Beantown tourism
Jun. 4th, 2008 08:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
So my plan while in Boston has generally been "be a tourist while normal people work, then hang out with folks in the evening." This worked well yesterday (the Arboretum is very pretty; and then I learned to play mah jongg!) and I figured it would work pretty well today, too, since usually when I come to Boston I am not primarily doing touristy things, so clearly there should be plenty of things to see. But, er, looking at the "things to do in Boston" page, it turns out I have seen rather more of them than I realized! At various points in the last ten years, I have visited the ISG art museum, the science museum, the public garden and Boston Common, the markets at Faneuil Hall, and the shops on Newbury Street. It'd be nice to walk the Freedom Trail, but it looks sort of wet today. What else should I see? (If anyone wants to come along, bonus!)
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Date: 2008-06-04 12:45 pm (UTC)Notably missing from your list were the Aquarium (though that's better with a group and I think the penguin exhibit may still be under repair) and the MIT Museum (small but often quite a lot of fun in a nerdy way). And of course "slightly damp" is the best possible weather for a Duck Tour, the ultimate in tourist-ism.
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Date: 2008-06-04 12:48 pm (UTC)Good to know about the Aquarium -- something for next time I guess!
The ducks, alas, do not impress me much, because we have them up in the Wisconsin Dells. You can tell me that these ducks are the original ducks, that, in fact, they are pre-revolutionary ducks, and I will still not be too impressed. ;)
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Date: 2008-06-05 12:18 am (UTC)Let's see. . .uh. . .
Boston Duck Boats. . .clueless honkies!
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Date: 2008-06-04 03:45 pm (UTC)The new ICA (institute for contemporary art) is well-spoken-of and its current exhibit sounds neat, though I've never been.
I think one of these places has a Wednesday deal.
Um, Tomb?
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Date: 2008-06-05 01:07 am (UTC)Of course, I'm a semi-regular LARPer, so I guess it's no surprise that I was a bit underwhelmed.
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Date: 2008-06-04 09:17 pm (UTC)I don't know what else you should do, but have fun!
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Date: 2008-06-05 12:16 am (UTC)Also, Fort Independence, which is attached to the mainland.
Oh, and the Boston Public Library.