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Population City: 600,000, metro: 3.2 million

Dialing Code Country: 1 Area Codes: 617 and 857

Major Industries Tourism, Education, Government, Publishing and Printing

Did You Know? Boston is home to the nation's first public park (The Boston Commons 1640), the first public library (1653), and the first subway (1897).

Orientation Boston, the capital and largest city of Massachusetts, looms on the state's eastern edge along the shores of Massachusetts Bay. Its compact downtown area harbors some of the nation's greatest historical sites

Local Expert: Maria Olia

I am a freelance writer and the author of “The Little Black Book of Boston” (Peter Pauper Press).   I fell in love with Boston when I was a kid, came to the city for college, and never left!...

 
July 08, 2008
Local News

Free Shakespeare on The Common

 

The Bard is alive and well in Boston- and is definitely hot among the city's young urban professionals. Bring a blanket, pack a picnic lunch- and go all out- because Shakespeare definitely deserves gourmet. 
 
This year, the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company (CSC) will present...

July 01, 2008
Attraction

A Freedom Trail Break: The Free State House Tour

Address:
Massachusetts State House
Beacon Hill

 

 

Get off The Freedom Trail! Located on Beacon Hill and overlooking Boston Common, on land that was once John Hancock's cow pasture, the Massachusetts State House is an exceptionally beautiful building. Its gold-gilt dome is easily one of the city's most prominent landmarks.

The...

July 01, 2008
Food

Grand Chau Chow: A Chinatown Stand-by

Address:
Grand Chau Chow
45 Beach St, Boston, MA, United States, 02111
617.292.5166

Real fans of Chinese food know that some of the best Chinese eats can be found at the most unassuming places.  Grand Chau Chow is just that kind of place- it's a smallish dining room with pink formica tables, live-fish tanks stacked on the floor, and  70's -era mirrored walls.

Grand Chau...

June 29, 2008
Food

Watching The World Go By: Intrigue Cafe

Address:
Intrigue Cafe
70 Rowes Wharf
617-856-7744 website

 

The waterfront setting of the Boston Harbor Hotel's Intrigue Cafe is simply stunning- the ocean view, Charlestown just across the harbor, and luxury yachts moored at the marina.

The casually elegant café restaurant at the Boston Harbor Hotel is best known as the setting for the hotel's...

June 27, 2008
Local News

Celebrate The Fourth ! Boston Harborfest Events

 

Every year, Boston's celebrates Independence Day with Harborfest, a week long Fourth of July celebration of over 200 events (many are free) that celebrate Boston's colonial and maritime heritage. Here of some of the highlights that you won't want to miss. 

The Declaration of...

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