<p>Redline is a terrible bar!</p>
<p>Better places include… Shays + Grendel’s Den (both on JFK). Daedalus (on Mt. Auburn). Grafton St. and, hell, even the Hong Kong (2nd or 3rd floor) are better!</p>
<p>As a grad student, you should have access to Dudley House. I know in the past it’s been shared by grad students and undergrads doing research (as part of the PRISE program) - it might be a good place to meet people.</p>
<p>Also, I know the life science folks play a lot of beach volleyball out by <a href=“%5Burl=http://map.harvard.edu/level3.cfm?mapname=camb_allston&tile=F6&quadrant=D&series=N]Harvard%20University%20Detail%20Map[/url]”>biolabs</a> (and I think they have friday afternoon happy hours!). Definitely something you could try to crash, especially if that’s your field.</p>