Any place for exercise?
I'd go to the Larz Anderson Skating Rink in Brookline, just a
little bit outside of
Boston. My father was a really wonderful
skater, so he would always take us skating.
Dinner is always important for Bree. Where could she go if
she wanted to reveal her latest misadventures over great food, a
bottle of wine, and atmospheric surroundings?
Chez Henri is a fantastic French/Cuban bistro in
Cambridge that is
always on the "Best of Boston" lists. The Butcher Shop, located in
the South End, is a wine bar and shop with great food. Very hip.
Teatro is a beautiful room that overlooks Boston Common and has
great food. The Eastern Standard is really hip right now - it has a
fun atmosphere and
delicious food that's reasonably priced. It's
very hot and is located in Kenmore Square. The Blue Room in
Cambridge is great. Grotto is on the far side of
Beacon Hill on
Bowdoin Street. It's an out-of-the-way romantic spot in the
basement of a town house. The Beacon Hill Bistro is a good
neighborhood spot in the Beacon Hill Hotel. Casa Romero - if you
want Mexican - is on Gloucester; it's a hidden, romantic spot.
L'Espalier, in an 1880 town house on
Gloucester Street in Back Bay,
is the ultimate special-occasion restaurant. Gordon and Fiona
Hamersley own Hamersley's Bistro, and they prepare a New
England-inspired cuisine that's so great. Anthony's Pier 4 is the
old famous one, right on the water, overlooking
Boston Harbor. And
Clio is chic, expensive, and French, in the Eliot Hotel.
Where would you send us at night?
For the Boston music scene, you need to follow the
Charles River to
Cambridge, where you'll find local and national acts playing every
night. Passim Folk Music and Cultural Center in
Harvard Square is
a legendary folk-singer-songwriter venue where people like Joan
Baez, Tom Rush, and
Shawn Colvin have played. Toad, up
Massachusetts Avenue in Porter Square, is a small bar with great
music every night for free. And the Lizard Lounge is this cool,
red-drenched, downstairs lounge where you never know what will
happen. Great bar and food too. The original Cheers bar is there. I
have eaten there. I wouldn't say it's historic or anything - just
more for fun. The Orpheum Theater is very dear to me because my
younger sister was a musician and opened there for Shawn Colvin
many years ago. I have very fond memories of that place. It's a
beautiful theater, built in 1926 as a silent movie theater. It's
dripping with history, and they have fantastic musicians and shows.
One Illuminating Night in Boston