That's good info, thanks. We have a relative who lives Natick, and she's offered to let us stay there. We're not sure if we'll do that yet or not.
While I could see us wanting to go out and see a band, I'm not a late, late night person. So, I think I could live with trains that stop after midnight. The ghosts of Boston tour sounds cool. We're generally of the "wander around and get a feel for the city" type. We love finding out of the way local restaurants - especially ethnic food, though I don't know if Boston is known for ethnic food. The book stores sound cool. Sports are out, history and architecture and museums could be in. Waterfront/shore exploration could be nifty. I don't have to make hotel or car reservations right away. I just had to decide if we should do it. I say we should. Woot - mini vacation with no kids! On 6/21/07, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > parking downtown in most places is about 30 bucks a day. Not sure what > overnight costs. > > the question on where to sleep (hotel) is based on: > do you go back to the room throughout the day, or just to sleep? > Are you going to be out past 1:00am before going back to the hotel? > And what type of activities you want to do. > See the sea/beach? > History in Boston? > Clubbing? > Concerts? (rock, punk, theater, jazz, blues?) > Shopping? > > in town will run in the $220-$320 per night range, out of town can be > much less, depending on where, but the trains do shut down after > midnight and later (depends on where you are going), and cabs to > farther areas can get expensive really quick (30, 40, 50 bucks each > way) > > > If price were no object, I would recommend the omni parker right near > beacon hill. > > If I were paying, I'd stay North Shore and commute in, or maybe Quincy > or Braintree. (T subway system is cheap and simple to get you around, > no need for a car.) > > Activities I have taken people on and had them love: > duck boat tours > "liberty walk" > ghosts of boston tour > shopping on newbury street. > harvard football game. (BU football, BC soccer, BU soccer) > red sox game, patriots football game, new england revolution soccer game > museums (childrens museum, science museum, museum of fine art) > campus wanderings (especially in September, the eye candy oggling is > unrivaled) > architecture tours. > sadly, "Cheers". > clubbing on Lansdowne Street (axis, Avalon) > drinking (cask and flagon, boston beer works, lots of local pubs) > music (orpheum, harper's ferry, middle east) > used book shopping (brattle, commonwealth,trident,book annex, peter > stern, antiquarian, bromer, ...tons). I especially love the dollar > book carts in the alley alongside the brattle. > > whatever you do, wear good, comfy shoes. you will end up walking > probably 10 miles over the course of 2 days (and not even notice) > > > On 6/21/07, Deanna Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm going out there in September for a training, and my husband is > > thinking of joining me the weekend after. We have to decide by > > tomorrow. So, give me the scoop. I'll be staying out here for the > > training: > > Microsoft Technology Center Boston, MA > > 890 Winter St., First Floor > > Waltham, MA 02451 > > > > And, I think I'll need a car to be out there and get to the training > > and such. So, should I book the car through the weekend and stay > > outside the city? Is it easy to commute in to do stuff if it's cheaper > > to stay out a ways? Or, should we ditch the car and spend the weekend > > right in the city somewhere? Or, is it the kind of city where you can > > have a car in the city and find a place to park without paying through > > the nose. We'll probably priceline the hotel, so here are their > > neighborhood options: > > Boston Waterfront - Convention Center > > Brighton - Brookline > > Cambridge > > Copley > > Downtown Boston - Charlestown > > Medford - Somerville > > Revere - Logan Airport > > South Boston > > > > So, of those options, which one would you pick? And, what would you do > > with a weekend in Boston? > > > > Thanks! > > -d > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJQ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:237021 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
