Boston May 9th to 16th

I am heading over to meet my Mom who is traveling ( yeah she is 72 and amazing).

I am looking for stuff to do for both car stuff and non car stuff.

Good restaurant leads most welcome.

GRMer face time works as well.

Steve

The Larz Anderson museum in Brookline is a small but very interesting auto museum, essentially a very wealthy couple who were among the nation's first auto enthusiasts left their estate to the community to run as a museum. Unfortunately you're in town too early for any of the lawn events, but it's still worth a trip.

http://larzanderson.org/

The F1 Boston indoor kart facility is pretty nice, pricey but nice. The touristy stuff is the museum of science and freedom trail. The red sox are on a home stand from the 10-15th. If you are baseball fan, seeing a game at Fenway is a good time.

aussiesmg wrote: I am heading over to meet my Mom who is traveling ( yeah she is 72 and amazing). I am looking for stuff to do for both car stuff and non car stuff. Good restaurant leads most welcome. GRMer face time works as well. Steve

Larz Anderson is good. The Boston MFA is really cool if you like art and history. I like the Aquairium as well. Boston F1 is (as noted) cool, but pricey.

If you like history, this place is packed with it: New England Holocaust Memorial

Old North Church

Paul Revere House

Restaurants: Legal Seafood

Sam Adams Brewery

Harpoon Brewery

There are also a lot of GRMers in the area (myself included)

MIT Press bookstore. Small, but amazing. Toscanini's for ice cream.

I am a retard, it will be May 9th to 16th.

I stand by my recommendations.

Sadly, you'll be gone before the spring hillclimb: Mt. Ascutney I: May 17-19, 2013

There are still 4 home red sox games during that time if it interests you, better chance you won't freeze your arse off too.

Follow that red stripe around town.

Clam chowder for every meal.

Another vote for the Larz Anderson. I love that place. Been there many a time.

Another local-ish car museum that I like its the Heritage Museum "down the Cape" in Sandwich (home of the Sandwich Police!!!). The museum is small, but they have some really cool stuff, and the grounds will be in full bloom around that time, if you like that sort of thing.

http://heritagemuseumsandgardens.org/exhibitions/current-exhibitions/automobile-gallery/

Also, make sure to eat lots of seafood. We have awesome seafood around here.

Lemons is at NHMS that weekend...

http://www.nhms.com/events/24_hours_of_lemons/

Giacomo's in the North End, fabulous italian. Then go to Cafe Paradiso for dessert/coffee.

Even if you don't like baseball you need to go to a game in Fenway. It's an experience you'll enjoy.

Get a tour of Factory Five? Get the low down on the 818 for all of us and post back up here with supper secret spy photos of what they are doing.

dean1484 wrote: Get a tour of Factory Five? Get the low down on the 818 for all of us and post back up here with supper secret spy photos of what they are doing.

oh hells yeah

Do those of you who are local want to get together for a feed?

sure, i'm a bit north of boston and there's a whole bunch of us within the i495 loop

How do I go about getting tickets for Fenway?

aussiesmg wrote: How do I go about getting tickets for Fenway?

Right now? Walk up to the window on game day. The "sellout" streak is over. You can also get them on redsox.com, although right now you might be able to get better seats for face value or below on the secondary market depending on the day/team (aceticket.com is a good local broker who has an outlet near the park, I've also used stubhub.com).

Keep in mind that aggressive driving in MA is the norm. Ask no quarter, give no quarter. You'll need to completely abandon all sense of politeness when behind the wheel---- then you'll be OK.

You'll have a wicked pissah time!

As some one who's a native New Englander, I can tell you that the Freedom Trail is definitely not just for tourists. If you're a bit of a history geek, it's cool no matter what. At the very least the USS Constitution (which is the oldest commissioned US Naval ship. Yes, they still sail it.), Paul Revere's house and the Bunker Hill monument are all worth a look.

For food, you pretty much can't go wrong in the North End. I recommend Ernesto's for pizza and Polcari's is just down the street for some coffee or Italian ice afterwards. Kelly's on Revere Beach is about as good as you can get for fried clams and/or roast beef sandwiches.

In Cambridge, check out the S&S for a great baked scrod. The original Legal Sea Foods is in Inman Square and I do genuinely think it's better than the others. Also, Mr. Bartley's Burgers in Harvard Square is pretty rad. A new joint just opened up in Davis Square (Sommerville) called Boston Burger Company which I haven't eaten at yet, but hear is great.

Larz Anderson is cool.

Also, I forgot about Modern Pastry for cannoli (Not Mike's Pastry. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.) Also, I second Cafe Paradiso.

Our lodgings are at Doubletree Suites by Hilton

penultimeta wrote: Also, I forgot about Modern Pastry for cannoli (Not Mike's Pastry. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.) Also, I second Cafe Paradiso.

My office is in the north end. This is fact!!!!! Also if you are in the north end at lunch time go to the rostisseria on Hanover street. Hole in the wall place for the locals. The pan pizza looks like something from a school cafe but it is the best and most authectic pizza around. The staff is an Italian version of the soup nazi.

I am up for a lunch or dinner gathering.

I'm down for a beah and a burgah

aussiesmg wrote:

dean1484 wrote: Get a tour of Factory Five? Get the low down on the 818 for all of us and post back up here with supper secret spy photos of what they are doing.

oh hells yeah

Factory Five is 10 minutes from me. I know you wanted to get together anyway. You ca check out my new Cressy as well.