<p>I love all the ideas…we get their APril 18th, so mis the marathon 
and ;( but the concert and comedy show are PERFECT!!! Thanks so much!!! </p>
<p>We do the layer thing here is SF, cause the weather changes about every 5 minutes, so we will bring gloves and scarves, etc</p>
<p>Right now its about 45degrees outside, and REALLLY windy, and my girls like the cold…eh</p>
<p>Again the ideas are really helpful</p>
<p>If you are lucky, mid April can be stupendouse weather! Since they’re girls, this may not interest them, but Fenway Park is one of the last how-they-built-it-in-the-good-old-days baseball parks. A Red Sox game could be fun and Fenway Park is right in the city - no long travel needed.</p>
<p>Like the Back Bay Hilton for comfort/location. Just a few blocks from the Berklee School concert venue.</p>
<p>The Duck Tours start up again at the end of March from 9AM to sunset. It’s a really fun way to see the city. <a href=“http://www.bostonducktours.com/[/url]”>http://www.bostonducktours.com/</a></p>
<p>Check out The Garment District on Broadway in Cambridge but call first to make sure it hasn’t closed. They have tons of used and vintage clothes as well as a section for Clothes By the Pound. College kids seem to like this place.</p>
<p>Bumping this up–trying to book a trip to Boston today or tomorrow–for the same week as CGM (week after Easter)–any other suggestions? What is best way to find best airfare?</p>
<p>check the travel section of fatwallet.com - trust me (click forums then look on the left hand side)</p>
<p>i like yahoo farechase personally - southwest might be worth looking at also</p>
<p>if you book hotel + airfare together at a site like asiarooms.com or expedia, etc etc then you might save some $ also</p>
<p>I recently had a great experience booking through Priceline. You don’t get to pick your hotel, just location within the city and number of stars. But there are great bargains to be had at large, well-known chains. I used it to book a hotel in Baltimore for $50/night that usually goes for $150. I’m planning to use it again for our next trip to Boston (you can specify Cambridge/Brookline if you want to be close to Harvard, MIT)</p>
<p>Someone on CC turned me onto wwww.biddingfortravel.com for Priceline strategy. When we toured colleges I got some great deals on the Hyatt Regency Cambridge ($75) and a Doubletree ($70).</p>
<p>Southwest does not fly into Logan Airport.</p>
<p>Jetblue and Song fly to/from Boston.</p>
<p>I’ve flown Airtran into Boston.</p>
<p>Booked the flight on Jet Blue today. We’re goin’ to Boston!</p>
<p>Now to figure out where to stay . . . </p>
<p>Any suggestions as to where to go to Church on Easter Sunday?</p>
<p>How about driving or taking the commuter rail for just a bit to visit Clark University? 
There are plenty of colleges in Worcester…</p>
<p>Lol. Anyhow. I rec. dropping the kids off at Downtown Crossing and having some dim sum and BBQ meat in Chinatown. </p>
<p>For Easter weekend, I KNOW Clark is having a huuuge Cultural Bazaar that everyone should attend if they can. There’s plenty of churches around here too, St. Peter’s is the one I will probably be at.</p>
<p>we did spring break in Boston last year when our S was considering New England schools. BRING YOUR WINTER COAT GLOVES HAT. It rained like crazy, we walked in downpours and not an azalea in bloom in sight! (ha. southern Springs are rather gorgeous.)
I got a megadeal at travelocity.com on airfare and four nights in a four star hotel that vastly exceeded my actual pocket book budget. We also skipped renting a car and did lots of walking. Did I mention bring GLOVES and HATS.<br>
Boston is very doable on foot and has fabulous museums and we had tickets to the Symphony which was sublime.
If you book on your own, my biggest tip for saving money is the John Jeffries House…a converted nurses dorm from eras past has small but nice rooms and good breakfast room in the perfect location near a subway stop. Stayed there a few years ago.
Best commentary on hotels is tripadvisor.com.</p>
<p>Would an umbrella be helpful as well? Boots? (well, I don’t have any boots . . .) Winter coat–how wintery? My winter coat is not super wintery. Could layer it with a sweater . . .</p>
<p>Mstee:</p>
<p>Boots would be an overkill. It can be cold in April and it has been known to snow in early May. But today, the weather is supposed to be in the 60s, the neighbors’ forsythia are beginning to come out, ditto crocuses and other early spring flowers. If you and yours have sweatshirts and a rain coat, that should be plenty, though I understand that we’ve had quite dry weather:</p>
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<p><a href=“http://www.boston.com/news/weather/articles/2006/03/29/a_march_drought_may_yield_april_fires/[/url]”>http://www.boston.com/news/weather/articles/2006/03/29/a_march_drought_may_yield_april_fires/</a></p>
<p>Usually, at the time of the Boston marathon, the temperature is in the low 60s. Today’s sunny weather might be too hot for some runners.</p>
<p>Church: It depends which denomination. There are some wonderful churches in Boston: Trinity Church in Copley Square, St Paul’s (Catholic) across Boston Commons are just two. Both BC and BU have imposing looking churches. Harvard has Memorial Chapel in case you are visiting that campus. On the wall are the names of Harvard students who died in WWI and II and in later conflicts (the Harvard dead of the Civil War–on the Union side only-- are listed in nearby Memorial Hall built especially to commemorate them).</p>
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<p>mstee…I personally dislike using umbrellas and last Spring Break was forced to use one every day in Boston. They had some flooding. You will probably luck out and see a more typical spring in terms of weather. Even so, we love Boston. People who live in San Fran often appreciate Boston for its distinct personality.</p>
<p>Bumping this up, I’m getting excited for this trip now! </p>
<p>It looks like we’ll be spending the weekend in Braintree, (my cousin lives there), and we have a hotel Downtown for a couple of nights (through priceline–a hotel on Broad Street). We will probably just walk around Harvard and MIT (are they both on the subway line?) It is highly unlikely that my daughter will apply to either of those, so just going as tourists, really. We have set up a tour of Wellesley, meeting with a prof there (though my daughter is really not sure about the all girl thing). And? My problem is there are so many colleges, so little time! Don’t know which ones to see! I’d like to see Tufts. Maybe Boston College, maybe Brandeis. Which ones are easiest to get to from Downtown? Which ones are best to rent a car and drive to? </p>
<p>Wish I had more time! Already thinking we’ll have to plan another trip East . . .</p>
<p>We are staying at the international hostel, flying in at 540 AM, yep, that is AM…I will be crabby</p>
<p>We are taking the DuckBoat tour thing, that looks so much fun, we are touring BC< BU< and Northeasten, and whatever else we can fit in</p>
<p>We are going to walk the freedom trail, do the history stuff- ie Trinity Church, the Old North Church, we are going to harvard so we can say, We went to Harvard</p>
<p>Mstee, when are you flying out…we leave Monday at 8pm From San Jose on jetblue (cheapest flight and we get our own TV-and junk food)</p>
<p>We will have 4 1/2 days, and I am taking my two Ds (17 and 15) and to of the oldest’s friends</p>
<p>At BU, there is a night at the student center with a talent show or something</p>
<p>On thing I am INSISTING on is only carryons, and they need to coordinate blowdryers, straighteners, curling irons etc, we do not need 4 of everything</p>
<p>Have a great time, rain or shine!!</p>
<p>We are flying out on Sat. We may go to Trinity for Easter services with my cousin. Returning Thurs. night. I am already wishing we could stay longer!</p>
<p>PM me–maybe we arrange it so our paths cross at some point???</p>
<p>I want to eat at least one meal in the Italian part of town–suggestions anyone?</p>