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  • Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Boston
  • Written by author Diane Bair, Pamela Wright
  • Published by John Wiley & Sons, 2002/11/07
  • Looking for a travel guide that goes where other guides fear to tread? One that rides roughshod over ad-copy puffery to smartly deliver the real scoop on a destination's sites and attractions? One that dares to be honest, hip, and fun? Look no more. Fromm
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Introduction 1
Neighborhood Map 4
You Probably Didn't Know 5
Accommodations 12
Winning the Reservations Game 14
Is There a Right Address? 15
The Lowdown 16
Beds for Brahmin wannabes 16
New kid on the block 17
For travelers with old money 17
For travelers with new money 18
For travelers with money, period 19
For travelers with no money (or not much) 19
Somewhat hostile hostels 20
Homes away from home 20
Anonymous giants 21
Big city, small hotel 21
Convenient for conventioneers 22
Where to drop after you shop 23
Grande dames 23
Landmark restoration 24
Luscious love nests 24
Down by the sea 25
On the river 25
Park your car in Harvard Yard 26
Sweet suites 26
For traveling families 27
For students and their families 27
For travelers who want to avoid families 28
Deals for solo travelers 28
For gay couples who don't want to push the beds together 28
For writers 29
Front-row seats for theater lovers 29
Back-of-the-house seats for theater lovers 29
For tourists 29
At the airport 30
The Index: An A to Z list of places to stay, with vital statistics 31
Map 40
Dining 42
Only in Boston 44
How to Dress 44
Where (not) to Smoke 44
When to Eat 45
Getting the Right Table 45
Where the Chefs Are 45
The Lowdown 46
Something fishy (in town) 46
Something fishy (by the sea) 46
Something fishy (in a shack) 47
For chowder lovers 48
Grills just wanna have fun 48
For oyster lovers 48
For lovers who just ate oysters 48
Isn't it romantic 48
For aspiring lovers 49
For same-sex romance 50
Kid pleasers 50
For loud families 50
Dining rooms with views 50
Most abrasive wait staff 51
Landmarks 51
Neighborhood joints (Cheers redux) 51
Beer brewed here 52
Sports bars 52
For politicos and back-room dealers 53
Haute hotel 53
Bangs for your (big) bucks 54
For the terminally hip 55
For earthy, crunchy granola-heads 55
Cheap eats 55
For committed carnivores 55
Vegging out 56
Global harmony 56
Mama and papa Italian 56
Nouvelle Italian 56
Pie in the sky 57
The tastiest Tex-Mex 57
More Mex than Tex 57
The real Boston Brahmins 58
High-end French 58
Kosher corner 59
What's pho dinner? 59
Thai one on 59
When in Chinatown 60
Pass the dumplings, darling 60
Brunch secrets 60
Lunch munchies 61
After hours 61
The Index: An A to Z list of restaurants, with vital statistics 62
Maps 76
Diversions 80
Getting Your Bearings 83
Tour Time 85
The Lowdown 86
The fast-track Freedom Trail 86
Don't believe the brochures 86
Where to feel like a student 88
Where to act like a Brahmin 89
Common ground 90
Matters of state 90
Secrets of the North End 92
Small wonders on the Freedom Trail 92
Wax on, wax off 93
Small wonders on Beacon Hill 93
Church and state on the Freedom Trail 94
Back Bay churches even atheists might enjoy 96
Grave concerns on the Freedom Trail 97
Other grave concerns 97
End of the Trail 98
Art museums (the biggies) 99
Most underrated museums 101
Most overrated museums 102
On the waterfront 102
How to feel like you're in a foreign country 103
Black Boston 104
Where everybody knows your name 105
The view from above 106
The view from a bridge 106
Boston by boat 107
A whale of a time 108
Excursions to Plymouth and Cape Cod 108
Best places for gallery hopping 109
Weirdest bunch of public statuary 110
Bigger isn't always better 111
Best patriotic festivals 111
Tea time 112
Beer here 113
Pure fun for little kids 113
Secretly educational stuff for older kids 114
Author, author 115
Kennedy country 116
Ethereal Bulfinch 116
Free spirit 117012 The Index: An A to Z list of diversions, with vital statistics 118
Maps 130
Getting Outside 132
The Lowdown 134
Parks to get lost in 134
The islands you never heard of 135
On Walden Pond 135
Run for your life 136
The Marathon 138
Pedal pushers 138
Blade runners 139
Swimming holes in the concrete jungle 140
The club scene 140
Whatever floats your boat 141
Ice, ice baby 141
Hitting the beach 142
Tee time 142
Shopping 144
What to Buy 146
Target Zones 147
Bargain Hunting 148
Hours of Business 149
Sales Tax 149
The Lowdown 149
Shopping bags to show off 149
Clothes to make you feel young again 150
Clothes to make you feel grown-up 151
Clothes for non-grown-ups 151
Everything under one roof 151
World-beat chic 152
Well-heeled wares 152
100 percent leather 153
Obscure objects of desire 153
Pages on a budget 153
Pages with beverages 153
Previously read pages 154
Pages for children 154
Very particular pages 154
Music meccas 154
Home beautiful 155
Art for art's sake 155
Art for your sake 156
Precious old stuff 156
Funky old stuff 156
Kid stuff 156
Little pretty things 157
Incredible edibles 157
The sporting life 157
The Index: An A to Z list of shops, with vital statistics 158
Nightlife 170
Liquor Laws and Drinking Hours 172
Sources 173
The Lowdown 173
Where the Eurobrats play 173
For the well-heeled crowd 174
For the facially pierced 174
Loud and live 175
Lounge lizards 175
If you see a shamrock, it's not a real Irish bar 175
Spin cities 177
Sin cities 177
Esprit de hard core 178
College cheer 178
One-stop hopping 179
Where the jocks flex their muscles 180
For 'tinis and gars 180
Where the jocks play 180
All that jazz 181
Looking for a little romance 181
Where the girls are 181
Where the boys are 182
Serious salsa 182
Clubs for weekend warriors 183
In the neighborhood 183
Clubbing al fresco 184
The Index: An A to Z list of nightspots, with vital statistics 184
Entertainment 192
Sources 195
Getting Tickets 195
The Lowdown 196
I hear a symphony 196
Chamber stars 197
The line on choruses 197
What's opera, doc? 198
In (rock) concert 198
Just plain folk 199
Broadway babies 199
High drama 199
The next stage 200
Dinner and a show 200
Men in tights 200
Comedy tonight 201
The silver screen 201
Virtual playtime 201
The big game 201
The Index: An A to Z list of venues, with vital statistics 202
Hotlines & Other Basics 208
Airports 209
Buses 209
Car rentals 210
Convention center 210
Doctors and dentists 210
Emergencies 210
Events hotline 211
Ferries 211
Festivals and special events 211
Gay and lesbian hotlines 212
Newspapers 212
Parking 212
Pharmacies 213
Radio stations 213
Restrooms 213
Subways 214
Taxes

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