun baseball!!

 

[ShinyPartsUp]

Chinatown can be fun. Here's a tip: after 2am order "cold tea" at a restaurant and they will give you a pitcher of beer. Illegal but people look the other way. If you like Italian, The North end is safe at all hours due to the mafia taking care of the place. Best pizza is the European (at least always was). I used to bring my dates there for good food and to impress the ladies. Very homey.

The Constitution is nice if you haven't been there. I've been on her half a dozen times and always liked it.

Never been to bunker Hill Monument celebrating the battle at Breeds' hill. My bad.

Boston is a walking city unless you really know the place. I used to drive downtown all the time for years, but since I haven't been there in so long, I don't remember where all the "hidden" parking lots and back roads are anymore. Funny watching people with out-of-town plates driving in the Back Bay or downtown. Walking or the T is the only way to go.

I'd like to know if any Bostonians are out there that can tell us of small, "little known" places that are new.

Another favorite of mine was to walk the Esplanade or cross the Harvard Bridge (or others) and walk the Cambridge side of the Charles and see the Boston skyline from another perspective.

Have fun!

 

[ShinyPartsUp]

Personally, the way things are at Fenway, between the tough tickets, the horrible parking situation, the cost of concessions, and just getting in and out of the shitty of Boston, I'd just as soon go to see one of the local minor league teams play. Now that's some good and fun baseball!!

The Roseburg American Legion Team "Doc Stewart's" went deep into the American Legion National playoffs. You should have seen the excitement in town! And Eugene has the Em's, a decent team. I admit I keep saying I'm going to get tix again, and something always comes up. But the play is pretty good, the fans are enthusiastic and the atmosphere is relaxed and true to the game. Next year I'm going to make sure I get to a game. Baseball is more than the pros.

Hijack appologized for and ended.

 

[frito1]

A co-worker and I took the guided tour from Boston Common. Money well spent. I'd do it again. The character actors that served as guides were great. Found a little bar & grill named Kennedy’s downtown. Shocked the locals that a couple of rednecks from AR found it unassisted. Good food.

 

[ionbeam]

USS Constitution, Play everything else by ear...The Duck tour is a fun way to get a quick tour around Boston...

:lol: Ol' Blackshoe Scotty still has boats in his blood.

The Freedom Trail will take you through most of the areas mentioned in the previous posts, including the Italian North End where you could eat spectacular food for a couple of weeks and not hit all the good restaurants. The Trail is actually a double line of bricks in the sidewalk, you can follow the (not yellow) brick Trail everywhere.

The Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge welcomes you to Boston.

Period correct guide, they all wear different outfits.

Ben Franklin

The old in juxtaposition with the new.

Faneuil Hall Area, there is a mostly unadvertised museum in the up stairs of this building.

John Hancock

Old State House.

Everyone sits on the donkey, it is polished from all the photo sessions.

Paul Revere's house is open to the public and is in fully restored condition.

All things USS Constitution

Walking back to Boston, through the North End, we stopped here for fabulous Tiramisu, and a wee dram (or 2) of various fine Italian liquors.

FJR content: Yes, I own one.

 

[ScottyUSN]

The Navy still puts active duty sailors on 3 year orders to the USS Constitution. I was only a Blackshoe by job description (RM). My Sea counter is "zero". But my flight hours are over 6k.

 

[Fred W]

I used to fix the gear you guys broke. ETN1.

(but not in Boston...)

 

[zip]

If you're a movie fan, you may enjoy Boston Movie Tours - owned by a buddy of mine, and great. So many cool films shot in Boston these days, including The Departed, filmed all around my office neighborhood.

This looks really fun: Boston Lobster Tours

As is this: Boston Harbor Cruises

If there's no game at Fenway, it's generally open for tours, I understand.

If you're here before Nov. 1, you could take the Salem Ferry up and back and visit our fair little town. Kind of Halloweenish.

 

[ionbeam]

...But my flight hours are over 6k.

Ahhh, one of those Brown Shoes...

 

[Tyler]

Or, you can take a Boston Duck Boat tour and get a narrated and informative ride through Boston. You will get to see much of the city and a few of the surrounding towns via the Charles River.

+1 for the Duck Tour... good way to see a lot in a small amount of time. B)

 

[ctfjr]

Fenway. And the Sam Adams brew pub.

And Durgan Park for some authentic Beantown food!

 

[madmike2]

eat chowder, lobster, and baked beans

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And have Boston Cream Pie for desert.

 

[Fred W]

eat chowder, lobster, and baked beans

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And have Boston Cream Pie for desert.

Nobody here actually eats that shit, Mike. I have no idea why they call it Boston Creme Pie.

 

[FjrVfr]

Boston has great food to be sure but if you want to taste the eighth wonder of the world, drive across the border to Hudson New Hampshire and have a cheesesteak at Bill Cahill's Super Subs.

Driving the Feej and even sex will never be the same for you :dribble:

 

[SacramentoMike]

. . . even sex will never be the same for you :dribble:

Um, it already isn't.

Thanks for all the ideas, everybody. Still checking for more.

 

[ionbeam]

...Thanks for all the ideas, everybody. Still checking for more.

Hello Boston

Since it's Friday, let me throw in the Boston Gliders.

 

[ionbeam]

So, did ya simply bail out to the nearest bar or did you just say fookit, sleep in then go directly to the airport?