Boston Do’s and Don’ts
DO
-pack comfortable shoes
-walk the freedom trail
-eat dinner at Abe & Louies or Grill 23
-ride the T (subway)
-spend time walking in the Public Garden
-Trillium Brewery (Fenway or Seaport)
-get oysters are Union Oyster House or even better, Row 34 (and only get oysters from the Cape)
-Owls Nest beer garden on the Charles River
-eat dinner on Hanover st in the north end. Anywhere is great.
-get standing room only tickets if you must to the Red Sox Yankees game. It’s worth the hype, the SRO views aren’t terrible and it’s fun to walk around/explore the park
-get an Italian sausage from the Sausage King cart outside the stadium beforehand (corner of Landsdowne and Brookline ave, pig w a crown logo)
-bring cash to buy food/drinks from the vendors in your aisle. The concourse stalls are understaffed and you’ll miss the game
-sing your heart out to Sweet Caroline
-go to Bova’s bakery in the north end late night (or any time really)
-eat Chinese food in Chinatown at Gourmet Dumpling House (blue awning) if that’s your thing and you’ve resigned to PF Chang’s back home
DONT
-get an Uber from the airport. It’s a nightmare. Follow the signs for taxis. Easy and cheap.
-go to Harvard yard. This is like going to the arch when in STL. Waste of time. Mizzou’s campus is more scenic anyways. Seriously.
-get ubers or cabs in the city. Walking is almost faster and a better way to see the city. Traffic downtown and cost of ubers are stupid plus they’ll smell the tourist on you and rip you off
-wait in line for Neptune Oyster (overrated)
-wear your Cardinals/Royals gear like a goober to a game theyre not playing in
-dont take the locals too seriously, theyre assholes since the colonial days, but don’t pick any fights either. They all are Mark Wahlberg wannabes
-worry about what you wear to dinner. It’s more casual than the preppy reputation
-go to Buttermilk & Bourbon or anything else that resembles home. Branch out. Eat fish.
-wait in line for Mike’s Pastry like a tourist
-take a Duck Boat Tour unless you have small children
Oh yeah and buy a beer for the giant bearded guy wearing a Mizzou polo at the game Friday!
DO
-pack comfortable shoes
-walk the freedom trail
-eat dinner at Abe & Louies or Grill 23
-ride the T (subway)
-spend time walking in the Public Garden
-Trillium Brewery (Fenway or Seaport)
-get oysters are Union Oyster House or even better, Row 34 (and only get oysters from the Cape)
-Owls Nest beer garden on the Charles River
-eat dinner on Hanover st in the north end. Anywhere is great.
-get standing room only tickets if you must to the Red Sox Yankees game. It’s worth the hype, the SRO views aren’t terrible and it’s fun to walk around/explore the park
-get an Italian sausage from the Sausage King cart outside the stadium beforehand (corner of Landsdowne and Brookline ave, pig w a crown logo)
-bring cash to buy food/drinks from the vendors in your aisle. The concourse stalls are understaffed and you’ll miss the game
-sing your heart out to Sweet Caroline
-go to Bova’s bakery in the north end late night (or any time really)
-eat Chinese food in Chinatown at Gourmet Dumpling House (blue awning) if that’s your thing and you’ve resigned to PF Chang’s back home
DONT
-get an Uber from the airport. It’s a nightmare. Follow the signs for taxis. Easy and cheap.
-go to Harvard yard. This is like going to the arch when in STL. Waste of time. Mizzou’s campus is more scenic anyways. Seriously.
-get ubers or cabs in the city. Walking is almost faster and a better way to see the city. Traffic downtown and cost of ubers are stupid plus they’ll smell the tourist on you and rip you off
-wait in line for Neptune Oyster (overrated)
-wear your Cardinals/Royals gear like a goober to a game theyre not playing in
-dont take the locals too seriously, theyre assholes since the colonial days, but don’t pick any fights either. They all are Mark Wahlberg wannabes
-worry about what you wear to dinner. It’s more casual than the preppy reputation
-go to Buttermilk & Bourbon or anything else that resembles home. Branch out. Eat fish.
-wait in line for Mike’s Pastry like a tourist
-take a Duck Boat Tour unless you have small children
Oh yeah and buy a beer for the giant bearded guy wearing a Mizzou polo at the game Friday!
