Anyone from Boston to help me out?

[Voodoochild]

I'll make a press trip to Boston by Sept. 19th to 23th so I would like to know some tips about good places to go (although I won't have much time to spent).

I still don't know which hotel I will stay at, but one thing I really care about is to visit this Apple Store (here in Brazil we don't have any):

http://www.apple.com/retail/boylstonstreet/map/

Yeah, I'm a geek.

[LongGoneDay]

You a baseball fan?
The Sox are in town vs the Orioles, you could probably pick up a reasonable ticket and see Fenway Park.
There's a ton of good concert venues. I know Primus is playing Boston on the 23rd.
The apple store is right next to Copley square, a popular skate spot.
Lot of beautiful women around that neck of the woods because of all the nearby colleges.

[Voodoochild]

Not a baseball fan at all, but thanks.

Primus would be a blast, but I couldn't make it, I would need to be at the airport by 23rd at night.

And I'm married, so I'll need to just look at the beautiful women, ha.

Thanks for the help

[andy1981]

I'm not from Boston, but was there on vacation last year.

I would go back in a minute if I had the cash.

I wasn't into the baseball either, more of a motorsports fan myself, but you can't help but get caught up in it all. its everywhere.

I really liked Landsdown (up by Fenway park) 'Game on' and the other pubs/bars on that strip were superb.
Cheers was essential, although expensive, sitting at the bar just made me feel great.
Highly reccomend the Duck Tours, was a lot of fun (even with a hangover)
The main tourist shopping area was (excuse me if this is wrong) Fennalhall, about 2 hundred yards up the road there are plenty of bars, cafes, etc.
I was taken to the Italian district (apparently) for cakes and ice cream, and it was great also.
I got the boat/water taxi to the USS Consitution dock and went to a bar called 'Tavern on the water' Man, If I could go back there tomorrow, it was awesome

The thing about it was, everyone (apart from 1 taxi driver) was very freindly, maybe it was the Scottish accent but I had a blast.

Good luck and I hope to be back september 2013.

[LongGoneDay]

Yeah I don't think you have to be a fan to appreciate Fenway Park.
My girlfriend is not a sports fan by any stretch, but I brought her to a Sox/Yanks game, and she couldn't wait to go back.
The novelty eventually wore off, but she was watching games with me for a good year or so afterwards, haha.

Faneuil Hall used to be a great skate spot, in a lot of skateboard videos. I used to go there all the time when I was in art school.
Haven't been there since they remodeled it.

[Voodoochild]

Thanks guys, good tips. Saddly, I had to abort the press trip because of schedule reasons. I'm pretty bummed about it right now, actually. But Boston is often the place for those kind of IT events I need to cover, so I'm sure I'll have another opportunity soon enough.