Boston Recommendations

Friends reach out to ask about recommendations for Boston and Cambridge, and this is the list I complied with favorite things in the city. I will keep updating it!

Boston/Cambridge (for new visitors):

• The Boston Common — walk around the frog pond
• Newbury Street for outdoor shopping
• Freedom Trail for history
• MIT Museum (Arthur Ganson’s kinetic sculpture’s exhibition is incredible)
• Mount Auburn Cemetery for beautiful nature and some serenity
• Harvard Square(including the Harvard Book store)
• Charles River for a walk from JFK to Anderson footbridge (great views of Harvard campus)

Food:

• Oleana (Turkish/Middle Eastern cuisine)
• Barcelona Wine Bar (tapas shaped by Mediterranean, Spanish, and South American influence)
• Beehive Restaurant (Live Jazz music and a fun vibe)
• Giacomo’s or the Daily Catch in the North End for a great Italian dinner
• Little Donkey for brunch
• Daedalus for outdoor-patio drinks and brunch
• Henrietta’s Table for a New England brunch
• LA Burdick’s for hot chocolate (dark, milk, white)
• Berryline for frozen yogurt

Stuff

• The Red Room, for intimate music performances
• The New Repertory Theatre, for a small-size regional theatre.

Day trips

• Middlesex Fells for in-town hiking
• Rockport (beautiful nature)

Weekend trips:

• Cape Cod
• Green Mountains (Vermont)

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