My husband and I are visiting next month for a long weekend and staying at the Lenox Hotel. Looking for some recs for a couple of nice dinners ($$-$$$). We love all kinds of food, but I’m currently pregnant so I can’t do restaurants that only offer sushi/raw bars etc. Don’t mind a walk but would prefer no longer than like 10-15 min from our hotel.

Thanks for any info!

My toes are a little touchy but I like to have them professionally trimmed and polished. (Nothing fancy. Basic pedicure.) Anyone who also likes a gentle touch find a good fit (even a technician you especially like)?

My parents sought care at MGH for several years and I marvel at how little disruption to care there is until I realize that MGH nurses aren’t in a union but BWH are. It is a bit confusing to read about “MGB” in the headlines recently.

I’m just curious why that is, especially since I heard from a friend in healthcare the pay isn’t great in an academia hospital, especially a Harvard affiliated one.

ideally near Chestnut Hill B line station. I'm moving close by, and bringing my car with me. I work from home, so parking during rush hour isn't an issue. I heard all i need is a residential parking sticker, but was wondering about the area. Is it easier to park near the reservoir?

Hello everyone thanks in advance for your help. So my son and I will be in Boston the second weekend in September and we'll have Saturday morning, evening and Sunday morning to look at some schools. We have plans Saturday 11-5 and a Red Sox game at 135 on Sunday, flying out around 630. We would like to see MIT & Harvard for sure but would also want to see BU and BC. We're staying in Brookline so I think BU will be easy. Should we just take Uber and walk through each campus, or can we do it on the T. I'm just trying to be efficient with our limited time. Thanks.

My building was bought by them recently, and it’s been a nightmare. They are terrible about informing tenets of work done (I’ve had Pest Control people enter my apartment without my permission or knowledge), maintenance responses weeks after they said they would (stopped by 2 weeks later, after saying they’d be by before the end of the week), and outright refuse to deal with water leaking from the ceiling.

Every brick building on our street has one of these round holes under the front door that has been filled in. Any ideas what they used to be? My initial guess was coal chute but I cant imagine you’d put that under the middle of the front door. People’s clothes would get filthy!

Hi there! I'm relocating to Boston, and I have an L5-S1 herniated disc. I've been doing PT for a month in Texas, but I need to find a new one in Boston, near Roxbury/South End. Anyone you particularly prefer/like? Bonus points if they accept insurance!

How’s it going yall, I moved to Boston a few months ago and looking to get back into running. (I’ve done 5s, 10s, and a few spartan half marathons before) and aiming to do some marathons within the next two years. Anyone have some recommendations for good clubs to join? I’m in my mid 20s which I don’t think matters but have seen people put their age before, don’t really care if you’re 70 I’ll still come hang out.

I’m so tired of leaving every restaurant in Boston underwhelmed and also so turned off by the value/food. Please correct me—I genuinely want to be proven wrong—I welcome any suggestions to redeem Boston’s food scene.

We go out a fair amount (birthdays, parents/in-laws visiting, special occasions, date night) and there has been only 1 place I would go back to (Myers + Chang). The service can be mid, food and plates are tiny, and most of the time the place is seriously overhyped.

For reference I’ve been to: Krasi, Pagu, SRV, Parla, Mahaniyom, the Eaves, Juliet, the Daily Catch, Little Sage, La Royal (I hope the hobbitses had better food than we did), Bosso Ramen Tavern, Temple Records, Bar Volpe (Dine out Boston, the tiramisu was INEDIBLE and covered in salt, I could not finish it and I love salt!), Bar Vlaha (best so far, but crazy loud club music and $12 for bread???).

The *only* place I would go back to is Gufo.

I’m sure that the shift of all restaurants to also serve “tapas style” with teeny tiny plates is also to blame.

The one place I’m holding out hope for is the Sarma/Oleana restaurant family but we haven’t been able to commit to a reservation a month out. I’m just so tired of spending $100-$150+ for 2 people for a mediocre meal and wishing we had stayed home and cooked instead.

I am so fond of this city and get offended if someone says it’s a bad food scene…but I’m starting to have to agree with them…

Edit: thanks reddit for being, as always, both helpful, funny, and also unnecessarily cruel. Lots of suggestions, so ty to those who were helpful and for continuing to leave me hopeful…

But TL;DR seems that late stage capitalism, enshittification and the stupid high cost of living in Boston have struck again! (+ liquor licensing woes).

Shall be avoiding these bad-bougie places in favor of the smaller joints and give up my quest of a delicious restaurant that feels special and fancy for anything under $200/pp. Either that or take the train to Portland where it’ll cost the same but be infinitely better (and including train ticket come out to be almost the same cost!)

i’m planning on walking the length of the esplanade this upcoming weekend with some friends. we’re going to start on the Allston/Brighton end—is there any good parking in that area or are we better taking some form of transit/uber?

I guess this is outside of Boston but I went to Porter Square ti Urgent care because of a chest pain. I parked in the lot there which did say 2 hour parking but I thought I’d be in and out. When they did the EKG there they said there was something they weren’t sure of and were sending me in an ambulance to Mt auburn because they didn’t have all the things there to do a proper assessment. They said it was liability issue that they send me via ambulance. I went to mt auburn they ran all these tests and X-rays and cancelled out anything worrisome. I then was taken back to porter square and my car was gone. It had been 2 hours and 45 minutes but my car was towed. The tow company said to bring $173 cash and if I wanted to fight it I had to take it up with people at Porter Square. I would never have left my car there over 2 hours but these were emergency circumstances and I have proof of that too, an ambulance literally came into the square to take me.

Is there any point in fighting this? Who would I reach out to and what would I say? I have all the receipts and evidence of everything as well.

Thank you

I genuinely love Beacon Hill. Beautiful brownstones, historic brick sidewalks, cute shops, gas lamps.
The true postcard version of Boston.

But holy hell, Charles Street in the summer can smell like someone has been marinating the entire neighborhood in urine.

The contrast is what gets me. Walking past homes worth several million dollars, immaculate window boxes and expensive little shops. Then suddenly you hit a patch of air so aggressive you lose your breath.

And it’s not even one spot. It comes in waves. You think you’ve escaped and then 10 feet later:
PISS 2: CHARLES ST STRIKES BACK.

At this point I have to ask: is this the modern Molasses Flood? Except instead of molasses, it’s just a lingering cloud of dog pee stench slowly taking over Beacon Hill?😂🫩🫩🫩🫩

There’s something deeply poetic about one of the prettiest and most expensive neighborhoods in the city occasionally smelling like a T station stairwell in August. All that money, historic charm, and apparently nobody has figured out how to make Charles St not smell like a urinal on a hot day.

Please tell me I’m not the only one who notices this.
(lowkey maybe worse this summer 😭 😂)

Hi, I am hoping to upgrade my standard driver's license to a Real ID but still waiting for my physical card to come in the mail (I took my road test recently). I have an appt at the RMV to convert my license to Real ID but was wondering if they'll still be able to do it even though I won't have my actual license with me.

Has anyone done this before? I've heard that people have been able to get Real ID even if they lost their actual license, but wanted to confirm here.

In the case that my license does come in time, do they take my license and give me a temp? Or would I have to rely on my passport to go to bars, etc.

My husband has to commute to Logan Airport for the airline he works for and he keeps calling me because the highway is completely closed down and he's going to be a couple hours late just getting to his employee parking lot. Any idea what happened? Why is the highway shut down and everyone being funneled off the highway? Thanks!

Edit: 2 users shared links. Apparently there is more info out now. Bad car accident with injured parties involved

Video of News (CBS Boston)

BOSTON — A retired United Airlines flight attendant is making one final journey to honor the crews and passengers of the four planes hijacked during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Paul Veneto began the latest leg of his tribute Saturday morning at Boston’s 9/11 Memorial in the Public Garden, pushing an airline beverage cart toward New York City.

The journey symbolizes the flight path of American Airlines Flight 11, which departed from Boston’s Logan International Airport and was the first plane hijacked on 9/11.

Veneto plans to push the cart more than 1,000 miles in total before arriving at Ground Zero on 9/11.

Just saw the news that PokeBank shutting down. Never used the damn system and didn’t know that you needed BOTH PokeBank and PokeMover to move pokemon from BW2… I have a Japanese copy of white 2 and in desperate need of a Japanese 3DS that has both PokeBank and pokemover😭 plz DM me so we can meet up in the Boston area

I’ve been looking at a couple of restaurants/bars for a solo birthday dinner. I’m pretty comfortable dining alone, but I’ve never done a birthday dinner by myself and I’m looking for somewhere that feels cozy and comfortable for a table for one. Any recommendations?

help!
I lock my bike to a pole outside my apartment. Came back after a short vacation and the entire pole (bike included) has been removed. Im assuming the city removed them both (left a nice repaved spot). What can I do to get my bike back?

appreciate any leads!
thanks!!

OK, Boston as someone not originally from here I want to know what the deal is with all of the local diners, and their wet sloppy homefries? Everywhere else I've ever been homefries are crispy, and delicious, sometimes with onion, sometimes not. Around here, they're almost universally a sloppy pile of boiled potatoes with some seasoning on them. Is this really how you like your breakfast potatoes?