Boston
Boston Massachusetts MA
- Country Code
- USA
- State Code
- MA
- Day Trips
- Salem
- It's a short broomstick ride up to Salem, where witches and their admirers can examine the facts and fictions surrounding the Witch Trials of 1692. Fascinating historical sites and tours abound, and modern-day witches have a strong presence in this town, working to promote tolerance and religious acceptance among all people. For more info, visit www.salemweb.com.
- Local Food
- Baked beans may come to mind first, but Italian food in Boston can't be beat. Make your stomach go bada-bing with a trip to the summer weekend festivals held in the North End.
- Gay Info
- LGBT Helpline 617/267-9001. 6pm-11pm.
- Cambridge Women's Center 617/354-8807, www.cambridgewomenscenter.org.
- Edge Boston, www.edgeboston.com
- Aids Group
- Fenway Health 888/340-4528 www.fenwayhealth.org.
- Gay Aa
- AA 617/426-9444.
- Gay Pride
- June. 617/262-9405, www.bostonpride.org.
- Annual Events
- May - Gay & Lesbian Film/Video Festival 617/369-3300 (Museum of Fine Arts #).
- Airport
- Logan International. To get to the South End, take I-90 west through the Ted Williams Tunnel. Merge onto I-93 south and take the Albany Street exit. (Damron suggests not driving in Boston. Instead, take a shuttle, taxi, or the “T.”)
- Taxi
- Boston Cab 617/536-5010, www.bostoncab.us.
- Metro Cab, www.boston-cab.com.
- Public Transport
- MBTA (the “T”) 800/392-6100, www.mbta.com.
- Tourist Attraction
- Beacon Hill, www.beaconhillonline.com.
- Black Heritage Trail, www.afroammuseum.org/trail.htm.
- Boston Common.
- Faneuil Hall, www.faneuilhall.com.
- Freedom Trail 617/242-5642, www.thefreedomtrail.org.
- Harvard University, www.harvard.edu.
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum 617/566-1401, www.gardnermuseum.org.
- Museum of African American History 617/725-0022, www.afroammuseum.org.
- Museum of Fine Arts 617/267-9300, www.mfa.org.
- Museum of Science 617/723-2500, www.mos.org.
- New England Aquarium 617/973-5200, www.neaq.org.
- Old North Church 617/523-6676, www.oldnorth.com.
- Walden Pond, www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/northeast/wldn.htm.
- Visitors Bureau
- Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau 888/733-2678, www.bostonusa.com.
- Weather
- Extreme-from freezing winters to boiling summers with a beautiful spring and fall.
- Where The Girls Are
- Sipping coffee and reading somewhere in Cambridge or Harvard Square, strolling the South End near Columbus & Mass. Avenues, or hanging out in the Fenway or Jamaica Plain.