BOSTON
HER BOSTON
Travel journalist Jane Hubbard
lists the highlights in her
favourite American city.
OUT AND ABOUT
Nothing is better than a bird’s-eye
view, so I head for the 50th fl oor of
the Prudential Tower. Here, at the
Skywalk Observatory, I look across
the downtown, the harbour and
even to Cape Cod. Back down on
terra fi rma, I set out to explore this
city, which has so often been in the
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spotlight of American history.
Rather than aimlessly wandering,
of the Museum of Science, with its both Harvard University and MIT,
March 15
I join a guided tour of the famous
hands-on activities and presentations the Massachusetts Institute of
The 109th St Patrick’s Day Parade
Freedom Trail. Among the 16
starts in South Boston, the city’s
that make science exciting. And, Technology. President Kennedy
traditionally Irish neighbourhood.
important sites on this 2.5-mile
most exciting of all is the enormous was at Harvard; President Obama route are Faneuil Hall, ‘the home
Van de Graaff generator that crackles attended its Law School. Apart
April 17-19
of free speech’, and the Old
into action with a spectacular indoor from the students, Cambridge
Patriots’ Day Weekend is special
State House. Built in 1713, the
in and around Boston. Attend
lightning show! offers its own history: elegant
concerts; watch military re-
Declaration of Independence was
Brattle Street with its ‘Tory’
enactments in Concord and
read out from its balcony in 1776.
FAVOURITE AREA mansions and Longfellow House Lexington; cheer the runners in
That has to be Cambridge, across National Historic Site, the home
the 114th Boston Marathon.
FAVOURITE AREA
the Charles River and home to of 19th-century poet, Henry
June 30-July 5
When I win the lottery, I will move
Wadsworth Longfellow.
The 29th Boston Harborfest is a
to posh Beacon Hill. Think cobbled
week-long build-up to the Fourth
streets, brick pavements and
FAVOURITE RESTAURANTS
of July celebrations: historical re-
Victorian street lamps. At the top is
Again, in Cambridge. My son loves
enactments, walking tours, sunset
the gold-domed State House; this is
Mr Bartley’s Burger Cottage, where
harbour cruises and free concerts
the ‘new’ one, fi nished in 1798, and
on City Hall Plaza.
the burgers have satirical names: seen on TV and in fi lms, such as The
“the Barack Obama (no experience
December 31
Departed.
necessary)”, “the George Bush
Since 1976, First Night has been
(don’t blame me, I’m retired)”. For
a city-wide New Year’s Eve party:
concerts, ice sculpting, fi reworks.
top chefs, I recommend UpStairs
on the Square and Oleana with its
outdoor terrace/garden.
PUBS
Crowds still fl ock to see Cheers
Boston, the inspiration for the
TV show; I prefer a real pub, The
Sevens, around the corner on
Charles Street.
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