Things to do in Boston

[boozehound]

I am going to have an afternoon and evening to kill in Boston next week. I have a Thursday morning meeting and am arriving Wednesday at 1 at Logan.

I am actually going to be staying in the Taunton/Raynham area, but I figured that I would spend the day checking out Boston before heading to the hotel.

I haven't been to Boston before. Is there anything especially cool to do to kill a few hours during the afternoon?

Also, I am thinking about getting a bite to eat somewhere in the Taunton/Raynham/Lakeville area. I love seafood. Does anybody have any suggestions?

[Jumpy]

I heard McDonald's is pretty good.

[BBC 08]

Go visit Tollbooth Willy.

[X-band '01]

There's always Bull and Finch pub - more affectionately known as the Cheers Bar.

[boozehound]

There's always Bull and Finch pub - more affectionately known as the Cheers Bar.

Yeah, I thought about that. Having a drink at 'the Cheers bar' definitely makes the list. It is somewhere downtown I assume?

[bobbiemcgee]

Too bad the Bosox are OOT, Fenway is a Classic.

[GuyFawkes38]

Too bad the Bosox are OOT, Fenway is a Classic.

A while back I took a tour of Fenway which was great. I highly recommend it if they still offer it.

Outside of that, Boston is a great city to walk around and explore.

[ballyhoohoo]

Do the freedom trail

[xucub]

2 food recommendations in Boston: 1.) Legal Seafood is a must. I have never known anyone to walk away unhappy. There are several throughout the Boston area. 2.) Michael's Pastry. Near Paul Revere's home and the old church. In an Italian food district, so there are probably some good restaurants there as well. Michaels has the best cannolis you will ever eat.

[Xman95]

Go visit Tollbooth Willy.

Just don't make him mad. If you do, he's coming out of the booooootth!

[danaandvictory]

Do the freedom trail

This. Faneuil Hall, the Old North Church, the tombs of Revere and Adams and so forth. And there's bars all around if you need to quench your thirst.

[XU-PA]

Grab all the lobster you can, super low prices. If you can't find it cheap in town, just hit the road, a few hours north and a lobster dinner can be had in the 10 buck range in Maine.

[BBC 08]

Just don't make him mad. If you do, he's coming out of the booooootth!

Thank you. I'm glad someone can recognize the genius of Tollboth Willy.

[Jumpy]

Thank you. I'm glad someone can recognize the genius of Tollboth Willy.

Is he a relative of Steamboat Willie?

[XURunner85]

My brother lives near Boston (Northboro) and whenever I go visit him and his family, we always head to Boston. Definitely Paul Revere home and the church he used to notified the people are cool. The Italian restaurants in the area are great to eat in. I also loved the JFK Library (other end of Boston near the harbor). If you were going to stay longer I would suggest the boat ride around the harbor or going on the whale watching boat (which will be the next time I go out there). Really just walking the downtown streets especially the north end is very cool....

[xubball93]

This. Faneuil Hall, the Old North Church, the tombs of Revere and Adams and so forth. And there's bars all around if you need to quench your thirst.

And yeah, Legal Seafood is a must.

[SixFig]

9AM Wake Up
930AM Shower
10AM Put on Kevlar Vest in case of accidental "Departed"-type shooutouts
1030AM Go paaaaak the caaaaar at Haaaaarvard Yaaaaard
12PM Grab some claaaam chowdaaaaa
1PM Watch Red Sox fans beat on tourist simply because they have New York license plates
2PM Walk the freedom trail, step over discarded "19-0 Patriots" signs
5PM Eat dinner. Table next to you still having vehement discussion of how Kerry was robbed
7PM Catch a Sox game. Discussion of just how much the Yankees "Saaaahk" despite being in 2nd.
11PM Leave game to go home/go to the pub and get "wicked retaaaahded"

[boozehound]

Go visit Tollbooth Willy.

Here's a quartah, and ah, go fuck yourself Willy.

...or something like that. It's been a long time.

[BBC 08]

Tollbooth Willy by Adam Sandler:

Welcome to Wester dollar 25 please

Hey how ya doin tollbooth willy?

Good, thank for askin pa

Oh thats great you know considering you're a fucking idiot

Go fuck youself ya son of a bitch i'll come outta the booth and fuckin whack ya, ya fuckin prick

Hey Hey Willy how's it goin?

Hey can't complain pa how's about you?

Aw, great great, how much?

The state charge is a dollar 25 pa

That's fine, now should you i give you the money or should i shove the quarters directly up your fat ass
he he

Why you fuckin hard on I'll fuckin cop n fist your fuckin head with a louiseville fuckin slugger whatd'ya think of that ass fuck

Hi Willy

Oh nice to see ya ma'am, not a bad day uh?

Well i'm a little lost can you help me out i hear you're the best with directions

Well i know my way around New England i can tell ya that much so where ya headin?

Well i was just wondering exactly which is the best way to drive up your ass, you know if you'd tell me i'd appreciate it you fuckin prick

You fuckin bitch fuck you, You forgot to pay the fuckin toll you dirty whore i'll fuckin drop you with a boot to the fuckin skull you cum guzziling queef

Hey Willy

Hey how are ya?

Here's a dollar 25 and go fuck yourself

Ah ya fuckin prick i hope you choke on a fuckin bottle cap ya fuckin son of a fuck eat shit eat my shit

Hello Willy good to see you

Hey Bishop Nelson nice to see ya that was quite a sermon you had the other day

Well i do my best

Dollar 25 Bishop

Dollar 25 Willy..Isn't that the same price your mother charges for a blow job you piece of dog shit

Oh have another one you fuckin lush, It's not my fault the bartender cut ya off last night ya fuckin douche bag

Hey

Well hey

Yeah..do you want the money or should i just shove the quarters directly up your fat ass

Well i already heard that one you fuckin unoriginal bastard go suck a cock ya piece of fuckin repeatin shit

Hi

Oohh..Hi how are ya

Fine thank you how much is the toll please?

For you sweetheart it's a dollar 25

Here ya go thank you

Hey hey, honey would ya like reciept with that

Oh i almost forgot thank you so much

And here ya are

Um..do you think you could sign it?

Uh? sign it?

Yeah, sign it Tollbooth Willy was here

Okay sure, uh by the way what is this for?

Just so i can have proof for my friends that i met the biggest fucking dipshit with the smallest dick alive, you understand

Fuck you, ya fuckin humptidy bitch I'll fuckin fuck you and all your lesbian fish eatin friends in front of your fuckin mothers..You're gonna die bitch i'm coming outta the boooooooth

Oooohh..my fuckin leg!

Hey you ran over tollbooth willy?

Oh my god! I was always wondering what it would be like to run over a dried up stinky dick licker

Why you fuckin pricks i fuckin here every fuckin word you're sayin when this fuckin leg heals i'm gonna kick you guys new fuckin arseholes...(yelling back and forth) fuck you,you mother fuckers, i'll see you at the hospital, come to the hospital

[GoMuskies]

Legal Seafood and Mike's Pastries are terribly overrated. Go to Atlantic Fish on Boylston (right across from the Prudential Center) instead. Afterwards, walk to Ben & Jerry's on Newbury Street. Sure, Ben & Jerry's is a chain you can get anywhere, but the dessert will taste better and you can take a walk down Newbury Street with all its fancy stores full of stuff you can't afford.

And I would avoid Cheers at all costs. Walk past it on Comm. Ave. next to Boston Common and take a picture of the outside, but don't bother to go in. The only charming part is the outside. There are a hundred better bars in Boston. In that neighborhood (Beacon Hill), I'd go with the Hill Tavern.

[boozehound]

Well, unfortunately I didn't have as much time in downtown Boston as I thought. Still, it is probably the coolest downtown I have seen (I have not been to NYC). The history there is really cool. I walked part of the freedom trail and saw Boston Commons at the State House. I had a pint in a small Irish Pub (Emmets on Beacon) and got the heck out of downtown before rush hour. Traffic leaving downtown was still pretty bad at 3:30, I'm sure it would have been terrible at 5.

I will definitely have to make a return trip with at least a one night stay in the city, though.

[bourbonman]

Hound, on your return trip, if you enjoy history at all, it's a wonderful city. Also get out on the downtown area to Minuteman Park, Quincy area for Adams history and more. Spend a couple of days if you like history. Yet, skip Plymouth and Salem, IMO. Others on this board know more, but from someone from the outside (me) and loves history (me again), Boston is huge.

[boozehound]

Skip Salem, huh? I always thought that Salem would be really cool, what with the witch trials and all.

On an unrelated note, I just got back from dinner. Fried Clams at the Stoneforge. You just don't have access to clams this good in the midwest. Phenomenal.

[Kahns Krazy]

I spent an afternoon in Salem on my way from Boston to Maine and loved it. It was a perfect day, weather-wise, which always impacts my perception, but I thought it was a cool town.

[nuts4xu]

Could someone elaborate on this tollboth willy character? Is this a real guy, or someone from a movie. Sounds funnier than shit, but I am not sure if the dude is for real or part of a comedy act.

[boozehound]

Could someone elaborate on this tollboth willy character? Is this a real guy, or someone from a movie. Sounds funnier than shit, but I am not sure if the dude is for real or part of a comedy act.

It was a character from a skit on one of Adam Sandler's early comedy CD's. The whole disk is pretty funny, and definitely worth a listen.