Imagine putting up a 3 story sign for a gas station, and then put it 5 blocks away

19/20 because I couldnt remember the Pike exits. That was fun though

Only one way to find out

Why not just have the sea do it, they’re right by it

The ICA will be free Monday for Presidents Day. It is also free admission Thursday evenings during the year.

The MFA is free the first weekend every month if you have a Bank of America card. It is also free for everyone Wednesday afternoons after 4(or 5- check)

There are a number of free BOA card admission museums, but the list changes a lot- look up the current list with “Museums on Us”

The Worcester Art Museum is free the 1st Sunday each month, check on details it used to be BOA but I think it’s everyone now.

The Harvard Art Museum is free every Sunday for everyone. If you live in Cambridge it is free everyday, just show ID.

The Harvard Museum of Natural History is free every Sunday morning before noon for Massachusetts residents with ID. This includes the Peabody Museum which is the other half of the same building. The Semitic Museum across the street from the Peabody is free, probably all the time as far as I can tell.

At Harvard you can also pop your head into their rare book collection at the Houghton which in in the Yard- there’s usually 1-2 small shows; one in the room far to the left and one at the gallery up one flight of stairs. There’s also a small but interesting collection of Scientific Instruments at the Science Building near Memorial Hall- check hours on that one it’s only open certain hours

The MIT museum is also free if you live in Cambridge, you have to pre register though and then confirm residency.

At MIT itself, there was a very small gallery in the “infinite corridor” building, or you could check out the Eero Saarinen chapel on campus- but they were restricted during Covid and I don’t think you can walk around as freely anymore.

The Rose Art Museum at Brandies is free for everyone. BC, Tufts & BU all have free galleries/collections as well. I’m not as familiar going outside the city but Smith, and Amherst have free museums as well as I remember. Williams Art Museum north of North Adams is also free I believe.

The Gardner used to have a number of free programs like BOA or on your birthday, but those have ended. I believe you still get a discount for wearing Red Sox gear, and the museum is free for life if your name is Isabella (you need to register with them to confirm it though)

For the Museum of Science and the Aquarium your best bet is a pass from your local library, and you can get one for any listed above that require admission although there’s sometimes a wait list.

If youre a college student (especially in the city) many of these will be free or discounted depending on your school.

On a $50 ticket they give you a higher chance to win $25 or $50 so you’ll go back and buy another one- and then lose

The best quote I saw last week was “the most realistic thing about the Last of Us is that it takes 45 minutes to get to the State House from the North End, and for some reason you need to go through Charlestown”

They did go to a Cumberland Farms in the episode

Natick Mall came up as 13 miles from me in Cambridge on Google Maps, so if you do Downtown Boston it’s most likely Wellesley. I’m using the Pike and/or Route 9 as directly “west”

If you went Route 2 as west instead since it heads out to Wachusett, 10 miles only gets you to Walden Pond. You can’t even see Wachusett on 2 until at least Leominster

Shovel out your car and pile it up on the curb of the sidewalk, then shovel the sidewalk to make a path.

Yes, but

Best of British- there’s a location in Concord, and one in Newburyport (and probably a bunch more)

Been there, got that

Stone Roses- Self Titled

Pixies- Doolittle

Pulp- Different Class

The Cure- Disintegration

The Strokes- Is This It?

Ween- The Mollusk

MF Doom- Operation Doomsday

Why wouldn’t you want waterproof winter boots? Water inherently wants to be wet, snow is fleeting

What are you from Deluxbury?

I work over that way, it fills up but there’s an overflow lot at Summer Shack.

Harvard is much bigger than the Square though so you might have other options. There are facilities everywhere from Lower Allston to Fresh Pond, and then branching out towards Inman, Porter and Central.

Everyone I know that works at Harvard loves it. If you haven’t gone through the process before expect at least 3 interviews, and if you make the final cut you’ll get an email that you have 24 hours to put together three personal references from people you’ve actually worked with/or for. So have your ducks in a row for that.

Unless Harvard has some employee parking I’d plan on taking a train. The Observatory and the University Press have lots, but they are outside the Square.

One good solution would be to commute into Alewife and take the Red Line 3 stops over to the square.

An auger

West of the Quabbin