Sometimes it is all about the setting. During the summer,enjoy live music, dancing, and movies under the stars when some of the finest local bands take the stage at the waterfront Boston Harbor Hotel (70 Rowes Wharf, Boston, 617-856-7744)(Map)- all for free! The hotel’s annual “Summer in...

Key in hand, wanting to unlock my bike, I stopped short. An empty place stared at me. Who borrowed (read: nicked) my bike? Mine was one of the three thousand bikes that are stolen in the Netherlands every day. If all sixteen and a half million Dutch people had bikes, it would mean that each of Read...

I read to Hellholes and back , Chuck Thompson’s account of the ‘art of extreme tourism,’ principally because he goes to Congo and I read most things that come up about that country. Chuck decides not to follow Conrad’s miserable haul up the Congo River, but instead ends up shuttling...

Looking for a cost-effective way to see Boston’s top picks, not-to-be missed ? A CityPASS is a booklet of tickets that provides admission to five of Boston’s top attractions for one low price, including The New England Aquarium , the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Museum of Science, the...

Looking for a cost-effective way to see Boston’s top picks, not-to-be missed ? A CityPASS is a booklet of tickets that provides admission to five of Boston’s top attractions for one low price, including The New England Aquarium , the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Museum of Science, the...

Clueless Dad about Mother’s Day?  Mother’s Day brunch is pretty much de rigeur. Flowers are nice too. And extra props to Dads and kids who plan a Mother’s Day family outing. Here are three Boston Mother’s Day events guaranteed to make  her day. Kiki and Kimani are one of several...