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Post by t-dog on Aug 12, 2016 12:13:36 GMT -5
You guys are great - thanks for all the information.
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Post by GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl on Aug 12, 2016 12:40:29 GMT -5
I know the purpose of the trip is highly focused on your son, and rightly so, but we Boston-area YMers are a fun bunch and would be open to meeting you for coffee or a drink.
If you dare. MWUHAHAHAHAHA!!!
;-)
Seriously, IF you have the interest AND the energy, let us know. But know that we totally understand if this is not the trip to be meeting creepy internet strangers. :-)
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Post by swamp on Aug 12, 2016 14:00:05 GMT -5
DH and I spent a few days in Boston last year.
Food: Legal Seafood.
Things to do: We walked the Freedom Trial and did a Duck Tour. I thought the Freedom Trail was awesome. At night we did a ghost tour. Highly recommended.
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Post by GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl on Aug 12, 2016 14:01:18 GMT -5
DH and I spent a few days in Boston last year.
Food: Legal Seafood.
Things to do: We walked the Freedom Trial and did a Duck Tour. I thought the Freedom Trail was awesome. At night we did a ghost tour. Highly recommended. Hey, thanks for meeting up with us all while you were here. Not.
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Post by swamp on Aug 12, 2016 14:03:23 GMT -5
DH and I spent a few days in Boston last year.
Food: Legal Seafood.
Things to do: We walked the Freedom Trial and did a Duck Tour. I thought the Freedom Trail was awesome. At night we did a ghost tour. Highly recommended. Hey, thanks for meeting up with us all while you were here. Not. you're welcome!
DH is askeered of you guys, lol.
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Post by GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl on Aug 21, 2016 19:48:55 GMT -5
You guys are great - thanks for all the information. I completely forgot to mention: if your son is a foodie, he will LOVE the new Boston Public Market in the Faneuil Hall/Government Center/Haymarket area -- it's a large building full of small shops and stalls selling everything from artisanal Massachusetts cheeses to gourmet charcuterie to absolutely PRIME beef to AMAZING chocolate and EVERYTHING in between. You can use the $$$ you save by not buying Green Monster tickets to fill an empty suitcase with yummy goodies to bring home!
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Post by Tennesseer on Aug 21, 2016 19:56:04 GMT -5
hey there, I hope you'll come back again under better circumstances, and that this trip goes okay for you. ETA: ooh, wait - seafood. go check out the Union Oyster House in Faneuil Hall. it is America's oldest restaurant. just around the corner is the Green Dragon Tavern, which has some history in being a meeting/planning place for some of our country's founders. being an Irish pub/restaurant, children are allowed at least during the day when the kitchen is open. If no one was going to recommend it, I was going to suggest Union Oyster House too. Great oyster bar if you like raw oysters which I do. Years ago, Durgan Park was a good place for roast beef and seafood. I have no idea what it is like today.. If t-dog is renting a car, a drive up to the north shore is worthwhile too. .
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Post by tskeeter on Aug 23, 2016 10:41:51 GMT -5
Let me add my vote for Legal Seafood.
Since your son is a baker, he might enjoy cannoli from Mike's Pastry on Hanover in the north end.
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Post by Tennesseer on Aug 23, 2016 21:58:51 GMT -5
Let me add my vote for Legal Seafood. Since your son is a baker, he might enjoy cannoli from Mike's Pastry on Hanover in the north end. I left a family gathering in Scituate two hours early to head to Logan airport for my flight back home. I wanted to be sure I had plenty of time for a big plate of Legal Seafood's whole fried clams. LS was/(is?) located in the terminal at Logan. I cannot get whole fried clams here locally. They were delicious.
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Post by chiver78 on Aug 24, 2016 6:41:10 GMT -5
you must have flown American out of terminal B, Tenn. I think that's the only LS at Logan. and I'll again quietly reiterate that Caffè Vittoria blows Mike's away.
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Post by yogiii on Aug 24, 2016 7:20:12 GMT -5
you must have flown American out of terminal B, Tenn. I think that's the only LS at Logan. and I'll again quietly reiterate that Caffè Vittoria blows Mike's away. I'm with you on that, I'd put Modern over Mike's as well.
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Post by t-dog on Aug 25, 2016 13:38:36 GMT -5
Locals - my flight on September 14 departs at 6 am (ugh!) - how crazy early do I need to be at Logan to get through security (no checked bags just carry on).
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Post by chiver78 on Aug 25, 2016 14:16:37 GMT -5
what airline, and do you have TSA precheck?
ETA: some terminals are way better than others....
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Post by chiver78 on Aug 25, 2016 14:18:18 GMT -5
Ming Tsai has a second restaurant now in the Seaport District: Blue Dragon -- in case you don't want to go out to Wellesley (which is a simple trip and a picturesque town). AKA snotty college town. But yes, Ming is VERY big on food allergy awareness. He has even done a couple of episodes of "Simply Ming" with his kids and brought up the allergy situation. FTFY. the college isn't why the town is snotty. just saying....
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Post by yogiii on Aug 26, 2016 7:43:52 GMT -5
Locals - my flight on September 14 departs at 6 am (ugh!) - how crazy early do I need to be at Logan to get through security (no checked bags just carry on). It probably won't be too busy at 6 but if it was me I'd still get there at 4:30 , sorry.
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Post by GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl on Aug 26, 2016 9:25:21 GMT -5
Locals - my flight on September 14 departs at 6 am (ugh!) - how crazy early do I need to be at Logan to get through security (no checked bags just carry on). It probably won't be too busy at 6 but if it was me I'd still get there at 4:30 , sorry. At least. And keep an ear out for national and international news. An attack anywhere can increase scrutiny and lengthen lines and wait times.
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Post by t-dog on Sept 15, 2016 16:07:42 GMT -5
My cab to the airport was early so we set out at 3:52 am for Logan. Made it there in no time at all. The boy was TSA pre-cheked as a result of a school trip to DC in June - I was not, it all went very smoothly.
THANK YOU to all who provided information - Boston was really nice and I could totally see returning again as there is much to see. Today I am still paying the price for climbing all 294 steps inside the Bunker Hill monument.
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Post by t-dog on Sept 15, 2016 16:08:27 GMT -5
Well OK - the boards ate my update on the boy. Lets try it again: Hi all - just back yesterday from the appointment and our travel day was long and started at 3 am EST. We had a phenomenal visit - Children's is an amazing place. Also got to get a photo of my dad (retired MD) in front of the Harvard Medical School. Lot of good information and I will be definitely changing up the boys west coast care team based on recommendations from Boston. In the process I discovered the current west coast MD to have terrible office staff when it comes to records production. I had to go back to them to get lab reports because they only included 1 set - turns out there were 5 missing sets. Thankfully I paid for a copy of the records to self carry (my dad in going through them noted all the missing labs). I also discovered that what was sent included no dictation from the doctor after she performed any of the endoscopy/colonoscopies (boy has had 3 in last 2 years). When I called the office today on that they said she doesn't do verbal dictation which I find weird. Dad agreed that is a bizarre practice if true. The boy will be coming off his restricted diet and tapering off the medicine he is on. Boston doc was aghast that he had been on the meds for 2 years and stated that all the docs at a conference he was at just over the prior weekend agreed that the med boy was on was only for short term use and not appropriate as a maintenance drug. He also disagreed with recommendation to put boy on a stronger medication. Doc stated that Crohn's is a sneaky disease and he saw no direct evidence of the disease via the pics/records sent - based on circumstantial evidence he was about 80% sure it was the correct diagnosis.
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Post by GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl on Sept 21, 2016 9:34:59 GMT -5
t-dog: any memorable meals around Boston that you want to tell us about? Did your kiddo get to Legal Seafood (or wherever it was that he wanted to go)?
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Post by GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl on Sept 21, 2016 9:36:30 GMT -5
t-dog: any memorable meals around Boston that your foodie son particularly enjoyed?
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Post by t-dog on Sept 22, 2016 18:44:31 GMT -5
Yes he went to Legal Seafood and got his Lobster Roll and it was fantastic. he loved Fenway and that marks off another park from his quest to hit all the MLB parks. His favorite was just walking by the water - We saw a bait ball of fish on the walk over the bridge to Charlestown - I had seen the phenomenon in Discovery type shows, but never in person. I think he enjoyed the historical sights but because he's an ornery teen he won't admit it. He did say he would like to return to Boston and perhaps see it in the winter (brrr was my thought!)
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