> -----Original Message----- > From: Deanna Schneider [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 9:08 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Give me the scoop on Boston
Full disclosure: I've not been in Boston for well over a year... but I lived there for 15 years before that and I doubt it's changed much. ;^) > 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 That's right downtown. It's directly across from Park Street Station (the "central" T station). > 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 No you won't. It'd be a HUGE hassle. There's paid parking down there but it's very expensive. Although if you were to do this the cheapest/closest garage is the Boston Common garage (it's still being subsidized). Instead either stay in the city and walk/take the train or stay outside the city and park-n-go. On-Street parking in Boston is like sasquatch: you've heard of it, perhaps even know a guy with a fuzzy picture of it but your experience tells you that it just doesn't exist. > 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 If (as I think it is) "Copley" is the Copley Square area (right in Boston) then I start there or in downtown Boston. Copley's not the same neighborhood as the training center but rather about a mile away - a nice walk down Boylston/Tremont will get you there in minutes. Also "downtown Boston" is ambigious... there are actually three distinct "downtowns": the financial district, the Back Bay and "downtown" - any of them are close enough to walk or take the train to Park however. There are two really nice, but small hotels, on Charles street (right across the common from Winter Street): The John Jeffries Inn is larger and steps from Charles St. Station and the Charles Street Inn is very tiny (really a B&B) but very nice. I've had friends stay in both with no complaints. Most of the large hotels are in Back Bay near Copley Square: The Park Plaza, The Omni Parker House and (of course) the Ritz Carlton. ;^) Any hotel on the T would be fine tho' - the system is very small: from any end-point it won't take you longer than 40 minutes to get to Park Street. Speaking of that here's the T in 30 seconds: Park Street station (where the green and red lines cross and with access to the orange line) is the "center" of the system. Trains are marked "inbound" (which means "towards Park Street") and "outbound" (which means "away from Park Street"). Tokens are $1.25 each but you can also get a five-day pass at a discount. As for things to do/see Boston is DENSE with history, but light on nightlife. There are twenty or thirty interesting historical sites within two minutes walk of Park (most of the Freedom Trail sites are here). Hope on the train and take the red-line outbound towards Alewife and you can get off at Harvard Square and spend more than a day wandering. Or take the Green Line to Government center to see Faneuil Hall and, behind it the North End (Paul Revere's House, the Old North Church, Copp's Hill, etc). Other, more modern sites, are also close-in: The (excellent) Museum of Science and Aquarium and more art museums than you can shake a stick at. Damn... I like Scranton Okay, but I really miss Boston! Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:237036 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
