Hey Boston Gals?????

[DeniseGoldberg]

Funny, the three of us essentially (and independently) gave bouncybouncy the same answer...

[bouncybouncy]

Yes, same but very different!!!

I guess I could have included some of my interests...so here goes:
I (uh...obviously) love to ride, BUT, I will not have any of my gear ...although I have heard what a great place it is to do so. I have never been to the N'East and will probably not have an opportunity again. I love the outdoors so shopping it OUT!!! Museums, maybe! but considering I will have just gotten out of (or going into) 3 long days of intense classes inside the convention center...a day outside is ideal! (only the weather will know)

with the info you have given me and a quick peek at the sites this is what I thought...you tell me what you think:

A walk on the freedom trail and hopefully find a bike shop with cruiser type rentals to cruise a waterfront bike trail (don't know which)...take lots of pics...

I have not decided if this will occur on Monday April 2 or Saturday April 7...

...and Thank You so much girls...I knew i could count on you!!!

[Denise223]

Hi!

Here's a link to "Landry's bicycles" in Boston.

http://www.landrys.com/storelocation...n/default.aspx

Click on the link "Resource center" - lots of info there . (It's the first time I've ever checked out Landry's resource center.....There's tons of stuff to do !)

Have fun!

Peace & Love,
Denise

[CycleChic06]

Yes, same but very different!!!

I guess I could have included some of my interests...so here goes:
I (uh...obviously) love to ride, BUT, I will not have any of my gear ...although I have heard what a great place it is to do so. I have never been to the N'East and will probably not have an opportunity again. I love the outdoors so shopping it OUT!!! Museums, maybe! but considering I will have just gotten out of (or going into) 3 long days of intense classes inside the convention center...a day outside is ideal! (only the weather will know)

with the info you have given me and a quick peek at the sites this is what I thought...you tell me what you think:

A walk on the freedom trail and hopefully find a bike shop with cruiser type rentals to cruise a waterfront bike trail (don't know which)...take lots of pics...

I have not decided if this will occur on Monday April 2 or Saturday April 7...

...and Thank You so much girls...I knew i could count on you!!!

Well if you really hate shopping indoors, you have no excuse not to hit up Newbury Street since it's all shopping outdoors

I actually wasn't aware that there were any waterfront bike paths, maybe I'm wrong. But the Boston waterfront isn't really a great place to ride, or anything really spectacular to see, in my opinion. Where you really want to ride is along the Charles River along the Esplanade, there's a great bike path that runs along both sides of the river from Boston out to Newton. I would suggest a ride out on the Boston side and a return trip on the Cambridge side, with a stop in Harvard Square. The Cambridge side of the bike path comes within a block of Harvard Square and that is always an interesting place to wander around.

Just remember, April is decieving in New England, everyone always seems to think it's going to be warm and it's usually still pretty chilly!

[8bit]

For museums, most around here are overwhelmingly large and pretty much standard museum fare. The real jewel is the smaller http://www.gardnermuseum.org/ . It's in a big old mansion and has an amazing collection and cafe. Also, the Boston Public Library is right in the middle of town (and near Newbury St.'s shopping) and is a neat old building with rooms full of murals and whatnot. It also has nice clean bathrooms!

You can get a subway/bus pass for a week from the pass machines inside the stations, they just went to a different system than you'll probably find in guidebooks and I believe it's a lot better for visitors. If you can, try to avoid the Freedom Trail on Saturdays- it's a zoo. The North End is neat and improves greatly if you venture off of Hanover St. and find all of the tiny Italian meat markets.