Definitely a ggood part of boston. stay outta dorchester and mattapan and roxbury. shit gets a little scary out those ways.

Great spot, right downtown. I'm surprised you'd say it's cheap, though; that area is generally pretty pricey.

And what larryarms said. Those places are generally no good.

I know, it doesn't seem like it should be cheap, quite the opposite, hence our concern that there's more bill to come!

Do you know of any good gigs around that time? Where should we drink? And is the ducktour as cool as it sounds?

Not sure of any gigs around then, but I'll look into it. I'm sure some good stuff will be happening!

As for drinking, I have a couple of favorite places. Charlie's Kitchen (http://www.yelp.com/biz/charlies-kitchen-cambridge) is good, and has an awesome jukebox upstairs. Grendel's Den is nearby and has a good happy hour special: half-priced food with a drink of $3 or more (which would be any beer, how convenient!)

I've actually never been on a duck tour, but I hear they're fun. I just can't bring myself to do it

Kenny I quite liked Severn/s Ba which is in Beacon Hill I think. I aso thought the Bukowski Tavern was quite dingy and cool!! Also went to a place called The Pour House to eat which wasfine. You must also visit Newbury Comics on Newbury Street!!!

^ If you're going down by the Pour House, I'd recommend hitting up McGreevy's in addition/instead. It's a baseball tavern run by Ken Casey of the Dropkick Murphys. It's a pretty nice place, actually; plays better music than most downtown bars and has good food/drink. AND you can get Goose Island's ales (from Chicago) there, on draught. So that's cool, too.

I second Newbury Comics. The one in Harvard Square has a decent selection, too. I might just like it 'cause it's close to my house, though.

Thanks, all. Very helpful.

I don't think I'd ever hear the end of the mocking if I went to a pub owned by a Dropkick Murphy, though.

I didn't realise they had 2!!!!

Kenny you should do the historical walk. Just follow the red painted line and you can't go wrong!!

Heh there's actually like 27 or 28 Newbury Comics locations throughout New England.

Yeah dont go to the one in leominster massachusetts though. You will find nothing there. Well dont come to leominster Mass regardless, you will find nothing here.

QFT.

Also goes for the Framingham one/the city of Framingham. Just stick to the metro Boston area.

i have room for 2 from CT. gas money would be awesome. you must be fun.

Can I trade in my greyhound ticket for a ride? I have an extra Fest pass in exchange for a ride. I really dont feel like greyhounding to this. I could even give you a place to crash friday and saturday. Uhmmmm yep. I'm pretty fun.

well we got a room & tickets.. not sure what i would do with a bus ticket.. maybe you could refund or something? but if you don't mind spotting gas money, you are more than welcome to come along! no sense in travelling that far by yourself.

I think the tickets are non refundable. and at this point I have like 100 dollars to bring to florida with me. or else I would totally be down to toss some gas money to ya. I will probably just end up riding the hound. Just figured I'd try a different approach. I didn't think it would work but cant blame a man for trying.