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From: "Jim Glickman" <glickman.james@dol.gov>
Subject: Re: C-4 Convention
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Hi Bruce: I'm from Boston, and it seems that everyone on this thread has g=
iven good advice. I would add that you'll find yourself being so wrapped u=
p in the C4 convention that you won't have a lot of time for sightseeing --=
well, maybe on Sunday afternoon. It's a very walkable and interesting cit=
y. From the Radisson, one can make a loop by starting through the Public G=
ardens, on to the Boston Common, wander by the State House and a catch the =
flavor of Beacon Hill's historic townhouses, over to Tremont street where y=
ou go by two colonial-era burying grounds, down Tremont til you get to Boyl=
ston St., take a right and you get back to the hotel. For food, Legal Seaf=
oods is close to the hotel (try the clam chowder); or you might want to hea=
d over to Quincy Marketplace/Fanueil Hall, or a few blocks from there is ci=
ty's oldest restaurant, Union Oyster House (dating to 1826). Near there is=
the North End, specializing in Italian food. Ask at the hotel, or if we m=
eet, feel free to ask me or any of the other Boston-folk.
-- Jim Glickman
--- In colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com, Ray Williams <njraywms@...> wrote:
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> Bruce,
> The colors that some are referring to in Boston are tourist trolleys.=
There is a Red and a Blue (maybe others). You can sign up for these trol=
leys for a day, they stop all over the city. Get off at a point of interes=
t, spend as much time as you'd like, then go back to the trolley stop and g=
o to your next location and do the same. You can do this all day long. Di=
ane and I did one of these trolleys some years ago - it saved a lot of time=
and walking!=20
> Ray
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> Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2010 9:29 PM
> To: colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com=20
> Subject: Re: [Colonial Numismatics] C-4 Convention
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> Bruce, I will second the tax idea. It's about $10 more than the shuttle,=
but you get straight to your hotel. The first few years I did the shuttle=
, and my hotel would invariably be one of the last stops made, plus the shu=
ttle would drive around the airport for a half hour while I was in it, as t=
hey want to get as many people as possible in each van. When you take a ca=
b you have to pay the tolls and all that, but it is well worth the extra ex=
pense, especially if you've been on a plane for any appreciable amount of t=
ime!
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> The city is great, VERY walkable -- but there's so much to see at the con=
vention itself that it's almost impossible to get away and see much outside=
the hotel! There are some good eating places very close to the hotel, and=
if you like Asian food, Chinatown is just 4 or 5 blocks up the road (and h=
as some very authentic places as well as some that are more tourist friendl=
y). I've come in a day or two early on some years, so have had a lot of wa=
lking around time -- if you find me at the convention I'd be glad to give y=
ou some ideas of what is worth seeing!
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> Jeff Rock
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> In a message dated 11/06/10 16:23:21 Pacific Daylight Time, buell@... wri=
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> Hi Bruce,
> In most cities I use shuttles, because I like to save $. However in Bos=
ton I take a taxi. This likely means that years ago I found that the extra =
money that a taxi cost was worth it. I'm often arriving late on Thursday, w=
hich might have something to do with my choice of taxis.=20
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> In Boston, the Freedom trail is great! Contrary to what Roger Moore men=
tioned, it is not blue but red and most of it is actual red bricks in the s=
idewalk and streets. You can pick up the trail near the hotel at the Boston=
Commons. The hotel staff likely will have a guide or you could find and pr=
int one on-line. The hotel staff could also tell you where to pick up the t=
rail. What is nice about the Freedom trail is it goes past historic places =
AND restaurants AND you'll often meet fellow collectors along it.=20
> Look forward to meeting you, Buell
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> On 11/6/2010 2:54 PM, smith325@... wrote:=20
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> I'm eargerly looking forward to attending my first C-4 convention nex=
t week, and I hope to meet many of you there. I'm posting to ask for some a=
dvice re: things like transport between Logan and the Radisson, places to e=
at etc. I'll be arriving Fri. morning and leaving Sunday evening. Sunday af=
ternoon I'd like to see some of the city. What might be the best approach f=
or a few hours of touring?
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> Thanks,
> Bruce Smith
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