There’s Tudor and Ft. Washington park (I like this one as it’s less used)

We really like the HVMA system and docs. We live in Framingham and happily drove to Mt. Auburn to give birth with our second. First was born at Beth Israel and we had a terrible experience.

HVMA has a bunch of locations within 95 and there's always parking (even at Fenway).

Went to that same apex with a group of adults a few months ago and there were some pretty fun moments (cheap bowling, go karting has a long line but cheaper than boston area and surprisingly pretty good food in the restaurant below!) but if you go on a weekend you are SURROUNDED by swarms of unsupervised children. Parents are pretty much MIA or just not paying attention. The laser tag area is multi-level and huge! but we ended up splitting ourselves to keep it somewhat fair since there were a few kids in our laser tag round. The bumper cars ring was pretty small so we didn't try.

Ah, you were in Old City. I was the other way, growing up on the other side of Broad Street. I did live down 4th and South for a couple years as an adult though, so not too far from there. You were definitely in the "not from here" area. LOL But it's cool though Old City is a great area, especially for going out. Shame we never met though, I could have taken you to a papi store to get a real good, greasy cheeseteak for less that $10.

nope, probably 2-3 weeks out. you’ll see a million photos on here when they’re blooming so stay tuned.

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> Inman Square area or the area around Boston College

Inman Square is closer to fun & games. You'll be about a 10 minute walk from two Red Line stops (Harvard Square or Central Square).

I should warn you that the Red Line is currently the least reliable subway line (kind of an embarrassment, really), but it's fine if you're not in a rush or don't mind walking. Uber/Lyft is usually pretty inexpensive cause distances are short here.

> if there’s good public links to and from the city

Cambridge (which has Inman Square) is considered a de-facto neighborhood of Boston. For your purposes, you don't need to think of it as independent city.

> history, so museum or historical tour

Walk the Freedom Trail, check out the USS Constitution. If you have 10 days, maybe worth it to take a commuter rail to Salem - which is famous for the Witch Trails.

For museums with a ton of history, I really like the Museum of Fine Arts and Gardner Museum. I would also recommend taking a walk through Mount Auburn Cemetery, which is a national landmark and arboretum. Some famous burials there, most locals treat it more like a 'sculpture garden' than a graveyard, ya know.

> closing times

Early by US Standards. But if you're from the UK, you're used to 11PM I think.
Bars here close between 11PM and 1:30AM here. If you need something later, the nearby Encore Casino (it's identical to it's Vegas counterpart, and a 10 minute Uber Ride away) serves alcohol until 4AM and is open 24/7.

> are there lots of bars and clubs on offer further out too

Best bars are scattered. The stuff downtown like Bell in Hand, Green Dragon, White Bull.. not really my scene. Mostly frequented by tourists.

As far as pubs, the Druid right in Inman Square is a favorite. Lord Hobo is also great (the one in Cambridge, not Seaport). Other places I like include Delux Cafe and Bukowskis (on Dalton).

I'm more of a cocktail/whiskey person, so I recommend Drink, Saloon, The Quiet Few, BackBar, Brick & Mortar. If you can get in, I love OffSuit (it's a speakeasy in a Chinatown backalley, they might do reservations now).

If you like Dive Bars, hard to go wrong with The Tam, Sligo or Biddy Early's. Those place are always fun.

DONT FORGET TO TIP! ~18% or $1 a drink, whatever is more.

> make use of my Love Actually charm

It wont work as well as an Irish accent, to be honest. But it will give you an advantage for opening. The effect tends to wear thin after a few minutes and you have to rely on your personality. Foreign accents are common here, so you'd have better sway in less 'international' cities inland.

You could expect some gentle & friendly banter regarding the American Revolution. "How do you like your tea?" "In the harbor, Redcoat!" kinda thing.

> I’m assuming tshirt and jeans/shorts will suffice in May/June

Should be fine.

Remember when they shut it down for a month? Good to see all that time went to good use...

Haha I wasn't expecting miracles with the accent, but every little helps!

I'm fairly used to unreliable public transport at this point too, given most of England has had on and off train and bus strikes for the best part of two years.
Interesting. Yeah Inman square sounds like a good choice for me then in terms of proximity to lots of little nighttime hotspots and good daytime public transport to the city centre aswell.
Thanks for the info :)

If you want to attract women with your British accent go to the Midwest. I'm an average looker and I was fighting women off there. It doesn't work as well in Boston which is probably for the best in my case because I hate attention lol.

May and June is usually lovely. Boston has terrible nightlife in terms of clubs but some great bars and breweries. Most places close by midnight and 2am is the very latest.

Boston is expensive to stay in but it is a lovely city with great museums, some interesting neighbourhoods and shite public transit. Definitely worth checking out. I'd also recommend getting the Amtrak up to Portland for a couple of nights, for its size it has a better food and drink scene than Boston.

The board was Baker appointed from the beginning. GLX has never been on track over budget and behind schedule from the beginning. AFC 2.0 is the same. Green line train protection is even worse. The orange and red line trains speak for themselves. What did they get correct? They had a 3 year moratorium on the tax payer protection act and all they did was give private contractors capital projects that went over budget and behind schedule.

Ten days is a lot for Boston.

The obvious history answer is the Freedom Trail. Most people do it in a day, but I encourage people to plan at least half day for just the USS Constitution, including the guided tour of the ship, some time in the small free museum of the visitor’s center, and some time in the larger, by donation USS Constitution Museum. You can also climb the nearby Bunker Hill Monument. That’s in addition to the full day walking the rest of the Freedom Trail and going into most of the historic buildings on the trail.

There are other historic sites within easy T distance (T being the common term for our subway, though the same authority runs the buses and commuter rail). Taking the Duck Boat tour, while touristy, can be worthwhile.

With 10 days, you could also travel outside the urban center. The commuter rail goes to Salem, where in addition to the tourist-oriented Salem witch trial places, there’s also the House of the Seven Gables and the excellent Peabody-Essex Museum. Salem is very walkable. It also goes to Lowell, where you can find the Lowell National Historical Park, which is about the Industrial Revolution era, particularly the fabric mills in New England. Finally, you can also take commuter rail to Concord, where we started a small war you may have heard of. It’s a pleasant walk from the train station to the Old North Bridge and the Minuteman National Historical Park visitor center, though having a car there would make it practical to also visit some the historic Concord homes (Hawthorne, the Alcotts, and obviously Thoreau).

There are other sites of historic interest that can be done as day trips from Boston, but they really require a car. (Battleship Cove, Old Sturbridge Village, some others). Plymouth Rock is not worthwhile, though Plimoth Patuxet (formerly Plimoth Plantation) is.

May and June are beautiful weather-wise, but bring a lightweight rain jacket and maybe a sweater (jumper?) just in case.

Governor Weld hired Charlie Baker. They loaded the T with debt incurred by road construction. That was somehow legal. Somehow, the roadways are still jammed, and the T is totally screwed too.

You are right. The T will improve. Good luck.

Bikes not bombs

Not sure but about hospitals but freq we had was

Monthly - upto 32 Weeks Bi Weekly - 32-36 weeks Weekly - 36-40+ weeks 3 Ultrasound appointments at 8W, 16W and 20W

Hopefully this helps make a decision. Keep in mind this is only if the visits result is a normal expected outcome.

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What part of the city? Trying to find it now

“Latinx” is peak white progressive suburbanite new speak.

It’s one of those words you hear and can guess everything about the person who’s using it, and you know they won’t be Latino.

And if Latinos don’t want it but white progressives are pushing it on them, what does that sound like?

On Blue Hill Ave they sell several used bikes.

Using your body to make art is working. They do not own the means of production. Tattooing is labor.

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Inman Square is a decent area; you'll be close to the Red Line, which will get you downtown, and you're easy walking distance to Harvard Square.

Be aware that the public transit around Boston is... uh... not amazing right now. So, just be prepared for delays and long waits.

The bar scene around Boston is fine, but our public transit shuts down before the bars close, so that's tricky, depending on how late you're planning to be out. In Massachusetts, bars close at 2am by law. That said, there are tons of bars in/around Cambridge, including some classic pubs. Davis Square, which is farther up the red line a few stops, has the Burren, for example. You definitely do not need to head into Boston to find good pubs (though there are lots of cool pubs all around Boston, as well).

As far as the accent goes... it won't hurt, but it won't help you anywhere near as much as that movie shows; Boston is a very, very international city. People come to Boston from all over the world to attend college or grad school or to work. It's super common to hear people with accents.

Ah yes, no one in Public Education has never lost their position for not embracing the white know it all new-speak. Sure thing.

Dear lord, take a vacation to any Spanish speaking nation and come hard with the Latinx, when they look at you with disgust or confusion, remember you're white, and you know better.

Launch has a few locations with laser tag, none in boston proper. I’ve also rented video game trucks from a company that will bring laser tag to you, but I don’t have experience with that