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| soundofataris |
Posted - 09/13/2005 : 13:00:34
So I recently moved to Boston for law school but have yet to really discover the city. Can anyone suggest cool areas, stores, clubs, things to see and the like? Maybe local Pixies landmarks?
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| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 09/17/2005 : 12:12:16
Well if people weren't sold by your previous post, they sure will be now ; )
 I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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| mrgrieves1971 |
Posted - 09/17/2005 : 12:09:50
Birthplace and home of me, too. |
| mrgrieves1971 |
Posted - 09/17/2005 : 11:04:39
Boston. Birthplace of the Pixies. 'Nuff said. |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 09/17/2005 : 10:48:28
Really? I didn't realise that. Cool.
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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| kathryn |
Posted - 09/17/2005 : 10:33:27
No, I live not too far from there.
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 09/17/2005 : 10:31:28
Are you moving there?
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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| kathryn |
Posted - 09/17/2005 : 10:28:40
Good for you!
Just warn me beforehand so I can lock up my valuables.
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 09/17/2005 : 10:26:37
I am definitely going one day. Hopefully soon.
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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| kathryn |
Posted - 09/17/2005 : 10:25:17
Thank god for the forum, I always say. Seriously, tho, Boston is awesome. Ignore the Sasquatch. He knows not of what he speaks.
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 09/17/2005 : 10:24:36
I see. Well I have certainly learnt something today.
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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| kathryn |
Posted - 09/17/2005 : 10:21:35
Because of the beans that were baked there in Colonial Times.
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 09/17/2005 : 10:19:40
Why is it called Bean Town?
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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| kathryn |
Posted - 09/17/2005 : 10:16:39
Don't listen to the Sasquatch, monkey. Bean Town rocks.
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 09/17/2005 : 07:51:12
quote:
Originally posted by The King Of Karaoke
You want to know something good to do while in Boston?
Pack up and get the fuck out of there. The place sucks!
 I am not a number. I am a free man!
Well I'd still love to go.
I see similarities with my own city.
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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| HeywoodJablome |
Posted - 09/16/2005 : 22:57:29
I went there once and found it to be pretty goddamn expensive. New York was cheaper if you can believe that. Fenway Park was awesome though, their T-car system was fascinating to me for some reason. Maybe it was because I was high a lot of the time I was there. |
| The King Of Karaoke |
Posted - 09/16/2005 : 13:21:48
You want to know something good to do while in Boston?
Pack up and get the fuck out of there. The place sucks!
I am not a number. I am a free man! |
| kathryn |
Posted - 09/16/2005 : 13:16:44
Don't be lumping me with that information-challenged floop now, darwin!
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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| darwin |
Posted - 09/16/2005 : 13:11:22
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Originally posted by kathryn
A freshman dorm building. Where a freshman could be so miserable that he would drop out and then mention said building in a song.
Thank you for proving my point, dar!
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
Right, and Frank Black was born in Long Beach. |
| kathryn |
Posted - 09/16/2005 : 13:04:12
A freshman dorm building. Where a freshman could be so miserable that he would drop out and then mention said building in a song.
Thank you for proving my point, dar!
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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| darwin |
Posted - 09/16/2005 : 13:03:05
You can also take a tour of Fenway.
http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/bos/ballpark/tour.jsp
Or see a dorm building that Michael Stipe never lived in.
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| ramona |
Posted - 09/16/2005 : 12:55:53
Well, Fenway will be amusing for approximately an afternoon or however long you are there. If you are in that area, you can also take some good walks over to the River and down into Back Bay. And come over to my neighborhood in Jamaica Plain, it's very fun.
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| kathryn |
Posted - 09/16/2005 : 12:54:29
Back to helping our fellow forumite.
Seriously. Do this: walk from BU down the leafy middle of Comm Ave to the Common and do the swan boat thingie, like someone suggested already. Then go to the Ritz and get drunk in a high style, like Anne Sexton and Maxine Kunin and Robert Lowell used to. Then hoof it to Newbury Street and check out Newbury Comics.
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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| darwin |
Posted - 09/16/2005 : 12:45:20
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Originally posted by kathryn
[Still, I am correct. He attended some or all of his freshman year.
Hmmm, where's the proof?
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Originally posted by kathryn
And isn't this really helping soundofataris?
Fenway is all you need, but good luck getting a ticket. |
| kathryn |
Posted - 09/16/2005 : 12:43:48
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Originally posted by darwin
Sorry, playboy.com says differently. He moved to Athens in the late 70s and went to UGA.
"Stipe, the son of a military man, grew up on army bases around the U.S. and Europe before moving to Athens in the late '70s to study art at the University of Georgia. There, he met budding guitarist Peter Buck, who was a clerk at Stipe's favorite record store. The two bonded over a love of early punk and were soon playing cover songs around town with bassist Mike Mills and drummer Bill Berry under the gloriously stupid moniker Twisted Kites."
http://www.playboy.com/features/dotcomversation/michaelstipe/
So someone does read Playboy for the articles!
Still, I am correct. He attended some or all of his freshman year.
And isn't this really helping soundofataris?
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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| mosleyk |
Posted - 09/16/2005 : 12:42:19
I repeat.....Oh, you MUST get a connoli from Mike's Pastry!
300 Hanover St
Best Wishes |
| darwin |
Posted - 09/16/2005 : 12:40:18
Sorry, playboy.com says differently. He moved to Athens in the late 70s and went to UGA.
"Stipe, the son of a military man, grew up on army bases around the U.S. and Europe before moving to Athens in the late '70s to study art at the University of Georgia. There, he met budding guitarist Peter Buck, who was a clerk at Stipe's favorite record store. The two bonded over a love of early punk and were soon playing cover songs around town with bassist Mike Mills and drummer Bill Berry under the gloriously stupid moniker Twisted Kites."
http://www.playboy.com/features/dotcomversation/michaelstipe/ |
| mosleyk |
Posted - 09/16/2005 : 12:36:37
Oh, you must get a connoli from Mike's Pastry! 300 Hanover St
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| kathryn |
Posted - 09/16/2005 : 12:31:38
I'm sorry. Kitty? The one in school in England? Sorry.
He was there briefly in the early 80s, when I was in school in New England.
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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| darwin |
Posted - 09/16/2005 : 12:22:31
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Originally posted by kathryn
He went for either his freshman fall or all of freshman year. Then left.
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
I can't find anything about Stipe and BU using google. I know he ended up at U of GA, obviously. Maybe kitty knows. |
| kathryn |
Posted - 09/16/2005 : 11:36:33
He went for either his freshman fall or all of freshman year. Then left.
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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| mrgrieves1971 |
Posted - 09/16/2005 : 11:19:45
Stipe went to BU ?!?!?! Are you sure? |
| kathryn |
Posted - 09/16/2005 : 10:28:29
My brother went to BC, my cousin went to BU and they both insist that Michael Stipe (who briefly attended BU) sings "Don't get caught in Warren Towers" in "It's the end of the world."
Anyway...all these relatives in Boston and I still haven't made a single recommendation. Let me think and I'll get back to you.
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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| soundofataris |
Posted - 09/16/2005 : 10:17:46
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Originally posted by mrgrieves1971
I almost went to BU Law. Ended up going to BC instead. Odd building BU Law is. It's like one room wide and 20 stories tall. More like a tower.
It prides itself on being the most phallic law school in the country.
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| mrgrieves1971 |
Posted - 09/16/2005 : 10:12:46
Harvard Ave. near the intersections of Comm. Ave. and Brighton Ave. is cool. Central Sq. in Cambridge, Harvard Sq. Our House on Comm. Ave.
I'm sure all the 1L's at BU will figure out where to hang out. You should be too busy studying anyway.
I've lived in Boston my whole life, but have two kids and never get out anymore, so I guess I don't know what's going on anymore.
I almost went to BU Law. Ended up going to BC instead. Odd building BU Law is. It's like one room wide and 20 stories tall. More like a tower. |
| soundofataris |
Posted - 09/16/2005 : 09:41:03
Thanks for the ideas so far, everyone. I did the tea thing last week. I think this weekend I'll check out the Meusem of Fine Arts and dream of having a girlfren
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Originally posted by kathryn
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Originally posted by soundofataris
So I recently moved to Boston for law school but have yet to really discover the city. Can anyone suggest cool areas, stores, clubs, things to see and the like? Maybe local Pixies landmarks?
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Where in Boston do you go to school and live? What parts of the city are you familiar with already? Tell me and I'll make my humble suggestions about places you don't already know.
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
I'm going to BU Law and live pretty close to the campus, right by Fenway park. I've found a couple of neat stores and stuff so far, but not near enough. I'd appreciate all suggestions, humble or otherwise.
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