Coming to Boston

[kjunheart]

I will be coming to Boston at the end of April and I am looking for suggestions. I will have one free day, which happens to be a Sunday. I have done the tours on past trips and don't think I will be up for Newbury Street (unless it is spent at a spa). I am a warm water wussie from Florida so I don't think diving will be in the game plan. So what else is there to do solo (the solo part is a blessing in itself )?

I am staying in the Back Bay area. I figured this would be a better place to ask instead of the people in my Boston office because divers know how to have fun! Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks a lot!

Sandy

 

[MSilvia]

The New England Aquarium is pretty good, and the Giant Ocean Tank is definately worth seeing... you might check that out and then go for a fantastic Italian dinner at any of the many excellent restaurants in the North End.

 

[paulthenurse]

See if you can catch a Sox game if they are in town when you are here. Fenway Park is a must see. You would need to buy tickets from someplace like StubHub, but they are available, though pricey.

 

[gmbaker]

all great ideas. Here are some more thought and some quick links from Citisearch:

http://boston.citysearch.com/roundup/41297

http://boston.citysearch.com/roundup/40237

http://boston.citysearch.com/roundup/40762

 

[RIOceanographer]

See if you can catch a Sox game if they are in town when you are here. Fenway Park is a must see. You would need to buy tickets from someplace like StubHub, but they are available, though pricey.

Red Sox tickets are a myth!

Remember back when you could just say "Hey I am going to the Sox game tomorrow" and then just buy tickets without any advanced planning? Wasn't all that long ago, I did that as recently as 1999. Closest I get to a Fenway these days is watching NESN in HD.....

Personally, I'd check out the Freedom Trail. It is something that is uniquely Boston, and there is a lot of great history there. And if you want to eat someplace that has some real colonial Boston personality check out Durgin Park (it's a restaurant not a real park) by Faneuil Hall which is right on the trail.

http://www.nps.gov/archive/bost/freedom_trail.htm
http://www.durgin-park.com/

 

[Rainer]

Red Sox tickets are a myth!

What are you guys talking about? I use to live in Kenmore square (a couple of blocks from Fenway) and used to buy tickets the day of games with no problem. You can ALWAYS find tickets either online (CL is best) or at the park (scalped). Sure, you're going to pay, but tickets are available.

 

[RIOceanographer]

What are you guys talking about? I use to live in Kenmore square (a couple of blocks from Fenway) and used to buy tickets the day of games with no problem. You can ALWAYS find tickets either online (CL is best) or at the park (scalped). Sure, you're going to pay, but tickets are available.

I said "buy tickets without advanced planning" which wouldn't include buying them in advance online. I was referring to just walking up to the ticket window at Fenway on game day and buying tickets, no scalpers or any nonsense like that. Good luck doing that in the post 2004 World Series era.

 

[Rainer]

I said "buy tickets without advanced planning" which wouldn't include buying them in advance online. I was referring to just walking up to the ticket window at Fenway on game day and buying tickets, no scalpers or any nonsense like that. Good luck doing that in the post 2004 World Series era.

Again, on ANY given gameday, you can show up at Fenway and be GUARANTEED to find tickets from scalpers. You can call it silly, but I call it a guaranteed Red Sox game. Works just as well today as it did in 2003. No advanced planning needed.

 

[Damselfish]

The Boston By Foot tours we've been on have been interesting but they don't start up until 5/1. You could see what shows are on in the theater district that day, solo you can generally get a good seat even at the last minute. Or look for discount tickets here - http://www.artsboston.org/. Lots of museums. For a different kind of museum take the T over to Cambridge and check out the MIT Museum.

 

[paulthenurse]

You used to be able to go on ANY night and get tickets. Of course, the team stunk and tix were $2 for bleacher seats. (I remember when they signed Bill Cambell and raised prices to $2.50. We called him 50 Cent Bill until he started winning.) Walking up the day of the game was pretty cool cause you could buy the cheapest seats available and pretty much sit wherever you wanted. I was sitting with my brother immediatly behind the dugout when Jim Rice made his debut. As I recall he hit a sac fly.
Here's a laugh for you younger guys, we used to go there on dates cause it was cheap. A buck for the subway, $4 for tickets, $10 worth of beer and you had a date for fifteen buck. (Minimum wage was around $2!) Like it or not you pretty much always ended up catching a contact high from all of the combustables being smoked in the bleachers. (It was the 70's and the smell of all the herb was stronger than the cigars.) It was a simpler time...