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Visiting Boston
Hello Boston Nesties! DH and I are visiting Boston next week and I was wondering if you all could recommend any must sees while we are there. And we are suckers for a good meal, so great restaurant recommendations would be appreciated 
TIA!!!
TIA!!!
Re: Visiting Boston
I really like the aquarium. If the weather isnt bad, walk the Freedom Trail. Check out Quincy Market & Faneuil Hall and Newberry Street. If you're in the Faneuil area around lunch time, the Black Rose has really great sandwiches and pub food.
For good Italian food, check out the North End. I really like Tresca & Mare. And while you're there you can see the Old North Church.
Other restaurant recs: Top of the Hub for drinks, great views of the whole city and on Saturday nights they have live jazz; the Oak Room; Anthony's Peir 4 (for seafood).
Hopefully that helps! I'm sure the other girls will have more suggestions.
These girls are sick of looking at this list I'm sure, but here's what I usually suggest as things to do when people ask:
Duck Tour - http://www.bostonducktours.com. Fun tour that provides a good overview of the city and its history via an amphibious vehicle. Book tix in advance via the web site
Freedom Trail - This walking tour will take you through most of the historic sites of Boston. You can do a guided tour or I've heard there's a downloadable iPod tour so you can do a self-guided thing.
Public Gardens/Boston Common ? Not such a great visit in the winter, but otherwise nice. There's a Make Way for Ducklings bronze statue here that the kiddies might like if you have them.
Beacon Hill/Charles St. ? Quintessential old New England neighborhood with great architecture and quaint little boutiques to shop in. Just a few minutes walk from the Common.
Newbury Street (shopping) ? Just across the street from the Commons. Great for people watching and grabbing a bite to eat too.
Sam Adams or Harpoon Brewery tours
Faneuil Hall ? Historic area now full of shopping and restaurants.
North End ? our Little Italy. Mike's Pastry's cannolis are famous but be prepared for a huge crowd. Modern is another local bakery favorite
Fenway Park
Museum of Science - great exhibits and a domed IMAX theater that's amazing and shows lots of great documentary-style films.
JFK Museum
Children?s Museum ? Really fun for the kids
Art museums ? We have top-notch art museums: Museum of Fine Art, Isebella Stewart Gardner Museum, Institute of Contemporary Art
Whale Watch Tour
Harvard ? Campus is pretty and Harvard Square is fun to walk around
As for restaurants, my pricey recommendations in Boston are No. 9 Park and Mistral. In the 'burbs I suggest Salts (the whole roast duck is amazing), Blue Ginger, and Catch. For something more reasonably priced I suggest East Ocean City in Chinatown, and downright cheap is Hong Kong Eatery also in Chinatown. Check out one of the bakeries in Chinatown too if you're there; Ho Yuen and Hing Shing on Beach St. are my favorites.
It's a chain, mostly in England though, but Wagamma's (noodle bar) at Fanueil Hall or in Harvard Square Cambridge (they also just opened one at the Prudential Center) is good for a quick bite at lunch when in the area, but North End is a must for food. Mike's is a must for pastries.
Newbury Street also has great restaurants as you go strolling.