Word: downtowners
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From the ACT local downtown headquarters, volunteers were driven around the town and dropped off in pairs with a map and list of Democratic-leaning residents that they planned to remind to vote...
Last Saturday, 3.2 million Boston Red Sox fans lined the banks of the river Charles and downtown streets, waiting for hours in the on-again, off-again rain to celebrate Boston’s first World Series victory in 86 years. As people in the crowd held up their signs, the overwhelming theme was not “congratulations” but something else: “Thank...
...procession of 17 duck boats—the amphibious World War II-era vehicles familiar to Boston tourists—carried Red Sox families, players and staff through the streets from Fenway Park to downtown Boston, before descending into the Charles River to float past more fans lining the bridges and riverbanks...
...find themselves on Nov. 2 deliberating between a six-foot tall tamale and a French-speaking chocolate chip cookie. Each candidate has his own particular food soft spot. John F. Kerry has never flip-flopped on his love for chocolate, and in the 1970s co-founded a bakery in downtown Boston. George W. Bush found within himself weapons of mass consumption when he frequented Mexican restaurants. For any undecided voters, a trip to Boston’s Quincy Market and the local taqueria are in order—when those impassioned speeches just don?...
Many Harvard students will want to venture downtown when the Red Sox finally reverse the curse. Those who go should take with them a heightened awareness of the dangers made clear last Wednesday night.Even if all of the fans want to be on their best behavior, large crowds and plenty of alcohol are a volatile mixture. When riots broke out after the New England Patriots’ Super Bowl win this past year, one person was killed when a vehicle drove into fans...