Check out America's most beloved ballpark all dressed up for Winter in the Fenway Park Winter Light Show. Daily tours at 4 p.m., 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. run through February 28th. The red Sox always put on a great tour, and the ballpark looks magestic under the cover of Winter. Make a night of it and check out any one of the neighborhood's hot new restaurants and/or night spots.
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Crash any party with your new array of skilled dance moves, learned locally at Boston Swing Central in Charlestown. They offer great weekend crash courses that will instantly up your game at any wedding, party, or straight up dance competition (think dance dance revolution)....January 13th and 20th are the next classes.
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Check out the Improv Asylum this year for improv and/or sketch writing classes and hone your inner comedian. Located on Hanover St in the North End, this club not only has great performances to take in, but they also offer some excellent classes. Level 1 of both Improv and Sketch Writing is 8 classes and there is a new one commencing on January 8th. At $30 a class they are an excellent value and you can find deals on Groupon.
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When in Rome...or Boston in this case....check out First Night for New Year's. This day long celebration has a myriad of activities form which to choose. First Night is the oldest and largest New Year’s Eve celebration of the arts in North America. This is the 37th edition. It was founded in 1976 by a group of artists and community activists seeking to create an alternative, arts-oriented event for New Year’s Eve. Buttons cost $18 each (children under 4 are admitted free), include a First Night program guide with purchase, and are available at dozens of locations, including Shaw’s Supermarkets, Star Market, Tedeschi Food Shops, and Au Bon Pain. The afternoon programming has a plethora of options and the evening is highlighted by featured musical acts Lee Fields (at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall, The Magnetic Fields at Symphony Hall and John Scofield at Berklee Performance Center. The evening culminates with fireworks on the Boston Harbor at midnight.
As promised yesterday let's look at another common New Year's Resolution and see what Boston has to offer those who wish to tackle: eating healthier....Check out a few of these options for both restaurants, CSAs and farmer's markets.....
Stillman's Farm is located in Lunenburg and New Braintree and they offer CSA programs in Brookline, Jamaica Plain and Somerville.
There are a variety of farmer's markets throughout the state and unbeknown to many of us, they still operate throughout the winter. Egleston in JP and Brookline on Harvard Ave. are the closest to the city.
As far as healthy restaurants go, check out:
There are plenty of other options throughout the city and if eating better is on your list this year then the above places are a great place to start.
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Well today marks Day 1 looking at some places in Boston to follow through on some common New Year's Resolutions...Let's start with the most common of 'em all: joining the gym....Ah, this one I make every year, only to progressively approach full Pillsbury Dough Boy status every year since the Millenium.....Here are some of Boston's best options:
Sports Club LA- Swanky and not cheap, but widely considered the best of the best.
Equinox- A great option with 2 downtown locations.
Boston Sports Clubs- Perhaps the most widely used by our city, with locations all over.
Boston Athletic Club- No frills and low cost. A solid option.
Healthworks- For women only. No worries about creeps like me trying to impress you by benching the bar....
FitCorp- A solid option with many corporate relationships and good classes.
Gold's Gym- The "Mecca" "where it all began"...'nuff said...PUNK!
Check out websites like Groupon, giltcity, and living social for some New Year's deals.....
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We all think of Boston as the Revolutionary War mecca, but there is also some very pertinent history in our city related to the Civil War. Check out Boston Civil War Tours. Faneuil Hall, The Old State House, Court Square, The Parker House Hotel and The Tremont Temple Baptist Church are just some of the stops on this great tour. Commencing at the Boston Vistor Information Center next to the Park and Boylston Street T stops on the Boston Common, these tours are educational and fun.
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In continuing with my Winter themed posts check out Ski Boston at the Weston Ski Track located on the Newton/Weston line at the Leo J. Martin Memorial Golf Course at 190 Park Rd. in Weston. You can cross country ski or snow shoe there. They maintain 15 kilometers of trails with natural snow and a 2K loop with man made snow as well. They also have night skiing. Take some lessons and enjoy the snack bar as well.
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With Winter now upon us and the forecast starting to show some now on the horizon take some time to wander around our wintry wonderland (yes, I am in the poetic xmas spirit). Especially before the plows come through and traffic sullies the splendor, take some time to view the Boston Common, Public Garden, Esplanade and historic neighborhoods like Back Bay and Beacon Hill.....
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Bully Boy Distillery is Boston's only craft distillery and first since Prohibition. Located in Roxbury (35 Cedric St., close to the Andrew T Stop) they offer tours this very cool establishment. Founded by borthers Will and Dave Willis (who I coincidentally went to high school with) the distillery has been all the rage the past few years, as their product has started to gain some major traction. They offer an exceptionally smooth vodka (so I've been told) and perhaps their signatire product is the rare White Whiskey.
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