For the Boston knowledgable: I'm in Boston for one day from 10AM on specifically to go to a game at Fenway Park. What should we stop to see before the game at 7PM?
The Common is interesting...sometimes.
The Aquarium is cool...as is the Planetarium.
You could do a bit of the Freedom Trail...or go see 'Old Ironsides'
Or...you could see if the Combat Zone still exists...if you're in to hookers and blow...j/k
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Museum of Fine Arts
Quote from: hbliam on May 08, 2016, 05:51:34 PM
For the Boston knowledgable: I'm in Boston for one day from 10AM on specifically to go to a game at Fenway Park. What should we stop to see before the game at 7PM?
Wear a Yankees jersey for the true Fenway experience. :-*
I would recommend against driving in Boston.
I was always a fan of the aquarium and Old Ironisdes.
Quote from: Satellite smithy on May 08, 2016, 07:11:32 PM
Wear a Yankees jersey for the true Fenway experience. :-*
I would recommend against driving in Boston.
I was always a fan of the aquarium and Old Ironisdes.
1: Ha, I think I'll pass.
2: Uber
3: I'll look those up, thanks.
Quote from: kopfjäger on May 08, 2016, 06:22:20 PM
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Museum of Fine Arts
Not sure if we want to devote too many hours to one place. I'll look them up though. Thx
If I were in Boston with just a couple of hours to kill, I'd visit the final resting place of a nice, freshly steamed lobster. Maybe with some appropriate side dishes... I liked the No Name Restaurant on the pier, though I'd imagine locals could send you some place a tad less touristy.
Quote from: triangleforge on May 08, 2016, 09:28:18 PM
If I were in Boston with just a couple of hours to kill, I'd visit the final resting place of a nice, freshly steamed lobster. Maybe with some appropriate side dishes... I liked the No Name Restaurant on the pier, though I'd imagine locals could send you some place a tad less touristy.
[thumbsup]
You can get a lobster shipped overnight. Maine lobsters are better anyway, but you gotta check out some of the history/art etc. ya can't get that in the mail. ;)
Faneuil Hall
Old Ironsides
Aquarium
Then check out Kenmore Square on your way into the game.
Quote from: herm on May 09, 2016, 01:40:42 PM
Faneuil Hall
Old Ironsides
Aquarium
Then check out Kenmore Square on your way into the game.
You need to check the schedule for the USS Constitution, the last time I was there, they were not open to the public every day...
Food in the North end.
Quote from: Grampa on May 09, 2016, 03:21:46 PM
Food in the North end.
Put on a good pair of shoes and do the freedom trail. It hits the highlights, goes thru the Northend, and goes past a bazillion bars (bahhs it is Boston after all)
Quote from: Grampa on May 09, 2016, 03:21:46 PM
Food in the North end.
Well...yeah-don't put food in your South end.
We found a bar on the North End where I could see the freedom trail from my barstool.
A win win. According to our founding fathers.
I'll second No-Name, down to Earth, simple Boston and good food.
And you can wear a Yankees jersey. Half the people there are Yankees fans. But there's still some good old fashion Bostonians. You'll know who they are. You can hear them from a mile away.
You'll have to leave Boston for the hookers and blow. But don't expect much, it's more like heroin and skanks.
Had some great food, went out on the water, sat in some ridiculous traffic, and got a great game at Fenway. Boston is cool. I'll be back. I hit Wrigley on Wednesday, Fenway on Thursday, and Yankee stadium on Friday. Fenway trumped them all.
[thumbsup]