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Lanes & Games
Neighborhood: North Cambridge

195 Concord Tpke
Cambridge, MA 02140

Damien S. writes: Schmyeah, schmyeah. You kids with your penny whistles and your popcorn. Always looking to stir up mischief.

Back in my day, a gent would escort his best gal to lindy hop at the town flapjackery. We'd sip anise Fizzy Lizzies and respect each other all…

Arnold Arboretum
Neighborhood: Jamaica Plain

125 Arborway
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130

Ligaya T. writes: A boy once said to me, his arms embracing a large oak, face pressed against the striated bark, mind fully blown from magic mushrooms, that he understood us treehuggers now. I'd like to take him to this park, so he could feel the elephant skin…

The Freedom Trail

Boston, MA 02228

Sean L. writes: Every time I pass over the Freedom Trail I like to think of galloping along with Paul Revere, alerting people about the British, and looking wicked cool on a huge horse. Weird? Not yet... I also want one of those old colonial powdered wigs. OOh…

Broadway Bicycle School

351 Broadway
Cambridge, MA 02139

Tom E. writes: ------EDIT---------
Ok, so hell froze over or something because I had a bad experience here and I'm dropping my score to 3. After what I wrote before, this is tough.

Basically, they are too busy and they charge a lot for labour. Like, I go in to get my…

Middlesex Fells Reservation

South Border Road
Medford, MA 02155

Ligaya T. writes: A veritable tract of green with an abundance of water and woods, this refuge is delightfully accessible by a short car spin from the city. Its serenity attracts nature junkies, easy hikers and mountain bikers, four legged friends and those content to…

Healthworks Fitness Centers For Women
Neighborhood: Allston/Brighton

920 Commonwealth Ave
Boston, MA 02215

Lindsay D. writes: Healthworks is the first and only gym I have ever belonged to and I do believe that it has spoiled me for life.

What other gym offers just released movies playing on plasma screens while you run, state of the art equipment, great classes, fully…

The Littlest Bar
Neighborhood: Downtown

47 Province Street
Boston, MA 02108

Ty V. writes: Get here fast, because its going to be closing soon!

Sixty years after it first opened as a cramped, poorly lit watering hole for politicians, bookies, and anyone looking for good pint of Guinness and some excellent company, the Littlest Bar will…

Public Garden
Neighborhood: Back Bay

Boylston & Arlington
Boston, MA 02116

Tom E. writes: What a beautiful garden for all the tourists, rich hotel guests and those who are rich enough to live in Back Bay and Beacon Hill but don't own a roof garden. If you get a chance to spend a few hours here on a sunny day then soak it all in. You won't…

Singing Beach

293 Beach St
Manchester By The Sea, MA 01944

Ligaya T. writes: Now that I've gotten a taste of Mass beaches I realize how beautiful this seaside gem really is. While it continues to be my favorite waterfront retreat the cost for parking (now $25 for the FAR lot, residents only near the beach) and entrance ($5)…

Charles River Bike Paths
Neighborhood: Allston/Brighton

Storrow and Memorial Drive
Boston, MA 02228

Ligaya T. writes: I have looped many parts of these paths countless times on my blades during college. Circumventing mobs of people on the trail, how like dodging orange cones. I so often ended up on the adjacent grass. Check out the upper Charles for more sparsely…

Boston Derby Dames

Boston, MA 02228

Tom E. writes: $12 Ticket + $5 Drink + $2 Food + $1 Tip = $20

One twenty dollar bill for 4 hours of:

(a) hanging with the widest slice of society from old men who wear red Fez hats and like driving tiny cars to heavily tatooed lesbian vegans with bulldogs.

(b)…

Community Boating
Neighborhood: Beacon Hill

21 David G Mugar Way
Boston, MA 02114

Ger T. writes: Right on the Boston side of the Charles, a really laid-back sailing "club" that costs only about $230 for the entire year and lets you go out as many times as you want in the boats. Now I know $230 isn't exactly cheap as far as many things go, but…

Healthworks Fitness Center
Neighborhood: Back Bay

441 Stuart Street
Boston, MA 02116

Deepa C. writes: so i went to BSC at copley and watertown for the last two years. not bad. they had their good points (a pool at both locations, nice trainers, fairly clean), but my workout was stagnating. it was so pricey ($70) that i didn't want to shell out for a…

Baptiste Power Yoga
Neighborhood: Back Bay

139 Columbus Ave
Boston, MA 02116

Ryan W. writes: I've been coming to Baptiste for over a year now, and it is definitely a wonderful experience. But unlike other reviewers, I think it is good at certain times for a person at a certain stage in their yoga development.

I think that those new to…

Exhale Day Spa
Neighborhood: Back Bay

28 Arlington Street
Boston, MA 02228

Bridget D. writes: I like being touched.

Twice now I have enjoyed the services at Exhale and I keep putting off writing this review. Why is that? Well, I was telling myself that I would write this review after I did some stretchy sweating in one of the core fusion or…

Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park
Neighborhood: Charlestown, North End

Atlantic Avenue & Richmond Street
Boston, MA 02109

Ligaya T. writes: Warm weekend days are the ideal times to get in your:
make-out
ocean gazing
squealing kid
rambunctious dog
bared skin
quota.

While not big enough for kite flying or frisbee less you clock someone in the noggin, there's a little play area for the youngsters…

O2 Yoga

288 HIghland Ave
Somerville, MA 02143

deanna p. writes: O2Yoga is a very welcoming, put your mind at ease studio where you would never worry about what other people think. The atmosphere is calming and hot (a comfortable heat, the way yoga should be), the instructors are friendly and approachable and…

Jamaica Pond Project
Neighborhood: Jamaica Plain

507 Jamaicaway
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130

Quinn E. writes: I jogged around Jamaica Pond a few times. Ok, it was mostly walking and it was once. But that was the only time I wasn't thrilled with Jamaica Pond in the hundreds of times I've gone to hang out at the Pond. Because the place is awesome. It's…

Fort Independence Park
Neighborhood: South Boston

William J. Day Boulevard at Farragut Road
Boston, MA 02127

Katie H. writes: You know how everyone has that place? The place they go to when they need to think, spend time alone, maybe take a sketchbook to, or write in a journal. Castle Island is that place for me. It is the #1 place in Boston I can go to to clear my head and…

Boston Common

bound by Tremont, Beacon, Charles and Boylston Streets
Boston, MA 02139

Keane L. writes: When I'm feeling down and listless, I think back to a pleasant memory...

I spent my first day in Boston hiking around the city, from Back Bay Fens up to the North End and through all the nooks and alleys of downtown. Bogged by the relentlessly muggy…

Back Bay Yoga Studio

1112 Boylston St Ste 222
Boston, MA 02215

Corry B. writes: Best Thing: 2 weeks of unlimited classes for first time students for $25. Yoga in Boston is expensive and this is not! Whoo! They also offer $5 community classes- REGULARLY- this also elicits a Whoo! because every other studio in town makes you…

Karma Yoga Studio
Neighborhood: Harvard Square

1120 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA 02138

Sophia C. writes: This is a great yoga studio with a very intimate setting. The instructor takes the time to re-adjust everyone in the class as needed and really knows what he's doing. He called out some basic alignment problems I suspected I had, but hadnt been…

Minuteman Bikeway

110 South Rd
Bedford, MA 01730

Erica S. writes: We're lucky to have a gem like the Minuteman Bikeway in our 'hood. Sure, it could be longer. Sure, it could be wider. Sure, we could ban the rollerbladers and their enormous strides. But honestly, it's pretty damn awesome.

Especially in the summer,…

Shakespeare on the Common

Boston Common
Boston, MA 02116

Roni E. writes: This is a review of the MidSummer's Night production.

For a free production, this was an awesome, kick ass, show! Not just because it's free, but it truly was a great performance.

We got here a lil after 8 pm and still was able to find some awesome…

Harris Cyclery

1353 Washington St
West Newton, MA 02465

Alfonso E. writes: I've never actually set foot in here, but I've done business with Harris by web and phone. And even with this limited manner of interaction, I find them to be one of the consummate examples of "every person's shop".

They're my main source for:

A) Bike…

Fresh Pond

200 Fresh Pond Pkwy
Cambridge, MA 02238

Francine W. writes: I am a tennis player. that being said, long distance running is my greatest enemy. my body is just not trained to do it. Despite that, I really try to run 20+min a couple times a week.. since it is such a mental battle for me, running near or next to…

Healthworks Fitness Centers For Women - Porter Square

35 White Street
Porter Square Shopping Center
Cambridge, MA 02138

Erica S. writes: It's expensive, but if you show up and use it, it's worth it!

Healthworks is the only gym I can find that has an eclectic selection of classes that actually fit into my 9-5 schedule. Eclectic meaning, more than just aerobics, spinning, and yoga. Sure…

Boston Sports Club

311 Arsenal St
Watertown, MA 02472

Kevin M. writes: "This is the best Boston Sports Club branch in the Boston area, hands down. It's huge, has a full-size pool, a basketball court, and enough classes to keep you busy forever. The staff is helpful and friendly, and the cardio machines all have GIANT…

Crane Beach

Argilla Rd
Ipswich, MA 02228

Ryan W. writes: Crane Beach in Ipswich, MA, is an oasis for urban dwellers less than an hour outside of Boston. From North Station, we took the Newburyport line to the Ipswich station, where a the $1 "Essex Explorer" bus took us through the picturesque downtown…

Lake Quannapowitt

Lowell St & Main St
Wakefield, MA 01880

Cindy B. writes: Great place to walk. It's a manageable distance, about 3.2 miles, for an over 50 person like me. Always something to look at - the scenery, people, houses, etc. I lost 30 pounds walking the lake 4 times a week!

New England Aquarium
Neighborhood: Waterfront

1 Central Wharf
Boston, MA 02110

michelle i. writes: After our first day of meetings and such, our company arranged for a parade of shuttle buses to chauffeur the entire lot of us over the New England Aquarium for an awards party and lobster dinner.

They had closed it to the public so we had a private…

Ferris Wheels Bicycle Shop
Neighborhood: Jamaica Plain

64 South St
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130

Brian D. writes: i've brought a few bikes in over the years for repairs and general maintainance and they have never donw wrong by me. They don't bike talk me to death and they don't make me feel like a loser for not having a gear head bike.

Milky Way Lounge & Lanes
Neighborhood: Jamaica Plain

405 Centre Street
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130

Melissa A. writes: I came to Jamaica Plain with the intention of going to Milky Way and to see what all this hype about JP was. I've come to the conclusion that JP is the place where Allston kids retire when they turn 25.

It's weird cause the town is like, half cool,…

MetroRock

69 Norman Street
Everett, MA 02149

Ligaya T. writes: As a youngster I could be found perched in a huge evergreen in the front yard, legs wrapped around its thick limbs, leaning back on its trunk, reading a book. In our neighbor's maple, we devised a pulley system to haul our snacks and pets up so we…

Verrill Farm

11 Wheeler Rd
Concord, MA 01742

MiRIAM w. writes: A wise eight year old I know gives this farm five stars. Having tried only the strawberry-rhubarb pie, I'm inclined to agree with her, but I'll hold onto the coveted fifth star until I can make it to the farm myself.

Until tonight I thought I disliked…

Marino Center For Progressive Health
Neighborhood: North Cambridge

2500 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA 02140

laura a. writes: i recently started seeing dr. kari emsbo at the marino center and i would really recommend her. i'd recommend the whole place, actually. coming off of a highly impersonal experience at harvard vanguard (where i only got to have one visit with my…

Breakheart Reservation

OFF FARM RD.
Wakefield, MA 01880

Malissa V. writes: This place is breath-taking. You wouldn't believe it's in the middle of Saugus (aka Strip-Mall City). My family just recently discovered it, but the combination of the trails, scenery, and swimmable lake is a wonderful package. It has become our…

Baptiste Power Yoga
Neighborhood: Porter Square

2000 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02140

Cha Cha W. writes: Dear Gregor,

Your mellow voice puts me into a hypnotic daze and I obliging obey when you want to see a dancer out of an ae-ro-plane. Your command, "down dog!" "dead bug!" "warrior one!" reverts me into a child, posed.

I look forward to our weekend…

Copley Plaza

Boston, MA 02115

Allix T. writes: Mission: afternoon in Copley Plaza

Supplies:

-change for farmer's market
-big dark sunglasses for people watching
-writing instruments
-notebook
-sunblock and/or parasol
-water bottle

Let the creative fiction writing begin!

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