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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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