Category: Vacations
497B Massachusetts Ave Cambridge; (617) 492-9900 Tip-free Sounds like some sort of flag-waving eatery, all hot dogs and apple pie, right? Not. Located in a Central Square basement, this …
Various locations; Information, (617) 267-6338 The New England Chapter of this nationwide organization offers inexpensive walking tours of all parts of the city, from the top of Beacon Hill …
TO AND FROM OTHER PARTS OF CHINA BY TRAIN One of the odd romantic things about Shenzhen is that in theory you can go to the railway station and …
187 North St, Newton; (617) 630-0002 37 Beach St, Manchester; (508) 526-7774 12 Green St, Woburn; (617) 935-0070 Tired of the big gourmet pizza chains? (Uno who they are…) …
149 Pond St, Stoneham; (617) 438-7459 The big attraction at the Walter D. Stone Zoo is undoubtedly its aviary. The sixty foot-high structure replicates a tropical rain forest in …
University Observatories Both Boston University and Harvard University offer free weekly observatory nights for stargazers. Look through powerful telescopes at the moon and the stars weather permitting, of course. …
597 Centre St, Jamaica Plain; (617) 524-9217 This is a place to discover, tucked into a little storefront near Pond Street. Taking Jamaica Plain’s blend of cultures to heart …
30 Leonard St, Belmont (617) 489-6333 Okay, not everyone will consider this restaurant new in 95 to be inexpensive. But for this kind of Euro-fancy food and stylish atmosphere, …
708 Broadway, Somerville; (617) 623-8338 One of the earlier entries into Boston’s coffeehouse craze, this Ball Square shop does the latt^-and-scone scene one better. Sound Bites love the name …
Cruise Inn Hotel This is the hotel in the Minghua cruise liner permanently moored at Seaworld under Deng Xiaoping’s calligraphy. We talk quite a bit about the history of …