Anyone in the Boston Area???
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Anyone in the Boston Area???
My DS who is 19 is headed to Boston tomorrow for a Dropkick Murphy's concert on Sunday night. I was wondering if anyone could recommend things for them to do Fri, Sat and Sun before the concert?
They are staying at a hotel right by Fenway Park.
TIA
Fenway Park area is a great place to be on a weekend for a teenager! There are some great clubs that are 18+ (if you are under 21, you have to wear a band or go to a separate area). Jillian's is right there! They are a "sports" complex... pool tables, video games. I've taken my 15 year old DSS there and he's had a ball!!
Plenty of Cheap Eats places in the Fenway/Kenmore Square area!
Check out www.boston.com and then go to the A&E (Arts and Entertainment) section. You can find out anything that's going on in the city, including restaurants, special events, etc.!
Thanks Angela!! I will check it out!
That should be a great concert. Ditto everything Angela said, he should have a blast.
but give him the following info:
For those of you who have never been to "Bawstin", this is a good guideline.
I hope you will consider coming to"Beantown" in the near future.
For those who call New England home, this is just plain great!
Information on Boston and the surrounding area:
There's no school on School Street, no court on Court Street, no dock on Dock Square, no water on Water Street.
Back Bay streets are in alphabetical "oddah":..........Arlington, Berkeley, Clarendon, Dartmouth, etc.
So are South Boston streets: A, B, C, D, etc.
If the streets are named after trees (e.g. Walnut,Chestnut, Cedar), you're on Beacon Hill.
If they're named after poets, you're in Wellesley.
Massachusetts Ave is Mass Ave;
Commonwealth Ave is Comm Ave;
South Boston is Southie.
The South End is the South End.
East Boston is Eastie.
The North End is east of the former West End.
The West End and Scollay Square are no more; a guy named Rappaport got rid of them one night.
Roxbury is The Burry, Jamaica Plain is J.P.
Definitions:
Frappes have ice cream, milkshakes don't.
If it is fizzy and flavored, it's tonic. Soda is CLUB SODA.
"Pop" is Dad.
When we want Tonic WATER, we will ask for Tonic WATER.
The smallest beer is a pint.
Scrod is whatever they tell you it is, usually fish. If you paid more than $6/pound, you got scrod.
It's not a water fountain; it's a bubblah.
It's not a trashcan; it's a barrel.
It's not a spucky it's a sub.
It's not a shopping cart; it's a carriage.
It's not a purse; it's a pock-a-book.
They're not franks; they're haht dahgs.
Police don't drive patrol units or black and whites they drive a "crooza".
If you take the bus, your on the "looza crooza".
It's not a rubber band, it's an elastic.
It's not a traffic circle, it's a rotary.
"Going to the islands" means Martha's Vineyard & Nantucket.
If something's good, it's "pissa". If something's really good, it's "wicked pissa".
The Pat's = The Patriots
The Sox = The Red Sox
The C's = The Celtics
The B's = The Bruins
Things not to do:
Don't pahk your cah in Hahvid Yahd ... they'll tow it to Meffa (Medford) or Slumaville (Somerville).
Don't sleep in the Common. (Boston Common)
Don't wear Orange in Southie on St. Patrick's Day.
Things you should know:
There are two State Houses, two City Halls, two courthouses, two Hancock buildings (one old, one new for each).
The colored lights on top the old Hancock tell the weatha':
"Solid blue, clear view...."
"Flashing blue, clouds due...."
"Solid red, rain ahead...."
"Flashing red, snow instead...." - (except in summer;
flashing red means the Red Sox game was rained out)
Route 128 is also I-95 south. It's also I-93 north.
The underground train is not a subway. It's the "T", and it doesn't run all night (fah chrysakes, this ain't Noo Yawk).
Order the "cold tea" in China Town after 2:00 am you'll get a kettle full of beer.
Bostonians... think that it's their God-given right to cut off someone in traffic.
Bostonians...think that there are only 25 letters in the alphabet (no R's).
Bostonians...think that three straight days of 90+ temperatures is a heat wave.
Bostonians...refer to six inches of snow as a "dusting."
Bostonians...always "bang a left" as soon as the light turns green, and oncoming traffic always expects it.
Bostonians...say everything in town is "a five-minute walk." (pronounced "wok")
Bostonians...believe that using your turn signal is a sign of weakness.
Bostonians...think that 63-degree ocean water is warm.
Bostonians...think Rhode Island accents are annoying.
Also the St Patricks Day parade is in Southie on Sunday, so DON'T WEAR ORANGE!!
LOL, Colette! Thanks for the chuckles. I'm not from Boston, but grew up close enough to laugh at these.
LOL Colette! I will be sure to pass it on to Tom!!
Did he have a nice time?
He had a great time he went to the Prudential Building, Quincy market,Cheers,Fenway and so many other places. He really liked the area.
Great - glad he had fun!
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