Surely, but oh-so-slowly, the days are getting warmer here in Boston, and that means our minds turn to baseball (actually, that’s a year-round passion in these parts), ice cream (actually, ditto on the year-round obsession. Fun Massachusetts fact: We have…
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Baby You Can Ogle My Car
Tagged with: Brookline, Larz Anderson Auto Museum, Larz Anderson Park
Posted in Activities & Attractions, Events, Family, History
Posted in Activities & Attractions, Events, Family, History
“Boston I Love” at the MFA
The Boston I love has been abundantly evident in the days and weeks following the senseless and tragic Patriots’ Day bombings. From the emotional and inspiring rendition of the national anthem at the first Bruins game after the marathon to…
Tagged with: Memorial Day Weekend, Museum of Fine Arts
Posted in Activities & Attractions, Arts & Culture, Boston Strong, Events, Family, Great Deals
Posted in Activities & Attractions, Arts & Culture, Boston Strong, Events, Family, Great Deals
Get Your Game On with Urban Adventure Quest Boston
Would you like to star in your own reality TV show? Short of marrying a Kardashian or having a set of pipes like Massachusetts’ own American Idol, Angie Miller (go Angie!), you have two chances: slim and nada. But you…
Tagged with: Freedom Trail, North End, Urban Adventure Quest
Posted in Activities & Attractions, Family, History, Insider Tips
Posted in Activities & Attractions, Family, History, Insider Tips
Boston Children’s Museum: 100 Years Old, but Still Juvenile
When I was a kid (hey! Stop snickering. It may be hard to believe, but I was a kid.), my parents dutifully took me to museums. Most of them were hushed, stuffy places with static displays, “Do not touch” signs,…
Experience 300 Years in 30 Minutes at Boston’s Old State House
Our esteemed mayor, Thomas M. Menino, is fond of describing Boston as a “young city.” He’s not referring to the age of the city, but to its character. With its many colleges, technology-focused jobs, and other attributes, Boston boasts a…
Tagged with: Boston Massacre, John Adams, John Hancock, Old State House, Revolutionary Boston
Posted in Activities & Attractions, Family, History
Posted in Activities & Attractions, Family, History
Ride a Painted Lobster on the Greenway Carousel
Does Boston’s Big Dig ring a bell? Designed to depress the Central Artery, an ugly elevated highway that sliced through the heart of the city, the massive project generated some unwanted buzz and ended up depressing taxpayers and government officials…
Tagged with: Carousel Park, Greenway Carousel, Rose F. Kennedy Greenway
Posted in Activities & Attractions, Family
Posted in Activities & Attractions, Family
Get ARTventurous and Save Some Bucks
Our micro play opens on Boylston Street, one of Boston’s main thoroughfares. It is a crisp, early spring day. A salt-of-the-earth family of tourists visiting from the Midwest, including Mom, Dad, and 7-year-old Mason, are strolling down the street when…
Yapping about Boston Ballet’s Coppelia
To be honest, I’ve attended the ballet, and it’s just not my thing. When the lights came up for intermission at one performance, I leaned over to my wife and asked, “Is it really necessary for all these dancers to…
What a Bunch of Clowns at City Hall. (Relax, It’s the Big Apple Circus.)
Normally, we Bostonians pooh-pooh anything related to New York City — especially the New York Yankees, who, of course, are full of pooh pooh. But, we make an exception for the Big Apple Circus, which has been setting up its…
The Mugar Omni Theater is Big. And Loud. And Domed. And, Best of All: It’s Free.
Not that I want to date myself or anything, but when I was growing up the primary TV in our home had a 19-inch screen. And it was black & white. And sometimes, in order to get the reception just…
Tagged with: Mugar Omni Theater, Museum of Science
Posted in Activities & Attractions, Family, Great Deals, Insider Tips
Posted in Activities & Attractions, Family, Great Deals, Insider Tips
