{"id":98,"date":"2011-07-12T16:34:54","date_gmt":"2011-07-12T20:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/?p=98"},"modified":"2012-01-20T18:09:38","modified_gmt":"2012-01-20T22:09:38","slug":"kate-boston-summer-bucket-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/2011\/07\/12\/kate-boston-summer-bucket-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate: Boston Summer Bucket List"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It\u2019s summertime, and while most of my friends from BU and high school have returned home, I am still in Boston enjoying this amazing city in warm weather (when you actually want to get out and see it)! I am still working at COM (stop in and say hello when you get here for orientation!) and am also a New Media intern for TalentCulture, a company that focuses on the world of work through blogging and social media.\u00a0 It has been a fantastic experience so far and I am learning a ton! But I live by the motto \u201cWork hard, play hard\u201d so I made myself a Bucket List of Boston activities to do this summer! Here we go:<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Go to the beach.<\/strong> If you\u2019re from a landlocked state, you will understand how excited I was to finally live closer than 10 hours from the ocean.\u00a0 Castle Island, the Harbor Islands, and the North Shore have all been recommended to me and I am determined to hit the beach as many times as possible this summer.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Buy fresh fruit and vegetables from a Farmer\u2019s Market.<\/strong> There are a TON of markets all around Boston with fresh fruit, veggies, fish, cheese, bread, and all the noms you could want.\u00a0 There is a HUGE one down near the North End that I could shop at all day and the SoWa market in the South End every Sunday. Yumm\u2026.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Watch a free show in the Common.<\/strong> Free Movie Fridays and Shakespeare in the Park are all highlights of summer.\u00a0 I\u2019ll see you all at Toy Story 3 at the end of July! J<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pet sharks at the New England Aquarium.<\/strong> Boston has a fantastic aquarium, home to penguins, sting rays, seals, and thousands of fish.\u00a0 It\u2019s a little expensive but this is a must-see for me this summer.<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 See the Chihuly Exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts.<\/strong> In case you didn\u2019t know, we go to the best school in Boston- BU pays for its students to go to the MFA for free (that\u2019s a $22 savings)!\u00a0 Chihuly glass is gorgeous so it should be a fabulous exhibit in addition to all the other awesome art in the MFA.<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hang out on the Greenway.<\/strong> Boston is definitely a busy and crowded city, but there is a great green space downtown called the Rose Kennedy Greenway.\u00a0 It\u2019s a mile long set of parks with fountains, a carousel, and tons of events every weekend to enjoy! Oh and did I mention free Wi-Fi?\u00a0 At some point, I will be grabbing a big blanket and heading down there to enjoy the gorgeous weather!<\/p>\n

7.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Attend a festival.<\/strong> Boston is home to tons of different ethnic festivals and parades.\u00a0 While St. Patrick\u2019s Day may have fallen during spring break keeping me from experiencing the Irish heritage, I refuse to miss the Italian celebration in the North End on August 6.\u00a0 Your fellow COM Ambassador Tom Schrank will be joining me for this one!<\/p>\n

8.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 See a movie at the Coolidge Corner movie theater.<\/strong> Open since 1933, the Coolidge Corner Theater is a Boston landmark that shows everything from great old black and whites to intriguing indies, even that newly released romantic comedy you\u2019re embarrassed to admit looks good.\u00a0 Coolidge Corner is only a 15 minute walk from campus so this may be happening more than once this summer.<\/p>\n

9.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Walk the Esplanade.<\/strong> The Esplanade is a great area along the Charles River.\u00a0 It goes right by campus and into downtown.\u00a0 There are boat houses, river landings to hang out on, and the Hatch Shell where they put on summer concerts.\u00a0 It should be much nicer now that it is not negative ten degrees outside.<\/p>\n

10.\u00a0 Enjoy a Fenway Frank at a Red Sox game. <\/strong>A Boston classic, I couldn\u2019t go the summer without entering Red Sox nation <\/strong>at least once.\u00a0 I\u2019ll be decked in my Cardinals gear but hey, at least the colors are the same.<\/p>\n

Let me know if there is anything I left off this list, I am looking for tons of fun things to do this summer!\u00a0 Can\u2019t wait to see you guys this fall- BU is a blast!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s summertime, and while most of my friends from BU and high school have returned home, I am still in Boston enjoying this amazing city in warm weather (when you actually want to get out and see it)! I am still working at COM (stop in and say hello when you get here for orientation!) … Continue reading Kate: Boston Summer Bucket List<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2018,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[257,7277],"tags":[276,7325,3870,7326,3080,5523,2292,2109,5848,638],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2018"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":201,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98\/revisions\/201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}