Boston -- Classic or Dirty Water?

is this a boston franchise?!? 'cause i've seen them in NYC and philadelphia. and it seems like a down-market version of dunkin donuts (which i always thought was a boston franchise).

I will be in your area Nov. 7-10, and in Cambridge during the day on the 7th. Let's meet-up!

Sincerely,
Youn

Some amazing Venezuelan food to be found in Boston.

So... are there exciting festivals etc in Boston in the summer (July-September)? So far I have discovered the jazz festival in late September, and the Tanglewood classical festival which appears to be really quite far from Boston. Surely there must be some pop/rock/electronic stuff?

you can take a bus to/from Tanglewood

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But the answer's basically no, afaik. You want folk/roots music-type stuff, there's a decent amount of that nearby, but no Glasto-type events. Most of your big festivals exist in places where there are fewer big cities - everyone comes here anyway - and to the extent you find them on the East Coast, they're usually gonna be more central, i.e. between NY and DC.

if you're just looking for (semi-)outdoor concerts, and maybe this is obv, there's the Tweeter Center in Mansfield, plus the South Shore Music Circus and Cape Cod Melody Tent

There's definitely a growing electronic scene if you are into house/techno/nu-rave stuff. I think there was a small indie-pop festival last year too.

Thanks for the info - I didn't expect that there would be anything much, but then I hadn't known about Pitchfork/Lollapalooza before moving to Chicago, so you never know...

Electronic - I am definitely into my mnml etc. Are there particular places/websites/whatever to find out about stuff going on?

Not necessarily the type of festival you're talking about, but there's the Boston Early Music Festival:

http://www.bemf.org/

There's also the Boston Folk Festival:

http://www.bostonfolkfestival.org/

T - I don't know about festivals (were actually contemplating going to Chicago for Lollapalooza but then realized how $ it would be) really but there are a lot of good shows coming up. We have tickets for six shows in may already.

Unfortunately I don't think there's a single Boston gig website. I usually just check the websites of realiable venues.

www.mideastclub.com
www.thedise.com
http://www.ttthebears.com/

I also use livenation.com pretty often.

Hope that helps some.

electronic stuff -

http://basstown.blogspot.com/
http://www.squar3.com/
http://www.soulclap.us

should give you enough links/info to start

the little light bulbs in the shapes of "8"s from which you can make any number.

These are called 7-segment displays. Not as cool as Nixie tubes or Numitrons, but still cool.

Thanks for all the links - v helpful!

Other good resources:

WMBR concert calendar: http://wmbr.org/www/cr
Lemmingtrail events listings: http://www.lemmingtrail.com/events/

<a href-"http://www.lemmingtrail.com/events/";>Lemmingtrail events</a> needs the backslash fwiw

Not quite as much your parents' Newport Folk this year

boston: now 40% more insufferable!

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although maybe it's just me having to listen to people who have NEVER so much as mentioned basketball in all the time i've known them act as if they have been diehard celtics fans since birth. maybe they were. but i doubt it!

living in philly for so many years, i have never lived through so much WE RULE! SIS BOOM BAH overload. obviously.

that's the overzealous nature of boston sport fans though. wallow uncontrollably and/or boast proudly.

Under two weeks til we live in Boston! Well, Cambridge.

http://gawker.com/5069873/poodle-joins-list-of-things-that-can-shut-down-boston

hahaha I was going to mention this yesterday but forgot to

choochy the TERRORIST more like!

I know people name their pets all manner of stupid things but CHOOCHY?

still lolling at chasing a dog for SEVENTEEN HOURS

I KNOW that is the thing about this story that is utterly ridiculous. how does it take 17 hours to catch a dog?

You have to remember that the Curt Schilling body shape is relatively prevalent here, only without the attendant Professional Athlete caveat.

Hey I just moved here!

Welcome! Hope that wasn't your poodle at the airport!

http://www.icaboston.org/about/pressreleases/shepard-fairey/

In complement to the exhibition, Fairey will be creating public art works at sites around Boston.

I'm really craving some Pho Pasteur right about now. I miss Cambridge :(

Staying in Peabody this weekend - hotel rates went nuts thanks to the game, I guess. So we're spending one day in Salem, etc. and then Saturday around Boston for the game.

A former local recommended Legal Sea Foods, which appears to have a place near the hotel - is it worth going there for dinner?

Legal is fine (been a couple times) but I'm not a seafood expert by any means.

Legal is basically "Old Reliable"; it's a chain, but it's a chain with really good food (plus every restaurant is styled differently, making it seem less chain-like).

I just discovered a pretty decent Mexican place right next to Fenway called La Verdad which has very good drinks and very good guacamole.

La Verdad, eh? Never heard of it!!! Where by Fenway?

Milo I agree that Legal is a safe bet despite it being a chain. The one by the aquarium is particularly nice and you can go see the punk rock penguins!

They have awesome hair and the Aquarium is one of my favorite places in Boston so I would recommend a visit.

It's all the way down by the end, next to Tequila Rain. I was there Monday and they had many tasty tequila-based drinks.

Agreed re: Legal Sea Food, its location near the Aquarium and the Aquarium itself. All worth it.

x-post Tequila Rain is on Landsdowne Right? I have been down past the HoB in a while. Going to see Pet Shop Boys there in a couple weeks maybe we'll have to have dinner at that Mexican joint first!!!