Boston suggestions and Fall TV pilots

[bohemia]

So next weekend splits_thesky and I are off to Boston! It's her birthday the following week, and she wanted to go to Boston? So... we're... doing that. IT SOUNDS SO WEIRD BUT THAT'S BASICALLY IT. We have a fairly loose itinerary planned for Friday and Saturday (Sunday is when we return) that includes the New England Aquarium, the MIT Museum, a picnic/lunch at Boston Public Garden (Beacon Hill!) and maybe a movie tour or visit to the Zoo or some other museum. Those of you from/frequent visitors to Cambridge/Boston, what are good places to eat lunch/dinner? We're generally going on Yelp! ratings and pictures but after DC we're wary of things going to complete hell on us. So any advice in that area (or tips on far more interesting museums/sites to see) are welcome.

I watched some pilots: Hellcats, Nikita and Terriers. Terriers was the only one that really hooked me. Nikita seems intriguing enough but it didn't focus too much on her. I don't want to judge the show so harshly from one episode, but everyone else was more intriguing to me. Every time it went back to Nikita I was like, "Yeah, whatever, cut back to the other characters!" Hellcats is too teenager-drama-catty for my tastes. Terriers is supposed to be an hour-long dramedy, but it feels much more dramatic than comedic. The only comedy stems from its Psych-meets-Bored to Death premise of LOL THESE GUYS ARE JUST WINGING THIS DETECTIVE JOB, but since I watch both Psych and Bored to Death it feels a bit tired to me. Still, I love Donal Logue enough to keep watching even if it hadn't pulled me in.

I also wanted to start watching Sons of Anarchy again and catch up with Human Target. I can do that within a week, right? >.>

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[bohemu.livejournal.com]

We were mainly focusing on cheap places? splits_thesky isn't big on seafood and I don't eat red meat, but that hasn't been a big factor in our dining habits before. And we do both enjoy Japanese!

[splits_thesky]

We were mainly focusing on cheap places?

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL, THIS.
But also, classy places, I feel it must be said! ...And also, places that serve booze.

[bohemu.livejournal.com]

But for lunch though? I think we've got dinner down, no?

MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST DO LIKE SHAWN & GUS IN MY ICON AND GO EVERYWHERE~~

[splits_thesky]

Oh, are we......not picnicking in the park??


(But lulz, perhaps!)

[bohemu.livejournal.com]

...where is the food for the picnic coming from though? I kinda assumed we'd get take-out/find a deli and then go picnic?

[splits_thesky]

lulz, SO MUCH FOR THIS. ...although we did sit and have ice cream, soooooo.

[bohemu.livejournal.com]

WHICH WAS AWESOME. So, yeah. Alternate picnic FTW!

[bohemu.livejournal.com]

I like, btw, how it's THE NIGHT BEFORE and we're still IDK IDK about soooo much. Boston, you are my official fave trip for this random factor alone.

[splits_thesky]

lulz, and things STILL CAME TOGETHER!! I mean, not Duck Tour-type things, but STILL.

[bohemu.livejournal.com]

haha, omg, I love us. <333 And yeah! WE NEED TO GO BACK, KATE DIVYA. THE DUCKS ARE WAITING FOR US. The pigeons, too, but they seem to manage on their own.

[splits_thesky]

And the mammal center in the aquarium!! LET'S DO ITTT.

[chiasmus.livejournal.com]

lol, cheap is always good! For Japanese, I usually go to Porter Square, which has a lot of little Japanese restaurants, plus a random Korean one (Tampopo is my favorite, Ittyo is good too. Avoid Chocho. There's also a ramen place and a sushi bar.). It's easy to get to, since it's not far from the stop on the redline and attached to Leslie University. Wagamama is pretty good, too, and if you're at the Cambridge one there's a Shabu Shabu place upstairs from it. The other place I really like is Noodle St, but that's not too close to where you'll be.

When you're picnicking, I'd recommend avoiding Faneiul Hall Marketplace, if possible, since FHM is kind of a tourist deathtrap. But it might be unavoidable, lol. Though there are a lot of different food places if you're looking for somewhere quick to get lunch from. I like the macaroni place that's in there. It's within walking distance of the Commons, also near Gov Center & the aquarium. There will be lots of people in costume for the Freedom Trail.

Toscanini's is good for ice cream, and it's in Central Square. For drinks, I've heard good things about Cuchi Cuchi, though I haven't been there before. There's also the cupcake place next to the tea place in Harvard Square, which I enjoy.

I don't really know anything that's close to MIT, aside from the Garment District, but you shouldn't eat any of the clothes there. Oh, and Characters, but that is a horribly mediocre place.

[bohemu.livejournal.com]

OMG, these all sound amazing. We totally didn't get to try any of them but we are in so much love with this city that we plan on going back someday, anyway, so I will save these for that trip!

lulz, we totally didn't go near any clothing stores that I can really remember though? We were mostly in Boston itself, though.

[chiasmus.livejournal.com]

lol oops? I realized after your other post that I commented too late. :D But hooray for going back! I rather like it there myself, though most of my excursions involve hitting up the old book stores or just wandering around the Commons.

It's in the MIT area? lol It's a good place to go if you like secondhand clothes shopping.