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ATLS4

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I'll be in town for a couple of weeks, any tips on things to do and see outside the normal tourist stops?
 
couple of the touristy things you should hit - tour of fenway paahk for sure.

the "duck" tour isn't bad, little long, but if you do that the first day, you'll feel like you've seen boston. then, you can do what you want.

a little off the beaten path:
go to the north end, walk in a random tiny restaurant, and eat your face off.

or if you are into fist fights:
go to southie, walk in a random tiny bar, and drink your face off.

or if youre a cute female, you can email me and we can spend the week exploring the city and our bodies.
 
I'll think about the aquarium.....

I've been here before and done the *normal* stuff except the duck tour. I might hit up the Sam Adams tour and try to get out to Fenway...

Sorry to mikie, I'm a 33 yr old man so unless you have a cute sister no dice.....

I do need to find some good bars, I'm in the BrianTree area and there's not much outside of chains.
 
the seediest bar in boston i had ever been to is on waltham st. in the south end, aptly named "the waltham"...i believe it's still open...what an adventure to go in there.

best places to look at young women are fanuel hall (mcfadden's, daisy buchanan's etc..) and i also like the Harvard ave./Comm. ave. intersection in brighton...there are maybe 20 fun young bars within two blocks.
 
Thanks Mikey....

Since I prefer to love than fight sounds like it's Fanuel Hall for me.....Everything around where I'm staying is a lame chain place.
 
oh dont forget to check out "the cigar bar"...scotch, great cigars.

great place to start or end a night of debauchery.
 
I'm all over that...

Where's that at? I was hoping to find a nice cigar bar 'round here?
 
Head over to Cambridge - Harvard Square is fun for those little eats places and people watching. There's a great beer bar over there and the name escapes me right now, maybe someone else can name it.

I love the Musuem of Science (mos.org) - just a fun place to go I think.

The Backbay --- Boylston St, Newbury St, etc is another good people place. There's the Hardrock on Clarendon St if you're collecting the tee-shirts. A stroll thru the Public Gardens or ice skating on Frog Pond.

Obviously if you like history do the Freedom Trail. But I like the Duck Tour too, it's fun. But the North End is great, although it's not a big feast time of the year, there's always something doing there.

If you like beer, the Sam Adams tour is good as is anything around Fanueil Hall/Gov't Center.

But you're here for one of the best holidays here - St. Patrick's Day! Head to Southie (South Boston, not the south end of Boston). The parade is fun and it's just one huge party there.

It's a fun place - enjoy yourself.

(Braintree doesn't have much a downtown hang out place so you really are out of luck there. )
 
so true cathleen...good advice. i like harvard square, a couple blocks away i'll recommend two places:

cambridge common and the west side lounge (the bartenders here are amazing, funny, sexy, ...the list goes on)
 
Try Daisy Buchanas on Newbury, or Whiskeys on Boylston...those are two good places...kind of college crowd though...
 
Thanks everyone.....

I'll be here for a while so I hope to check out a lot of stuff.
 
There are several dozen pubs/eateries in Quincy Center - less than 10 minutes from most of Braintree.

If you prefer a sports bar there's The Fours. For Irish Pubs there's the Half Door and Bad Abott's. If you want Greek go over to X/Os. If you want something a little more upscale try Alba. In between those are several dozen Asian, Indian and Brazillian places. If the weather is decent take a trip down to Marina Bay - there are 8 or 9 places right there on the waterfront.
 
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