<p>It was the Bull & Finch.
Located within walking distance of plenty of sightseeing locales.</p>
<p>BC-In addition to the Museum of Science, Duck tours also originate from the Prudential Center and an abbreviated tour departs from the Aquarium.
<a href=“https://ord.bostonducktours.com/bdt/entry2.php[/url]”>https://ord.bostonducktours.com/bdt/entry2.php</a></p>
<p>Thanks for this. I understand the place would be jam-packed with tourists. I just want to walk down some stairs, open the door, and have someone yell, “NORM!!”</p>
<p>Or maybe one quick drink from Sam. . .</p>
<p>I think Sam may be working somewhere else now…</p>
<p>My mom and I are leaving tomorrow for Boston. Babson, MIT and Boston College tours will be great, but I think we’ll take some of the suggestions posted here, too!</p>
<p>I’m so envious, my DD graduated from Dartmouth this past spring, and this is the first year for the past 4 that I won’t be making at least one trip to Boston (oh, OK I went to a conference this summer, just before graduation, but still…). I have nothing to add to the list of sights. After about 4-5 trips, I still like to walk around the North End, shop on Newbury Street, and do a show. I live in a small city, so just shopping at the Prudential Center and Trader Joe’s is a treat for me. We always did one very nice dinner - Sorellina, No. 9 Park (very special), Sel de la Terre (fun, less formal and less expensive than E’spalier), Rialto in Cambridge are some of the places we went. Some of my favorites though were Tapeo, Davio’s and Bangkok Blue. The Public Library does a good lunch and is worth a look.
The Gardner and the glass flowers are my two favorites, gee whiz, Boston sights. We always tried to go to Fenway in season and walk around Harvard Square. I’m envious, it may be cold.</p>
<p>I will be in Boston right after Thanksgiving with 4 high school girlfriends…and I must thank you ALL for the ideas in this thread…I just printed info on The Chocolate Bar and the Glass Flower exhibit…will circle back another time to get restaurant names…</p>
<p>we are gathering as one gal received a lethal diagnosis earlier this year… so, we are hoping for a memorable visit… thank you again for providing us with worthwhile options.</p>
<p>Rainy weekend forecast, so plan accordingly. BU plays Michigan hockey Sat 7 pm at fabulous Agganis Arena, H might enjoy while you are wonking it up at MIT (':</p>
<p>ICA Museum of Contemporary Art is new since your last visit, on Atlantic Ave. and a better take than Aquarium. Berklee College of Music usually has something good going on. Friday,Sat., Sun Maureen McGovern stars in musical memoir of the 1960’s at Boston Center For the Arts. Google Huntington Theatre at Boston University for details. </p>
<p>I love Legal Seafood any location, and go several times per year. You usually can’t go wrong for freshest fish. Have a great trip.</p>
<p>“HobeyBaker” is a great handle. I can’t imagine tix will be available for BU/Michigan.</p>
<p>I get bored at the glass flowers; it’s a room with these elaborate glass flowers made by a father & son for botanical study. If you’re really into flowers, then you might want to examine a bunch but it’s more a “well, I saw that” kind of thing because they are sort of surreal. Another sort of surreal thing is the Maparium, which is inside the Christian Science HQ in Back Bay - the older office building, not the tower or the “Mother Church.” It’s a walkway through an inside out, huge glass globe from the late 30’s. Very cool, almost unknown. </p>
<p>If you’re interested at all in bars, Boston has a ton of good ones. You can hear traditional Irish music at a number of them. If you like antiques, try Charles Street at the foot of Beacon Hill and also walk up some of the beautiful side streets on the hill. </p>
<p>If someone is visiting MIT, walk along the Charles. The view is exquisite. It’s also a great run over the Mass Ave bridge, along the Storrow Lagoon and over either the Longfellow Bridge or by the Science Museum (which adds a mile plus). Great views, flat path, and in the early morning you get these extraordinary light fogs on the river, with the ducks and geese swimming in and out of light.</p>
<p>“HobeyBaker” is a great handle. I can’t imagine tix will be available for BU/Michigan.</p>
<p>I get bored at the glass flowers; it’s a room with these elaborate glass flowers made by a father & son for botanical study. If you’re really into flowers, then you might want to examine a bunch but it’s more a “well, I saw that” kind of thing because they are sort of surreal. Another sort of surreal thing is the Maparium, which is inside the Christian Science HQ in Back Bay - the older office building, not the tower or the “Mother Church.” It’s a walkway through an inside out, huge glass globe from the late 30’s. Very cool, almost unknown. </p>
<p>If you’re interested at all in bars, Boston has a ton of good ones. You can hear traditional Irish music at a number of them. If you like antiques, try Charles Street at the foot of Beacon Hill and also walk up some of the beautiful side streets on the hill. </p>
<p>If someone is visiting MIT, walk along the Charles. The view is exquisite. It’s also a great run over the Mass Ave bridge, along the Storrow Lagoon and over either the Longfellow Bridge or by the Science Museum (which adds a mile plus). Great views, flat path, and in the early morning you get these extraordinary light fogs on the river, with the ducks and geese swimming in and out of light.</p>
<p>We stopped at Harvard Square this past September while on the way to D’s first year at Dartmouth. Looking forward to a number of trips through Boston in the next 4 years and laying down some memories, like Cangel. This September, though, I couldn’t resist lazily browsing in Bob Slate, the stationers. My hometown is missing a real good stationery store.</p>
<p>Wow, thanks so much for all these wonderful ideas. We fly out Friday and can’t wait to see the sites. </p>
<p>Weather update from Bostonians? Snow?</p>
<p>Today’s forecast is for mostly sunny with a high of 73!</p>
<p>But unfortunately Saturday is supposed to be rainy and a high of 63 - so bring an umbrella.</p>
<p>Sunday won’t be too bad - partly sunny with a high of 64.</p>
<p>It’s been a wonderful two days in Boston so far, with one more full day tomorrow. We arrived Friday night after an easy flight and made our way to our hotel via bus and train, thanks to a helpful concierge at the airport (don’t seen any of those at LAX, that’s for sure). </p>
<p>We had some delicious grilled fish (moon fish) at Skip Jack’s in downtown-- highly recommend that restaurant for service, food and setting. Saturday was rainy and windy but it was fun exploring MIT, participating in a neat conference, hanging out around Harvard Square (had a great pumpkin beer at John Harvard’s Brew House), dropped in at Coop and Harvard bookstores and then, coming back downtown on the metro, we wandered around and ate super thin, extremely delicious pizza at Upper Crust on Newbury Street. </p>
<p>We attended church this morning in Old South Church and were impressed by the organ and choir and the beauty of the stained glass windows. After church, we grabbed a coffee at Starbucks and walked in the park on Commonwealth and then along the Charles River. There are still quite a few trees with leaves: red, gold, yellow (not the ugly brown like in So. Cal). The skies were so blue and the cool wind was refreshing. The sailboats on the river were fun to watch, and there were hundreds of people out running, cycling, walking, even fishing. We walked over to Fenway (the stadium was closed for tours, unfortunately) and sampled another beer, Fenway Pale Ale, at Boston Beerworks, where I had a lobster roll and H had a red snapper sandwich, both good, the service excellent. We walked some more and went up to the top of the Prudential building (pricey but what a view!), strolled through the mall there and wandered back up Newbury for a while. </p>
<p>Tomorrow we’ll walk up to the North End and check out the shops and restaurants in the Italian district, and drop by Brattle Books. Our plane leaves tomorrow evening for Seattle. </p>
<p>Boston is a gorgeous city, and the people have been friendly and welcoming at every point. :)</p>
<p>I have lived in Boston/the Boston area my entire life. I love Boston. Definitely the Freedom trail, Science Museum, Aquarium, a sports game (Bruins? Celtics? who is in town?). A whale watch, if they are still running, dress warmly, duck boats are still running, I saw them two days ago. Harvard Square is a lot of fun, especially on Sat nights. Lots of good jazz around here (scullers/Ryles) Have fun!</p>
<p>ooh, just noticed you are almost done with your trip. Mikes and Modern are two pastry shops in the North End to die for. If you have time walk over to Charlestown and see old Ironsides.</p>
<p>Ooh, thanks mamom. We’ll keep an eye out for Mikes and Modern… thanks! Ironsides might make it into the itinerary if we walk fast enough. The weather was so gorgeous today, btw!</p>
<p>Went to Ironsides 2 weeks ago. A little wait in line, but the boys (20 & 23) and I really enjoyed it. My 6’5" son spent a good bit of our tour hunched over though!</p>
<p>Mike’s almost always has a long line, but worth the wait. I also love the Aquarium.</p>
<p>We went to Salem today with visitors from overseas. Gorgeous fall weather. There was still enough foliage for them to ooh and aah. Outside the Peabody Essex Museum, there was a Halloween festival in full swing. we spent three blissful hours admiring the Museum, its Asian collection including an old house transferred from China and artifacts related to Salem’s maritime history. Salem is about one hour’s drive from Boston and well worth a visit.</p>
<p>momof2inca, thanks for the travel report! I’m glad you had a good time.</p>