Boston Recs

[Anonymous]

We will be doing a 3 day trip to see Tufts, BC, BU, and Northeastern. We will be fairly busy with tours but would love recs on fun restaurants and things to do. Staying in Copley place and will have a 16 and 14 year old with me. Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Contemporary art musuem on water front, Duck Tour, Saltie Girl resto, Newbury Street, North End for Italian food; canolis at Mike's.

[Anonymous]

Near your hotel, try Pressed for breakfast. Wander down Newbury Street to browse shops and restaurants. Trident Booksellers and Cafe is fun. I had great Mexican drinks and appetizers just last week with my Boston college student at Sabina Mezcaleria on Newbury. Take a walk in the Fens. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. And definitely cannolis at Mike’s! There’s one in Cambridge as well as the one in the (always mobbed) North End.

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Anonymous wrote:Near your hotel, try Pressed for breakfast. Wander down Newbury Street to browse shops and restaurants. Trident Booksellers and Cafe is fun. I had great Mexican drinks and appetizers just last week with my Boston college student at Sabina Mezcaleria on Newbury. Take a walk in the Fens. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. And definitely cannolis at Mike’s! There’s one in Cambridge as well as the one in the (always mobbed) North End.

There's one at TD Garden, as well. No line at all when we were there.

I also like Regina Pizzeria in the North End if you're heading that way for cannoli. As far as things to do...Newbury Street, walking the Freedom Trail (my kid is a history buff), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, heading out to Cambridge (Harvard Yard was just ok, but Mr. Bartley's served the best burger I've ever eaten!), spending time on Boston Common and in the Public Garden (the Make Way for Ducklings sculpture is a favorite of mine, especially if the ducks are dressed up for a holiday/event/etc.).

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On Viator we found a really cool tour guide who took us through revolutionary Boston. It was loads of fun followed by a great lunch. Not on the college path, but a nice, outdoor, non-shopping activity if you are all as nerdy as we are. 🤓

[Anonymous]

JFK museum/presidential Center
Italian pastries in the North End
Peabody Museum on Harvard campus
Bookstores

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We will be doing a 3 day trip to see Tufts, BC, BU, and Northeastern. We will be fairly busy with tours but would love recs on fun restaurants and things to do. Staying in Copley place and will have a 16 and 14 year old with me. Thanks!

We’re taking the same trip in the spring. DC is most excited for BC - hopefully it’s as nice in person as it seems online.

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Anonymous wrote:We will be doing a 3 day trip to see Tufts, BC, BU, and Northeastern. We will be fairly busy with tours but would love recs on fun restaurants and things to do. Staying in Copley place and will have a 16 and 14 year old with me. Thanks!

We’re taking the same trip in the spring. DC is most excited for BC - hopefully it’s as nice in person as it seems online.

BC is not for me and I don’t know the status of first year housing these days but it does have a lot going for it. Good location— suburban enough to have a campus but still pretty close in— decent sports, good alumni network in the Boston area, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:We will be doing a 3 day trip to see Tufts, BC, BU, and Northeastern. We will be fairly busy with tours but would love recs on fun restaurants and things to do. Staying in Copley place and will have a 16 and 14 year old with me. Thanks!

We’re taking the same trip in the spring. DC is most excited for BC - hopefully it’s as nice in person as it seems online.

BC is not for me and I don’t know the status of first year housing these days but it does have a lot going for it. Good location— suburban enough to have a campus but still pretty close in— decent sports, good alumni network in the Boston area, etc.

Why would there be a question about first year housing?

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Anonymous wrote:We will be doing a 3 day trip to see Tufts, BC, BU, and Northeastern. We will be fairly busy with tours but would love recs on fun restaurants and things to do. Staying in Copley place and will have a 16 and 14 year old with me. Thanks!

We’re taking the same trip in the spring. DC is most excited for BC - hopefully it’s as nice in person as it seems online.

BC is not for me and I don’t know the status of first year housing these days but it does have a lot going for it. Good location— suburban enough to have a campus but still pretty close in— decent sports, good alumni network in the Boston area, etc.

Good alumni network in NYC and DC too. Lots of BC a peeps on Wall Street and all over NYC.

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Anonymous wrote:We will be doing a 3 day trip to see Tufts, BC, BU, and Northeastern. We will be fairly busy with tours but would love recs on fun restaurants and things to do. Staying in Copley place and will have a 16 and 14 year old with me. Thanks!

We’re taking the same trip in the spring. DC is most excited for BC - hopefully it’s as nice in person as it seems online.

BC is not for me and I don’t know the status of first year housing these days but it does have a lot going for it. Good location— suburban enough to have a campus but still pretty close in— decent sports, good alumni network in the Boston area, etc.

Why would there be a question about first year housing?

Yeah - that seems weird. It's always been a split between living on Upper or at Newton. I don't see how that would change unless they plan to tear down a building?

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Anonymous wrote:We will be doing a 3 day trip to see Tufts, BC, BU, and Northeastern. We will be fairly busy with tours but would love recs on fun restaurants and things to do. Staying in Copley place and will have a 16 and 14 year old with me. Thanks!

We’re taking the same trip in the spring. DC is most excited for BC - hopefully it’s as nice in person as it seems online.

BC is not for me and I don’t know the status of first year housing these days but it does have a lot going for it. Good location— suburban enough to have a campus but still pretty close in— decent sports, good alumni network in the Boston area, etc.

Why would there be a question about first year housing?

Yeah - that seems weird. It's always been a split between living on Upper or at Newton. I don't see how that would change unless they plan to tear down a building?

Lots of kids in forced triples and quads this year.