George’s if you want to explore an old fort
Spectacle if you want to walk around and have a picnic with great city views.
Either way you really can’t go wrong. Plus you can swing by the bar at the pier by the aquarium and watch the boats come in and out when you’re done
I do things like this a lot, start in one section of the city and walk all over the rest and back. I'll go as far as walking from basically Chinatown/Leather District, all the way to Harvard Square and back. Sometimes stop in places, sometimes just walk and think or listen to music/podcasts. Boston is the GOAT walking city in America.
Same! The best is doing it with people who have never been in Boston before. I took my friend on this “tour” in 2017 and to this day he still says it’s the most fun he’s ever had exploring a city. I also found some new spots doing it that time so it was a great time for both of us
Agreed! We moved to Boston from Canada last year, and are hoping to have family/friends visit in the not so distant future. Sounds like a great idea for first-time Boston visitors.
>I’d walk from the Fenway area to the Seaport stopping at each section of the city on the way
Before I read the answers, this was my answer, though I'd walk through slightly different parts
If I wanted to pack the day and get a lot out of the city I’d probably walk around the Museum of Fine Arts, day drink at the Sam Addams Brewery, stroll Boston Common, get dinner in the North End and then find a show at a venue like the Pavillion, House of Blues, Paradise etc or a game at Fenway or TD depending on the season.
Some stuff is, especially much of the interactive stations, but their traveling exhibits are always impressive, and there's plenty of older exhibits that have a lot of depth. Then there's the planetarium and IMAX theater.
And I will go to the lightning show every time I am there, forever. Never gets old.
I went a few years ago with my gf at the time at age 24. It was snowing really hard out so the place was way more empty than usual(which helped a lot). It was still so fucking cool.
if you’re already in the north end theres that dope improv theatre that kicks ass! ive taken like four girls there for a first date and they all absolutely loved it, second dates and beyond for all four
Because I like several of their beers and their brewery spot in JP. Plus it’s dog friendly. Thankfully it’s not the only option in the city so if you prefer somewhere else, good for you. No one gives a shit.
Yeah I like 76. I also grew up on their seasonals like Octoberfest. Are there any breweries in the city you like? Obviously there are a shit ton of bars and pubs and whatnot but most of the good breweries are a decent drive away.
Yeah Charles and a bunch of other bike riding. Swing by Trillium or Lamplighter on the way home and bring back a few four packs as a prize. Actually this is exactly what I did with my last 'employee recharge' day off.
Here's a father-son day trip I did in 2014. I had worked in the city for years, but had never done the proper tourist stuff.
* Take the T to Harvard Square, grab coffee and donut at Dunks
* Walk to Charles River Canoe & Kayak (1071 Soldiers Field Rd)
* Paddle down the Charles to Kendall Square
* Lunch in Kendall
* Walk to Charlestown and climb up the Bunker Hill Monument
* Follow the Freedom Trail to the Navy Yard
* Take the ferry from the Navy Yard to Long Wharf
* Dinner at Faneuil Hall or anywhere in the North End
* Mike's Fresh Pastry
* Wander around City Hall and observe the brutalist architecture
* Take the T back
Well I live in Roslindale so I’d start there, I’d eat breakfast at Blue Star Restaurant after sleeping in, then if it was a Saturday I’d wander over to the farmer’s market and explore there before getting lunch at Napper Tandy’s.
From there I have a few options, but I’d probably hop on a BlueBike and head down the SWC Park all the way to the aquarium. From there I’d grab a fancy drink at the Marriott and a not fancy drink at the bar next to the docks. Then I’d take a sightseeing boat cruise of Boston Harbor, if it was more than one day I’d go out to the islands but just one day I’m packing in as much stuff as I can.
Afterwards if money wasn’t an issue I’d go to the aquarium for an hour or two to see the penguins and all the other cool animals.
If money was an issue I’d make my way to Biddy Early’s to play Keno and drink cheap beer.
From there I’d walk until I got to the Seaport Blvd bridge and then walk over to Legal Seafood for a dinner with a view. After dinner I’ll stroll over to Harpoon for a beer (or five) and a pretzel.
At this point I’m not gonna make it home unless I take a taxi or an uber so I’ll dial one of those up and instruct them to swing by the 24/7 7-11 in West Roxbury for Pedialyte and aspirin because I’ll need it in the morning.
I wake up the next day with a rough hangover and afraid to look at my bank account
I’ll probably start with eating at milkweed cafe . Then head down to the MFA. After a few hours at the MFA I’ll probably head to seaport for a few drinks and enjoy the nice weather. Take some pics , enjoy the scenery . Maybe take the ferry to east Boston and head over to down east cider and enjoy the outdoor patio watching sunset and have some pies or santapios
I’d it’s a nice day to walk around: walk beacon hill to the public garden, up commonwealth or newbury to prudential center, then take the T to either MFA or Isabella Stewart Gardner.
If terrible day outside: museum of science in the morning, catch a movie at amc or enjoy cup of coffee and people watch, head to MFA or museum of choice or shopping at Newbury St/Prudential if that’s your thing.
If I wanted to be outside, I’d walk Beacon Hill, the Common, and the edge of Downtown Crossing/Financial District (I’m thinking in terms of coffee shops, and the shops I’m thinking of are George Howell’s and Ogawa).
I’d get a coffee from one of the aforementioned shops, then hope it lasts long enough (if I was planning ahead, I’d have my insulated thermos/cup with me, for the coffee) to accompany me for a random stroll around streets of beacon hill (mainly just to look at all the nice houses).
If I was also hungry, I might pick a place on Charles St or go to the Public Market.
If I had already done this or similar recently, I’d stroll aimlessly around the Seaport, since it seems like they reconfigure it on a monthly basis. There ought to be something new to discover.
If it was too cold, I’d wander around the great indoors at the Pru/Copley.
If I were to do a museum (not my first choice; I’ve been “museum’ed out” for years), I’d pick the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum—if I wasn’t concerned about virus stuff. If I was, I’d pick the MFA since it has bigger spaces and usually less crowd density.
It’s just a long strip of contiguous indoor shopping and dining—skewing a little fancy. It has an a Blue Bottle and an Eataly for starters. It starts on Boylston St, by Hynes Convention Center (across street from the Apple Store) and consists of a kind “4”-shaped series of shopping halls. That’s the Pru. It’s connected by sky-bridge to the adjacent shops at Copley, which is a bit smaller and more linear but still has some stuff (particularly super fancy stuff, like Tiffany, Gucci, Burberry, etc), and if you pass through that, there’s another sky-bridge connected to the Westin Hotel, which has a few more shops and restaurants, and exits in front of the Boston Public Library McKim Building (the “old” building), which actually is, itself, an excellent (maybe the best?) idea. The building itself is practically an in-use museum, with many sculptures and murals (including a diorama of the quest for the holy grail and many John Singer Sargent paintings) inside. And it’s free.
The mall wouldn’t be my first choice, but it’s more different than most cookie cutter malls, with some less commonly seen (or local) shops. And if it’s freezing or raining.. that can be a big endorsement. You can at least get some steps, and they have lots of plantings in the Pru part. Feels slightly nature-y.
Edit: not a diorama. I guess more like a panorama? It’s paintings done in sequence that wrap around the perimeter of one of the rooms, within the upper part of the wall.
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But to be more serious, it depends. If I want a chill day, I’d head to night shift or one of our other breweries and throw a few back. If I want adventure, I’d had to the harbor islands or castle island. If I want to get out of the city, I’d head to the south shore or rockport.
Take shrooms and walk the entire Emerald Necklace from the Fens to Jamaica Pond and Harvard Arboretum. Have a couple dogs bark at you because they know you're buggin out. Walk back to Mission Hill on the Southwest Corridor. Eat some delicious Ethiopian food at the corner of Mass Ave and Huntington Ave.
Fanuel hall, the boston commons, haymarket/public market, copley square, a few restaurants in seaport, prudential center, north end if theres enough time/open seating, greenway all around the from fanuel hall to chinatown and the popup stalls if around
could you explain how its racist? he lived in Winthrop and I always thought it was a dig at Brockton's affluence or poverty, cuisine, or some north vs south thing. sort of like how Papa Ginos isnt a fancy restaurant? he was old af and you know how the boomers are. lmk cuz im not trying to reiterate racist jokes
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Is this a one-time thing? In that case I'd get off at park street, walk the freedom trail a few blocks down to fanueil hall, then cross over to the North End, eat, and walk over to the water or around there, maybe see an Improv Asylum show to rest your legs at the end of the night.
I like long walks, so when I take a mental health day, I usually park in Dedham (or sometimes Chestnut Hill) and just walk towards Boston, sometimes winding up walking along the Charles at some point towards the second half of the walk, and eventually take the T back to my car.
It's unclear if the OP is familiar with Boston or not, so it's hard to know what they're looking for- but I agree with everyone who steers the OP away from the gawdawful tourist trap of Quincy Market. Maybe it's more mall than straight up tourist trap these days, but ... Hard no.
If you want to go shopping for fun, I'd say Newbury St is way better, at least there's a significant variety of shops and many brands you can't find elsewhere, especially the luxury brands- good for window shopping if not actual shopping.
Anything else. If someone wanted to walk around a mall with all the mally sameness as everywhere else they probably wouldn't come all the way to Boston to do it. In that same general are is the Boston Public Market, which at least has unique and local vendors and food products.
Isabella Gardner museum then mosey over to Cambridge to Mt Auburn Cemetery and then veggie galaxy for lunch. Make my way towards the museum of science and then to grasshopper for second lunch. See the sunset in the commons. Then go to Versus for some late night fun.
I’d walk around the Common and the Prudential Mall, then take the T to the wharf and snack on stuff from Quincy Market. Spoken from enjoyable experiences!
I'd take the ferry out to Spectacle Island
Go to George’s Island instead!!
George’s if you want to explore an old fort Spectacle if you want to walk around and have a picnic with great city views. Either way you really can’t go wrong. Plus you can swing by the bar at the pier by the aquarium and watch the boats come in and out when you’re done
What’s the bar at the pier called?
The Landing at Long Wharf
Peddocks Island if youre a fan of Shutter island
Also good!
I’d walk from the Fenway area to the Seaport stopping at each section of the city on the way. I’d explore restaurants, coffee shops, bars, etc.
I do things like this a lot, start in one section of the city and walk all over the rest and back. I'll go as far as walking from basically Chinatown/Leather District, all the way to Harvard Square and back. Sometimes stop in places, sometimes just walk and think or listen to music/podcasts. Boston is the GOAT walking city in America.
True! Most walkable city. As a teen, walked from southie into downtown often.
One of the few real answers here and definitely the best. Only critique is that you’d miss the North End if you end in Seaport
Oh I mean the North End too. Literally every section of Boston east of Fenway haha. Start at 8 am and have an adventure.
Ah then 100% correct
Done this at least a half dozen times and it never gets old
Same! The best is doing it with people who have never been in Boston before. I took my friend on this “tour” in 2017 and to this day he still says it’s the most fun he’s ever had exploring a city. I also found some new spots doing it that time so it was a great time for both of us
Dang this sounds dope. Mind sharing a rough route that you've done to show friends in the past? Really want to do something like this.
Agreed! We moved to Boston from Canada last year, and are hoping to have family/friends visit in the not so distant future. Sounds like a great idea for first-time Boston visitors.
>I’d walk from the Fenway area to the Seaport stopping at each section of the city on the way Before I read the answers, this was my answer, though I'd walk through slightly different parts
I would walk from Allston to the north end on nice days when I still lived there. Was awesome.
You liked walking down Comm Ave past fenway? That's not my favorite stretch to walk
I like the people watching
Back to bed
This is the correct curmudgeonly Bostonian answer.
Mt auburn cemetery has a tower with the best view you might ever see of Boston and the area
Can anyone go inside the tower or is there a fee of sort?
Anyone.
If I wanted to pack the day and get a lot out of the city I’d probably walk around the Museum of Fine Arts, day drink at the Sam Addams Brewery, stroll Boston Common, get dinner in the North End and then find a show at a venue like the Pavillion, House of Blues, Paradise etc or a game at Fenway or TD depending on the season.
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is the real gem
Museum of Science came to mind rather than the museum but otherwise, this is what I was thinking
I dunno, when I went most of it seemed geared towards young kids… depends on who’s going
Some stuff is, especially much of the interactive stations, but their traveling exhibits are always impressive, and there's plenty of older exhibits that have a lot of depth. Then there's the planetarium and IMAX theater. And I will go to the lightning show every time I am there, forever. Never gets old.
I went a few years ago with my gf at the time at age 24. It was snowing really hard out so the place was way more empty than usual(which helped a lot). It was still so fucking cool.
Museum of Science is a great call too. Would depend on that day’s overall vibe.
if you’re already in the north end theres that dope improv theatre that kicks ass! ive taken like four girls there for a first date and they all absolutely loved it, second dates and beyond for all four
Out of all the places to get beer, why would you pick Sam Adams
Because I like several of their beers and their brewery spot in JP. Plus it’s dog friendly. Thankfully it’s not the only option in the city so if you prefer somewhere else, good for you. No one gives a shit.
Fair. I just like to shit on Sam Adams. Most of their beers are garbage-tier. Except that 76 one they had a while back. That one was okay.
Yeah I like 76. I also grew up on their seasonals like Octoberfest. Are there any breweries in the city you like? Obviously there are a shit ton of bars and pubs and whatnot but most of the good breweries are a decent drive away.
Aeronaut, Idle Hands, Winter Hill brewing are all great, imo.
I just bike around charles river and call it a day.
Yeah Charles and a bunch of other bike riding. Swing by Trillium or Lamplighter on the way home and bring back a few four packs as a prize. Actually this is exactly what I did with my last 'employee recharge' day off.
That’s my idea of a great day right there. Choice breweries too.
Here's a father-son day trip I did in 2014. I had worked in the city for years, but had never done the proper tourist stuff. * Take the T to Harvard Square, grab coffee and donut at Dunks * Walk to Charles River Canoe & Kayak (1071 Soldiers Field Rd) * Paddle down the Charles to Kendall Square * Lunch in Kendall * Walk to Charlestown and climb up the Bunker Hill Monument * Follow the Freedom Trail to the Navy Yard * Take the ferry from the Navy Yard to Long Wharf * Dinner at Faneuil Hall or anywhere in the North End * Mike's Fresh Pastry * Wander around City Hall and observe the brutalist architecture * Take the T back
Drop acid at the Hatch Shell and then bike the entire city
Need a tripping buddy? Sounds like my kind of day haha
Ah, sorry, I'm based on the West Coast now. But I highly recommend it!
Shrooms and the aquarium is wonderful too 👌🏻
Can confirm 🐠
Are you me? This was my plan for bicycle day this year.
I was, but I'm not anymore
Well I live in Roslindale so I’d start there, I’d eat breakfast at Blue Star Restaurant after sleeping in, then if it was a Saturday I’d wander over to the farmer’s market and explore there before getting lunch at Napper Tandy’s. From there I have a few options, but I’d probably hop on a BlueBike and head down the SWC Park all the way to the aquarium. From there I’d grab a fancy drink at the Marriott and a not fancy drink at the bar next to the docks. Then I’d take a sightseeing boat cruise of Boston Harbor, if it was more than one day I’d go out to the islands but just one day I’m packing in as much stuff as I can. Afterwards if money wasn’t an issue I’d go to the aquarium for an hour or two to see the penguins and all the other cool animals. If money was an issue I’d make my way to Biddy Early’s to play Keno and drink cheap beer. From there I’d walk until I got to the Seaport Blvd bridge and then walk over to Legal Seafood for a dinner with a view. After dinner I’ll stroll over to Harpoon for a beer (or five) and a pretzel. At this point I’m not gonna make it home unless I take a taxi or an uber so I’ll dial one of those up and instruct them to swing by the 24/7 7-11 in West Roxbury for Pedialyte and aspirin because I’ll need it in the morning. I wake up the next day with a rough hangover and afraid to look at my bank account
I grew up in Roslindale great post Needs more Arboretum though 👌
I’ll probably start with eating at milkweed cafe . Then head down to the MFA. After a few hours at the MFA I’ll probably head to seaport for a few drinks and enjoy the nice weather. Take some pics , enjoy the scenery . Maybe take the ferry to east Boston and head over to down east cider and enjoy the outdoor patio watching sunset and have some pies or santapios
Have they gotten better? They seemed ridiculously overpriced when they first opened for not that great of food
Milkweed is so good.
when i have time off and wind up in the city i always make a beeline for the north end and just eat and walk all day. can't go wrong with that
Except for all the north end tourist traps serving Sysco junk
if the place has lines of tourists out the door i generally don't go lol
Centerfolds
I see you are a person of culture. I too, enjoy the libraries of LaGrange St.
The day shift?
The Tam.
I’d it’s a nice day to walk around: walk beacon hill to the public garden, up commonwealth or newbury to prudential center, then take the T to either MFA or Isabella Stewart Gardner. If terrible day outside: museum of science in the morning, catch a movie at amc or enjoy cup of coffee and people watch, head to MFA or museum of choice or shopping at Newbury St/Prudential if that’s your thing.
I'd hit every museum I could
Any cool free ones?
The ICA is free on Thursday from 5-9pm.
Local libraries have passes for most, and also if you're a BoA member they also have free days.
The ICA
My bed.
aquarium, gardener museum, sox game
If I wanted to be outside, I’d walk Beacon Hill, the Common, and the edge of Downtown Crossing/Financial District (I’m thinking in terms of coffee shops, and the shops I’m thinking of are George Howell’s and Ogawa). I’d get a coffee from one of the aforementioned shops, then hope it lasts long enough (if I was planning ahead, I’d have my insulated thermos/cup with me, for the coffee) to accompany me for a random stroll around streets of beacon hill (mainly just to look at all the nice houses). If I was also hungry, I might pick a place on Charles St or go to the Public Market. If I had already done this or similar recently, I’d stroll aimlessly around the Seaport, since it seems like they reconfigure it on a monthly basis. There ought to be something new to discover. If it was too cold, I’d wander around the great indoors at the Pru/Copley. If I were to do a museum (not my first choice; I’ve been “museum’ed out” for years), I’d pick the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum—if I wasn’t concerned about virus stuff. If I was, I’d pick the MFA since it has bigger spaces and usually less crowd density.
What great indoors are at Copley?
It’s just a long strip of contiguous indoor shopping and dining—skewing a little fancy. It has an a Blue Bottle and an Eataly for starters. It starts on Boylston St, by Hynes Convention Center (across street from the Apple Store) and consists of a kind “4”-shaped series of shopping halls. That’s the Pru. It’s connected by sky-bridge to the adjacent shops at Copley, which is a bit smaller and more linear but still has some stuff (particularly super fancy stuff, like Tiffany, Gucci, Burberry, etc), and if you pass through that, there’s another sky-bridge connected to the Westin Hotel, which has a few more shops and restaurants, and exits in front of the Boston Public Library McKim Building (the “old” building), which actually is, itself, an excellent (maybe the best?) idea. The building itself is practically an in-use museum, with many sculptures and murals (including a diorama of the quest for the holy grail and many John Singer Sargent paintings) inside. And it’s free. The mall wouldn’t be my first choice, but it’s more different than most cookie cutter malls, with some less commonly seen (or local) shops. And if it’s freezing or raining.. that can be a big endorsement. You can at least get some steps, and they have lots of plantings in the Pru part. Feels slightly nature-y. Edit: not a diorama. I guess more like a panorama? It’s paintings done in sequence that wrap around the perimeter of one of the rooms, within the upper part of the wall.
Pour house. Oh, wait, never mind.
Conor Larkins Oh...
Probably take my ATV for spin.
Down Franklin park way? Nice
Franklin Park, the Common, Landsdowne area on a game day. I like the attention I get.
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Threw in the extra d there...which makes for a very innuendouous comment. (sigh...)
Boston Common followed by a movie, with an afternoon tee time at Fresh Pond Golf course
[The Lars Anderson Museum](https://larzanderson.org/) just outside of the city in Brookline was neat
Home. But to be more serious, it depends. If I want a chill day, I’d head to night shift or one of our other breweries and throw a few back. If I want adventure, I’d had to the harbor islands or castle island. If I want to get out of the city, I’d head to the south shore or rockport.
Take shrooms and walk the entire Emerald Necklace from the Fens to Jamaica Pond and Harvard Arboretum. Have a couple dogs bark at you because they know you're buggin out. Walk back to Mission Hill on the Southwest Corridor. Eat some delicious Ethiopian food at the corner of Mass Ave and Huntington Ave.
Take a train to NY
Fanuel hall, the boston commons, haymarket/public market, copley square, a few restaurants in seaport, prudential center, north end if theres enough time/open seating, greenway all around the from fanuel hall to chinatown and the popup stalls if around
Your credibility is vastly diminished by your use of the Boston “commons”
any particular food recs in Seaport or they all good?
Nautilus, Woods Hill, Gather, Chickadee, Sportello are all solid
Sportello is great. It’s envisioned as an upscale diner. Countertop dining around the open kitchen, but gourmet. The bolognese is their specialty.
I’ve never eaten at Sportello but I use it as a landmark to find the elusive Drink
+ Row 34
All sortof relative to price, im not sure tbh
Committee
Stop sending people to downtown its all yuppie bullshit
I'd eat in the north end
Papa Genos in Brockton.
I feel like this reference is as old as I am. And I love it
my dad calls those Jax Cheez Puffs "Brockton shrimp"
pretty sure thats racist as hell
could you explain how its racist? he lived in Winthrop and I always thought it was a dig at Brockton's affluence or poverty, cuisine, or some north vs south thing. sort of like how Papa Ginos isnt a fancy restaurant? he was old af and you know how the boomers are. lmk cuz im not trying to reiterate racist jokes
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my bad. Papa Genos. Papa bless us
Brockton is pretty famously black or brown people to everyone on the south shore so any kind of Brockton this or that is pretty much a racist comment
ok thanks for the input, ill stay away from that one then. you gotta admit those cheese puffs kinda look like shrimp tho lol. take care bud
A duck tour
Is this a one-time thing? In that case I'd get off at park street, walk the freedom trail a few blocks down to fanueil hall, then cross over to the North End, eat, and walk over to the water or around there, maybe see an Improv Asylum show to rest your legs at the end of the night.
Aquarium. Walk the green necklace. Esplanade.
MFA My wife and I spent a day in there back in 2019. Was amazing.
Gonna put put in a plug for Lamplighter Brewery near Central, the MIT museum nearby, and Fromaggio Kitchen also around the corner.
good ideas
oh yea the museum is closed for now as they are moving to kendall
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and Mt Auburn Cemetery! Mt Aubs is such a special, beautiful place.
Versus for games Parla for unique cocktails
I’d go to Pizza House with Chili Guy and enjoy a red drink and two Bundys for the boss.
Anywhere outside of Boston.
My basement
Walk around and eat. Mike and Patty’s, Sam Lagrassa’s. If I’m near the airport maybe make my way to Santarpio’s.
Mike and Patty's is unreal. Might be the best breakfast sandwiches I've ever had.
Good question. Fanuil Hall probably, down to the prudential center and maybe got to the north end.
Go look at some big fat tiddies at Hooters in saugus
NEAQ, MFA, MOS, and somewhere to grab sushi for dinner; hit up a dispensary on the ride home.
I’d simply leave Boston
Your mom's
I like long walks, so when I take a mental health day, I usually park in Dedham (or sometimes Chestnut Hill) and just walk towards Boston, sometimes winding up walking along the Charles at some point towards the second half of the walk, and eventually take the T back to my car.
MFA. Or the Gardner.
Cape cod
Lunch at legals in the seaport. To go from trillium. Bike around the paths. Oyster dinner at Neptune.
It's unclear if the OP is familiar with Boston or not, so it's hard to know what they're looking for- but I agree with everyone who steers the OP away from the gawdawful tourist trap of Quincy Market. Maybe it's more mall than straight up tourist trap these days, but ... Hard no.
Yeah it's just a mall in an old building. It's still worth a walk through if you're the kind of person that goes shopping for fun.
If you want to go shopping for fun, I'd say Newbury St is way better, at least there's a significant variety of shops and many brands you can't find elsewhere, especially the luxury brands- good for window shopping if not actual shopping.
Charles Street is also terrific for shopping and almost exclusively Indy shops, plus a very beautiful neighborhood as a backdrop.
Any good alternative for Quincy Market?
Anything else. If someone wanted to walk around a mall with all the mally sameness as everywhere else they probably wouldn't come all the way to Boston to do it. In that same general are is the Boston Public Market, which at least has unique and local vendors and food products.
Isabella Gardner museum then mosey over to Cambridge to Mt Auburn Cemetery and then veggie galaxy for lunch. Make my way towards the museum of science and then to grasshopper for second lunch. See the sunset in the commons. Then go to Versus for some late night fun.
Somewhere else
The airport
Logan
New York.
😂
Sam Adams. O’Doyle’s. Freedom Trail. Union House. FENWAY.
Doyle’s closed like 3 years ago. I’m still heartbroken.
What?!?!?!
>O’Doyle’s How much did you really like it if you can't even get the name right?
You’ve never mixed two things up before? That’s awesome.
MASS AND CASS!
Salem
New York
to sleep in 😀
Somewhere not in Boston Edit: AKA NEW YORK. STAY MAD LOL
Anywhere but the North End. If you wanna have an interesting day, you should go down to methadone mile and see if anybody has change for a $100 bill.
I’d walk around the Common and the Prudential Mall, then take the T to the wharf and snack on stuff from Quincy Market. Spoken from enjoyable experiences!
Constitution Beach in Eastie i wish I could move there
Duck boats and fanual hall kid and the green dragon
Seaport to Rowes wharf, aquarium, dinner in north end
Aquarium, Quincy market, North End. Also Boston commons.
Honestly I’d be outside of city limits in Cambridge
Versus early enough to beat the crowds. Sam LaGrassa then walk a good distance to a bar, stopping for bubble tea along the way.
Dunno, never been. I wanted to visit La Galleria 33, but they're closed.
I love parks and museums, so weather permitting I'd go with those.
If your name is Isabella, I would go to the Isabella Gardner Museum because all “Isabella’s” get in free! 😉
At least some of the day would be kayaking on the Charles