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One of the best things about Boston is that it is both relatively small and very well layed out.  Tagged "the walking city," this is indeed a city that can easily be walked, especially the areas around Fanheil Hall, Beacon and Newberry Streets, and the North End.  But supposing you want to get from one area to the other without walking, supposing it's raining and unlovely for walking, supposing all ...

Boston's cultural and social contributions are wide ranging and numerous, and although not a usual tourist destination, the Boston's Holocaust memorial is well worth the visit to anyone interested in history or art.  It is heart-wrenching, one of the more emotionally charged memorials I've seen (and I've been to D. C. several times, walked the National Mall).  So this is not the ideal "date" place to visit, but it is memorable ...

94 years strong, the Franklin Park Zoo offers something new each time I visit.  Located in Boston's historic Franklin Park, the 72-acre attraction entertains the child in everyone. 

Greeted by the towering black iron gates, once inside this majestic park your curiosity of what lies within beckons your call.  For the smallest of visitors the park acclimates the tots by introducing them slowly to the animals by offering a farm petting zoo. 

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I've always been a girly girl. You know us, we wore the shiny patent leather shoes and refused to get them or our clothes dirty. Then as we got older, we started scouring Cosmo for fashion and make-up tips, and we had a thing for mirrors, shiny lip gloss, and combs (those big, fat one's with the long handle that we'd stick in our Gloria Vanderbilt jeans back pocket). Who ...

Boston Common is anything but common. Dating back to 1634, the Common was originally set aside for common pasturing of live stock, and until 1817 was also the site of public hangings. Since livestock was banned from grazing in 1830, Boston Common has been a public recreation area. It's quite large (though not near as large as New York's Central Park), and on any given spring, summer, or fall day ...

Once the Bastille of Boston, the Charles Street Jail spent decades as a decrepit dustbin of humanity and pigeons until it was shut down by court orders in 1990.

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Set to open in a few months, the luxury Liberty Hotel in ...

Starting on March 26, they're back. The Ducks are coming back! Some say it seems like too much of a "touristy" thing to do. But even the residents of Boston love Boston Duck Tours. I have been on the tour 5 times in 3 years, and would do it again in a heartbeat; every time I have a visitor, I try to ...

Who needs bed and breakfast when you can get bed, facial, manicure, pedicure AND breakfast?

Tucked away at the far edge of Boston's Financial District, Hilton Boston has teamed up with its ultra stylish neighbor Maksou for a chic package deal. Maybe the long years of living with the massive highway burial project in the neighborhood made these neighbors fast friends. Who know? But the partnership has produced a bargain day ...

Boston Restaurant week continues until tomorrow, Friday March 9. Over 100 area restaurants are participating in this great opportunity to get prix-fixe lunches at $20.07 and prix-fixe dinners at $33.07 (not including tax, tip, drinks). If you are even somewhat adventurous when it comes to food this is a great way to taste some new dishes at a bargain. Here's the link so you can check ...

So you’ve had enough cold and wintry weather and want to celebrate Valentine’s Day somewhere lush and warm—a place where palm trees grow alongside lemon trees, orchids and tropical ferns. Better yet, without leaving town?

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is your ticket. This splendid museum modeled on a Venetian Palace right in the middle of Boston’s ...