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Non-obvious awesome things to do on holiday in northeast USA
0bsessions:
You might consider elaborating on yourself a bit. I know tons to do in Boston, but considering your short post history, none of us know shit all about you to establish what you may or may not care to do.
Dependent upon when in January you're going, you might be able to catch a forumite meetup. A few regulars will be hanging out the weekend of January 16-18 in Boston. We're planning to go sledding, drink hot chocolate and wear mittens. We'll even have an Australian with us, so you might even feel a bit at home.
Regardless of what you do here, the absolute first thing you should do upon hitting the area is buy a weekly pass for the T. This is $15 USD per person and gets you unlimited rides on local buses and the subway. This will get you pretty much everywhere worthwhile. Even if you're renting a car, do this. Driving in the city is complete lunacy, especially if you're not familiar. This place is designed more for walking than driving.
I hope, for your sake, you're at least 21. The amount of things to do here in the winter is drastically reduced if you're under 21. If you are, make sure you have your passport on you at all times, as it counts as a valid photo ID to my knowledge. There are tons of good music clubs and bars in and around. That also depends on your kind of bar, too. Some folks like busy dance clubs, I myself prefer a good down to earth pub setting. Generally, both can be found within a five minute walk of pretty much anywhere in Metro-Boston.
This will be the beginning of winter for us. Snow starts to really set in in January/February. Take a day early on to basically just wander around aimlessly. That's really the best way to take in the city. Boston's only about three or four miles from one end to the other and pretty much everything is service by the subway should you get tired or cold. Optimal places to start are Charles Street, Downtown Crossing, Kenmore or the Prudential Center and then just wander in a circle.
The city's broken up into multiple districts like any other. Charles Street is heavily old, small shops and eateries. Government Center/Faneuil Hall is commonplace shops, weird architecture (Home to the World's Ugliest Building and a large amount of bars with a lot of variety. The Boston Garden (Great if you're a sports fan, the Celtics and Bruins play there) and the harbor are near there as well. Downtown Crossing is more commonplace shops (Macy's, Payless Shoes, Filenes, etc) and a lot of American fast food. Park Street has the State House, Boston Commons, Public Gardens and Beacon Hill, which are all probably the prettiest sections of the city and great for walking around (The Public Gardens is rather meh in the winter). Nearby there is Newbury Street, which has most of the upscale shopping the city has. Tons of window shopping around there, some quirky stores are in there too. Also adjacent to the Prudential and Copley buildings, two middle scale malls with good shopping without the price tag of Newbury Street. Copley Plaza and Berklee College are near here too. Copley is a nice view with most of the city's modern architecture nearby. Berklee has a strong music scene nearby, being a music college. Shortly from there is Kenmore Square which has mostly sports bars and dance clubs and Fenway Park, which is where the Red Sox play.
Outside the city is even more stuff. I live in Cambridge, which is the big college sector with Harvard and MIT nearby. Strong hipster element if you're into that sort of thing. Somerville is fun if you're a dirty hippie.
Trollstormur:
If you're out near boston, I understand it's customary to get drunk and beat your wife. Maybe it's past time you popped her in the mouth, eh?
0bsessions:
That would probably be more amusing if it wasn't grounded in fact.
Dazed:
That is so clichéd. These days we just get drunk and beat other people's wives.
Scandanavian War Machine:
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--- Quote from: Patrick on 08 Dec 2008, 06:58 ---Yeah, listen to Tommy, go to West America instead and hang with me for Christmas. I am going to be bored out of my skull.
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wait where in west america are you? let's kick it.
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I will be in California from the 12th until the 27th. The Bay Area specifically. Where are you?
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aw fudgsicles nevermind.
i'm up by Seattle.
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