Get a Head Start on Your Visit
Generally, I avoid the eastern United States. It's just not my sort of place. Up north, it's cold. Down south, it's humid and flat.But I recently had a chance to visit Bosto. I'd never been there, and it has a lot of history. I also have some Internet buddies living there. So I could think of worse places to go. We wound up staying at a HoJo near Fenway Park. It was grossly overpriced, as were all of the hotels I found. But it was a nice location near Berklee College of Music, BU, Harvard and even MIT. And near this great running path near the Chahls* River.
Here are six things that really stick out about Boston, plus three awesome restaurants and the best-ever pop culture reference to Beantown. As you'll see, I really liked Boston overall with one big quibble.
1. Boston is a friendly city. Several times, Bostonians overheard the wife and I trying to figure out its labyrinthian streets and rat's nest of subway routes. They'd offer advice to help us out. My original Boston Internet dude, Kwigz, says that Bostonians are either like that, or hurl profanity at will. The closest I came to the second type was a guy on the bus who obviously had Tourette's - he'd calmly chant s@@tf***kd^^n as if the words were some sort of mantra.
2. Boston has awesome restaurants. I sampled some super-tasty food. My only disappointment was in the places I didn't get to try. So much great food, and way too little time (and restraint, I'll admit. I could've made the time to eat more). There's a wide variety of ethnicities represented, along with seafood and desserts. I'll talk more about this later.
3. Boston has a thriving music scene. I guess if your city is home to Berklee, it's going to be awash with killer musicians. We saw musicians everywhere we went. Local blues singer Kit Holliday also joined the wife, the sister-in-law, Kwigz and me at Boston Beer Works. She confirmed that it is, in fact, a busy music scene. Lots of venues, lots of bands, good shows galore. Speaking of which, you should visit Kit's Web site to see if you can hear her sing. Awesome voice!
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