bookstores:

  • ✩ manchester by the book (union st, manchester)
  • ✩ pandemonium books & games (central sq)
  • ✩ used book superstore (middleton)
  • andover bookstore (andover)
  • back pages books (waltham)
  • barbara's bookstore (south station, boston)
  • belmont books (belmont)
  • book ends (main st, winchester)
  • boston book company (jamaica plain)
  • boston college bookstore (newton/chestnut hill)
  • brattle bookshop (west st, boston)
  • brookline brooksmith (brookline)
  • byrn mawr bookstore (huron village/cambridge)
  • comicazi (somerville)
  • comicopia (fenway/kenmore)
  • commonwealth books (downtown crossing)
  • concord bookshop (main st, concord)
  • frugal bookstore (warren st, boston)
  • grolier poetry bookshop (harvard sq)
  • harvard bookstore (harvard sq/cambridge)
  • hub comics (union sq/somerville)
  • i am books (north end/boston)
  • lucy parson's center (centre st, jamaica plain)
  • mit coop (central sq)
  • more than words (boston/waltham)
  • new england mobile bookfair (newton highlands)
  • newbury comics (harvard sq/newbury st)
  • newtonville books (newtonville)
  • ocean village bookstore (ocean st, marshfield)
  • paperback junction (washington st, s.easton)
  • papercuts jp (jamaica plain)
  • parnassus bookservice (yarmouth port)
  • porter square books (porter sq/cambridge)
  • raven's used books (newbury st/harvard sq)
  • rodney's bookstore (central sq)
  • schoenhof's foreign books (harvard sq)
  • seven stars (central sq)
  • shire bookshop (union st, franklin)
  • spirit of 76 bookstore (pleasant st, marblehead)
  • the book oasis (stoneham)
  • the book rack (arlington)
  • the coop (cambridge)
  • the curious george store (harvard sq)
  • tres gatos (jamaica plain)
  • trident booksellers (newbury st)
  • used book superstore (burlington)
  • wellesley books (central st, wellesley)

museums:

  • african meeting house (boston)
  • arnold arboretum (jamaica plain)
  • basketball hall of fame (springfield)
  • blue hills trailside museum (milton)
  • boston children's museum (waterfront-boston)
  • boston tea party museum (boston)
  • concord museum (concord)
  • fuller art museum (brockton)
  • griffin museum of photography (winchester)
  • harvard art museums (cambridge)
  • harvard museum of natural history (cambridge)
  • institute of contemporary art (waterfront-boston)
  • isabella stewart gardner museum (boston)
  • jfk historical house (brookline)
  • jfk presidential library/museum (boston)
  • larz anderson auto museum (brookline)
  • metropolitan waterworks museum (chestnut hill)
  • mit museum (kendall square)
  • museum of african american history (boston)
  • museum of fine arts (boston)
  • museum of science (boston)
  • old north church (boston)
  • peabody essex museum (salem)
  • the sports museum (boston)
  • uss constitution museum (charlestown)

miscellaneous places/events:

  • a4cade (mit, kendall sq)
  • aquarium
  • blue hills (re)
  • boston ballet
  • boston common
  • boston harbor islands
  • boston mapparium
  • boston marathon
  • boston pops
  • boston public garden
  • boston public library
  • boston symphony orchestra
  • boston university observatory (re)
  • bunker hill monument
  • cambridgeside galleria shopping center
  • castle island (re)
  • charles river canoeing/kayaking
  • duck tour
  • fanueil hall marketplace
  • fenway park - redsox game
  • ferry ride across the harbor
  • first night boston (new years)
  • franklin park zoo
  • freedom trail & quincy market
  • george's island
  • gilette stadium - patriots game
  • harborwalk
  • hatch shell outdoor concert
  • improv boston
  • massachusetts state house tour
  • new england holocaust memorial
  • paul revere house
  • plymouth planation/plymouth rock (re)
  • prospect park (waltham)
  • salisbury beach & boardwalk
  • secret bodega/hidden shoestore (6 clearway st)
  • skywalk observatory @ prudential center
  • somerville flea market (sundays:10am-4pm)
  • south-end open market @ black ink
  • southwick zoo
  • swan boat ride (boston public garden)
  • t.d. garden - celtics game (north station)
  • thrift stores:
    • savers (natick)
    • urban renewals (allston)
  • walden pond

restaurants:

  • addis red sea (ethiopian; tremont st)
  • bukowski's tavern (bar; boston)
  • cheers (american; beacon hill/faneuil hall)
  • coconut cafe (thai; newton centre)
  • grendel's den (bar)
  • himalayan bistro (indian/nepali; centre st)
  • karibu (african; moody st)
  • lady m. (confections; newbury st)
  • liquid art house (gallery+global cuisine; arlington st)
  • little big diner (newton)
  • little india (indian; moody st)
  • luke's lobsters (seafood; copley sq)
  • noodle st. (thai; commonwealth ave)
  • parish cafe (back bay; named for marquez)
  • penang (malaysian; chinatown)
  • sugar & spice (thai; porter sq)
  • tatte bakery & cafe (boston)
  • thai basil (thai; newbury st)
  • the beehive (outdoor; south end-tremont st)
  • the elephant walk (cambodian/french; beacon st)
  • the littlest bar (american; broad st)
  • top of the hub (american; boylston st)
  • tres gatos (bar+books/records; jamaica plain)
  • wok 'n roll (chinese; porter sq)
  • ye olde union oyster house (seafood; union st)

venues:

  • great scott (allston)
  • house of blues (boston)
  • orpheum theatre
  • palladium (worcester)
  • paradise (cambridge)
  • the middle east (cambridge)
  • the royale (boston)
  • the sinclair (cambridge)
  • wilbur theatre

squares/places:

  • allston
  • back bay
  • brighton
  • brookline village
  • burlington
  • central square
  • chinatown
  • copley square
  • downtown & financial district
  • east boston/"eastie"
  • harvard square
  • jamaica plain
  • kendall/MIT
  • newbury street
  • newton centre
  • north end
  • porter square
  • salem
  • seaport district
  • somerville
  • south end

literary sites:

  • cambridge author homes:
    • david foster wallace (somerville)
    • e.e. cummings (104 irvings st)
    • henry james (20 quincy st)
    • robert frost (35 brewster place)
    • t.s. eliot (14 ash st)
    • vladimir nabokov (8 craigie circle)
  • emily dickinson homestead (amherst college)
  • kerouac park (lowell) (october)
  • moby dick museum (arrowhead) (labor day-october)
  • sleepy hollow cemetery, concord - emerson, thoreau, hawthorne
  • walden pond
feb 2 2015 ∞
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