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And, boy, did they pick a fine time to do it too—the day after the heavens dumped a humongous pile of snow on all of New England.
The occasion was the current writers strike plaguing the film and television industries. If you haven’t been keeping up with that story, writers want a cut of the […]
Here’s the latest dose of local flavor for current and aspiring Boston Travelers. Boston is correctly known as a college town, and there’s always interesting things happening at the various universities in the area. On December 10, Tufts college students made their seasonal contribution to the college scene when they held their annual […]
Snow days are here!
Thursday morning, Boston residents started receiving their holiday gift of a White Christmas almost two full weeks early. According to local newspaper the Boston Herald, the “wall of snow” immersed the state of Massachusetts in enough fluffy wetness to lead government officials to send all the kiddies home from school and […]
Last Saturday in the post “Happy Birthday, Charlie!,” I wrote about the first birthday of Boston’s CharlieCard transit payment system. The innovative “smart card” contains an electronic chip that allows passengers to preload money and then tap their payment when boarding public transportation instead of swiping or inserting it. If a passenger has […]
A lifelong TV nut, I get an especially big kick out of it every time I pass by the Museum of Science while riding the Heath Street Green Line train from the beginning of the route in East Cambridge, where I live, into metro Boston. The reason is because the museum is in the […]
If you’re in the Boston area right now or intend to be soon, can’t stay away from the night life, and love art, then do I have an event for you. Sunday night marked the launch of Boston’s first ever Artweek, a seven-day extravaganza combining live music entertainment, free food and spirits, and—you guessed […]
On Tuesday, December 4, the latest fare collection method of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (better known as simply the MBTA) turned one year old. Bay State residents call the electronic “smart card” that supplanted the former T-pass and token system the CharlieCard, or just plain Charlie for short.
Charlie’s a handy little hard-plastic guy, […]
I knew it!
The results of a recent study titled Footloose and Fancy Free: A Field Survey of Walkable Urban Places in the Top 30 U.S. Metropolitan Areas confirmed what I’ve suspected for quite some time: Boston is one of the best locations in the United States to live if you enjoy walking. The city […]
Shop Locally, Share Locally!
Now, that’s a motto and goal I can’t argue with under any circumstances. Who could?
Boston is thriving on the cutting edge once again, this time with regards to a new retail project that allows consumers to save money, contribute to their communities, and help local small-business owners, all at the same […]
Welcome to The Boston Traveler, the site to visit in order to learn about what’s going on in Boston, the world-famous capital of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
I may not be a native Bostonian, but I’ve been living, working, and learning in the area for about a decade. The Boston Traveler will serve as an […]
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