I joined a few weeks ago but just saw this "Introduce Yourself" forum.
Sooo..hi. Diana from Boston. Single mom to a teenager..I work alot, have no social life and read forums like this to kill time.
Welcome. Boston is a great 'little' town, little in the sense it has great urban trails with much to see and enjoy along easy walks. My eldest son and I last visited in Sept. If was his first time so we did all the tourist things including catching a Red Sox Game and eating our way through the Quincy Market.
We stayed at the John Jeffries House near MGH, great location and near a restaurant my wife and I favor, the Paramount on Charles St. Have you ever been there?
Enjoy you visits to this forum but keep in mind a good deal of what you read here will be opinion based rarely on history or reality - it is mostly a place for the angry to vent their emotions.
I love my city. I can grab a coffee and walk around for hours. It has great history. I have never been to the paramount although have heard many things about it. Its one of those things that you dont go to if you're from here...like Cheers. You will hardly ever see a native there lol. You should eat your way thru the Noth End next time. Stop at Bovas and grab a pastry.
And of course... I go to many Sox and Pats game a year.
I have been trying to sell a kidney for Series tickets but no one is biting.
Maybe you'll have better luck if you cook it up with some
f-f-f-f-ava beans and a nice key-ant-tee.
(Translation, in case that didn't come through as an easily understandable Hannibal Lector:
fava beans and a nice chianti.
Your post caught my eye cuz I'm a Boston fan too. Our son is a virus researcher, lives in Cambridge and every time we visit love finding new restaurants with him, daughter in law and grand kids.
We also have a little tradition of finding used books stores and one we found in Boston is the best ever.
I found it with my iPad, handed it to my son who did a search for the address and said no such address existed. It was almost on top of where we were going anyway so we went hunting for the address. When we got to where that street number had to be, there was a little space between buildings, walked through the space to a pretty little garden/park area and a little building with a stairway to a basement. We went down the steps and discovered a huge underground area of books.
Name of the place was listed as "Bledsoe Robins Art Horse Bookstore". Sure nuff - the nice lady, Robin Bledsoe, said she had 'two interests. Horses are on that side, art on this side'.
Since we're both artists and both book-aholics, we found a stack of books to buy. She added them up and we asked if she could ship them for us. The total was something around $100 or so and she said, yes, she'd ship for, 'oh, I guess $10'. When we got home, there on our porch was our huge box of books.
So, if you like books about horses and/or art, go see Robin. You can't beat MITs and Harvard's bookstores but Robin's store is special.
Another favorite place - the Glass Flower Collection at the Harvard Museum. Wow. Just amazing.
Welcome to the board. Next time we go to Boston, I'll wave.
As far as coffee goes there is a Dunkin Donuts on every block. I think they passed a law making it mandatory. 
