Off to Boston
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Yep, here's a link: Cheers Boston
- Nick Parker Microsoft MVP - Visual C#
My Blog | My ArticlesThat would be cool to visit. Jeremy Falcon
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Well, not yet, but three of us in the office are heading to Boston for TechEd in June. We are trying to come up with some places to visit while there. We've already decided to go to a Red Sox game and to hit up Cheers; does anyone have any other recommendations for us?
- Nick Parker Microsoft MVP - Visual C#
My Blog | My ArticlesNick, Cheers is overrated (imho), but may be fair game if you want to wet your whistle and happen to be in the area. June is a great time to visit Boston! Here are a few (strong!) recommendations:
- Freedom Trail[^]
- Faneuil Hall, Quincy Market & Haymarket[^]
- Harbor islands tour[^]
- Harvard Square (Cambridge)[^] :cool:
/ravi My new year's resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Music | Articles | Freeware | Trips ravib(at)ravib(dot)com
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Yep, here's a link: Cheers Boston
- Nick Parker Microsoft MVP - Visual C#
My Blog | My ArticlesNick Parker wrote:
Yep, here's a link: Cheers Boston
It is absolutely nothing like the show inside though. Just to warn you. They used the exterior only. It's across from Boston Commons, which is a nice place to wander around. Also, don't drive anywhere. You will be sorry. Take the T. Spend some minutes studying the subway map--it's overwhelming at first but it does make sense and is easy to use. You can get anywhere in the city for ~$1.25 (or whatever it's up to now--used to be $0.85). When you look at the map you will see a square of stops in the middle where the different lines meet... that is the destination of everything "inbound". If it is outbound, it is going away from that square of stops. That's an important tip that can get you lost if you don't know where you're going. I love the city (grew up in a burb), but my favorite place to go was always Harvard Square in Cambridge (it's on the Red Line). Tons of book stores (used & new) as well as music shops (again used & new). Great ambiance in the streets with the various street performers, and the panhandlers usually aren't too pushy, just don't make eye contact or you could end up talking to them for the rest of the day (which I've done). It's the single place I miss most about living out here in the midwest. I long for the days of sitting outside at Au Bon Pain reading The Lord of the Rings. Now you went and got me all nostalgic. Anyway, have fun. :)
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Who would've thunk it. :laugh: Jeremy Falcon
:) The name remind's me of pub in Denver called the Bull & Bush. I bought a ball cap from there after several pints. It said "Bull & Bush" with a picture of two toddlers, a boy and a girl, each was looking down in their diapers, and the phrase "What's yours?" was underneath. :laugh: cracked me up. BW
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
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Nick Parker wrote:
Yep, here's a link: Cheers Boston
It is absolutely nothing like the show inside though. Just to warn you. They used the exterior only. It's across from Boston Commons, which is a nice place to wander around. Also, don't drive anywhere. You will be sorry. Take the T. Spend some minutes studying the subway map--it's overwhelming at first but it does make sense and is easy to use. You can get anywhere in the city for ~$1.25 (or whatever it's up to now--used to be $0.85). When you look at the map you will see a square of stops in the middle where the different lines meet... that is the destination of everything "inbound". If it is outbound, it is going away from that square of stops. That's an important tip that can get you lost if you don't know where you're going. I love the city (grew up in a burb), but my favorite place to go was always Harvard Square in Cambridge (it's on the Red Line). Tons of book stores (used & new) as well as music shops (again used & new). Great ambiance in the streets with the various street performers, and the panhandlers usually aren't too pushy, just don't make eye contact or you could end up talking to them for the rest of the day (which I've done). It's the single place I miss most about living out here in the midwest. I long for the days of sitting outside at Au Bon Pain reading The Lord of the Rings. Now you went and got me all nostalgic. Anyway, have fun. :)
Thanks for the tips David.
- Nick Parker Microsoft MVP - Visual C#
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Nick, Cheers is overrated (imho), but may be fair game if you want to wet your whistle and happen to be in the area. June is a great time to visit Boston! Here are a few (strong!) recommendations:
- Freedom Trail[^]
- Faneuil Hall, Quincy Market & Haymarket[^]
- Harbor islands tour[^]
- Harvard Square (Cambridge)[^] :cool:
/ravi My new year's resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Music | Articles | Freeware | Trips ravib(at)ravib(dot)com
Thanks Ravi. :-)
- Nick Parker Microsoft MVP - Visual C#
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Nick Parker wrote:
and to hit up Cheers
That's an actual place? Jeremy Falcon
Yup. Been there, back when Cheers was current. The facade is all that's used by the show - the interior is entirely different, IIRC. It's located right near the Commons, I think (been a lot of years). "...a photo album is like Life, but flat and stuck to pages." - Shog9
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Yup. Been there, back when Cheers was current. The facade is all that's used by the show - the interior is entirely different, IIRC. It's located right near the Commons, I think (been a lot of years). "...a photo album is like Life, but flat and stuck to pages." - Shog9
Roger Wright wrote:
It's located right near the Commons, I think (been a lot of years).
One of these days I'll have to make it a point to check that place out. Jeremy Falcon
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Well, not yet, but three of us in the office are heading to Boston for TechEd in June. We are trying to come up with some places to visit while there. We've already decided to go to a Red Sox game and to hit up Cheers; does anyone have any other recommendations for us?
- Nick Parker Microsoft MVP - Visual C#
My Blog | My ArticlesFreedom Trail Quincy Market Houllihan's Jimbo's (cheap, delicious seafood on the fish wharf) Sturbridge Village, if you're a history nut and don't mind a short side trip. I'm sure I'll remember more before June. I spent a lot of time around there while developing Peacekeeper; love the place!:-D "...a photo album is like Life, but flat and stuck to pages." - Shog9
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Nick, Cheers is overrated (imho), but may be fair game if you want to wet your whistle and happen to be in the area. June is a great time to visit Boston! Here are a few (strong!) recommendations:
- Freedom Trail[^]
- Faneuil Hall, Quincy Market & Haymarket[^]
- Harbor islands tour[^]
- Harvard Square (Cambridge)[^] :cool:
/ravi My new year's resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Music | Articles | Freeware | Trips ravib(at)ravib(dot)com
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Well, not yet, but three of us in the office are heading to Boston for TechEd in June. We are trying to come up with some places to visit while there. We've already decided to go to a Red Sox game and to hit up Cheers; does anyone have any other recommendations for us?
- Nick Parker Microsoft MVP - Visual C#
My Blog | My ArticlesThe Sunset Grill and Tap. Back in 99 when I was there they had 109 beers on tap and many more in bottles. I offered to forgo accomodation, sleep under a table and spend the hotel costs on beer. The company wouldn't have it. Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
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I think it's actually called the Bull & Finch Pub, but yeah, the show used a real place as a model. BW
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
-- Steven Wrightbrianwelsch wrote:
I think it's actually called the Bull & Finch Pub, but yeah, the show used a real place as a model.
Actually only the sign out front and the stairs leading down. Inside looks nothing like the show, which makes sense as it was in a studio. Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
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Nick Parker wrote:
Yep, here's a link: Cheers Boston
It is absolutely nothing like the show inside though. Just to warn you. They used the exterior only. It's across from Boston Commons, which is a nice place to wander around. Also, don't drive anywhere. You will be sorry. Take the T. Spend some minutes studying the subway map--it's overwhelming at first but it does make sense and is easy to use. You can get anywhere in the city for ~$1.25 (or whatever it's up to now--used to be $0.85). When you look at the map you will see a square of stops in the middle where the different lines meet... that is the destination of everything "inbound". If it is outbound, it is going away from that square of stops. That's an important tip that can get you lost if you don't know where you're going. I love the city (grew up in a burb), but my favorite place to go was always Harvard Square in Cambridge (it's on the Red Line). Tons of book stores (used & new) as well as music shops (again used & new). Great ambiance in the streets with the various street performers, and the panhandlers usually aren't too pushy, just don't make eye contact or you could end up talking to them for the rest of the day (which I've done). It's the single place I miss most about living out here in the midwest. I long for the days of sitting outside at Au Bon Pain reading The Lord of the Rings. Now you went and got me all nostalgic. Anyway, have fun. :)
David Kentley wrote:
...but my favorite place to go was always Harvard Square in Cambridge...
Is Brew Moon anywhere near there. Memory tells me it was, great brew pub, enjoyed the area immensely. Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004