I'm already walking toward that pig slide that went viral, what other shenanigans should I experience in this town?
edit: apparently i've been spelling Boston wrong.
I'm already walking toward that pig slide that went viral, what other shenanigans should I experience in this town?
edit: apparently i've been spelling Boston wrong.
Even better ….. AS A DAD! I’ve had several sleepovers at MoS, Battleship Massachusetts, Cruiser Quincy, whatever that eco center is in metro west. Sleepovers are wasted on kids but it can be a blast shepherding them.
Dad-ventures can start early - my first was sneaking out of a cabin at daybreak, to go on a hike and give my little one his first bottle of the day at the top of a mountain in the Adirondacks
nice, i can walk there. google maps kept trying to make me take the ferry this morning from the airport but i eventually stumbled onto the blue line and got across.
I mean, realistically that's mild compared to what some Bostonians would say if they saw them spell it that way.
You gotta remember the new generations never got to fight as kids, so they didn’t develop empathy, and cannot utilize the theory of mind necessary to understand sarcasm.
I worked at a brain trauma ward in Boston. I was running a study there so I wasn’t really on the staff.
One of the patients was missing a portion of his skull. He’d tilt his head and it would slosh like a waterbed.
He told me he’d been hit in the head with a metal pipe by a stranger … during the celebrations after the Red Sox won some championship.
So that should give you an idea about what Boston is like.
Oh my god that is so fucking awful.
My friend had a friend, he was cycling down the road and somebody whacked him in the head with a bar. He suffered brain damage and succumbed to alcoholism and eventually suicide. This world sucks so bad.
Go yell obscenities at Paul Revere's house for waking people up in the middle of the night.
Go apartment hunting and be amazed that Boston has the 2nd highest avg 1br rent in the country
Tours of Fenway Park are cool even if you don't like baseball. Good food in the area, too. Go to tasty burger for lunch.
Keep pointing it out to the tour guide, Im sure they'll both love and appreciate the joke for the 10,000th time that day.
Seconded. When I go to a Red Sox game, I park a mile or so away and walk to it; partially for cheaper parking, but also because I think the area surrounding is cool. The sights, smells and sounds of Yawkey Way right around the park are also amazing; though I'm sure I have plenty of nostalga baked into that.
sound good, i'll check it out.
edit: found part of it next to the pig slide, not at all what i was expecting. i am humbled.
For clarification i'm seriously asking for suggestions, your responses don't have to be serious though.
I presume he means the big slide in the new playground at government center. Adults keep going down and getting tossed, a video of a cop doing it went viral this week: https://www.wwlp.com/news/viral-video-shows-boston-cop-injuring-himself-on-childrens-slide-but-others-have-previously-issued-warnings/
i didn't get near those speeds, must need to have your boots licked or something
edit: i'm wearing all cotton, i do have nylon slacks and a polyester shirt in my bag, if i can find a place to change i can give it another go. there's a zillion kids on it at the moment so maybe i'll try again omw back to the blue line later.
Lots of things listed that, while fun, are pretty touristy. As a local I feel like I avoid those areas but here’s some food/drink spots you might check out:
Seaport: Drink
Bar Taco
Row34
Back Bay Area: Faccia A Faccia
Cambridge (Harvard/MIT area): Take the red line toward Harvard/MIT. Hop off at Central and walk either direction. Pammys - really good food $$$$ Little Donkey - also great food $$$
Brookline: Go check out Coolidge Corner. Bunch of local shops and some food. Take the Green Line (C branch) towards Cleveland Circle and exit at Coolidge Corner
Fenway: I will second that Tasty Burger is amazing. There is also a couple cool museums around there. The MFA and the Isabella Stewart Gardner.
Assuming you have to get from and to Logan to do your activities: leave any driving to Bostonians or it'll be the worst 12 hours of your life.
found the greenway, grass seems greener here than back home. looking forward to starting my new job here.
I had a great time, i eventually made it to the pig slide, it was neat but i have no idea how he got so fast. checked out the street markets near government center, that was fun. Some guy with a violin started following me around, i had my own soundtrack for a while, that was cool even though it sounded sad. Found the greenway, that place is pretty awesome. A lady slapped a cheap bracelet on me and bullied me to give her money. Checked out the freedom trail and got humbled. The park with the giant MLK arms had Shakespeare stuff going on, that was neat. Watched a street performer do a balancing act. There were cow statues...everywhere. I may need some elaboration on the cow statues. Tried to figure out if i should buy a 10 ride T pass or just pay as I go, panicked about getting stuck somewhere and ran away. i really wanted to get to the museum of science and the USS constitution but i started freaking out missing my flight so I got to the airport 3 hours early and everything went fine. Excited to come back here, thank you all for the suggestions.
Stop what you’re doing and make a reservation at Carmelina’s in the north end. The pasta there is life changing.
Puttshack is kind of fun - sort of like a combination of mini-golf and bowling. (better with a group of drunk friends though)
Harvard Square's got a bunch of nice museums and bookstores and restaurants and such, and it's pretty empty at the moment because we're past peak tourist season but the kids haven't come back yet. Brattle is showing "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" if you're a fan of second-tier Tarantino movies.